Not a mummy monster!

11/09/2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

I think I need to have a serious word with myself. I actually find myself agreeing with the woman everyone loves to hate! Bear with me! I’m not a monster mummy. I’ll be honest, yesterday afternoon not being near a TV, I only read a headline grabbing, written opinion of what she’d said and was […]

Dear Woman

09/09/2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dear Woman, I’m not sure you realise how lucky you are. Granted, you have an illness that will never go away. And to be fair it’s pretty serious. But it is an illness that you can reduce the acceleration of and in turn prolong your life. All you need to do is give up smoking. […]

Meat Free – Week One

09/09/2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’m already a winner. I have so far managed 8 days without any meat and I’m still going strong! Mr C managed 4 days without beer before deciding he was going for a pint ‘cause his friend needed cheering up – a rubbish excuse in my eyes – but he is now out of the running! […]

The Meat is On!

30/08/2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Picture the scene. Me, Mr C & the kid are out having a nice family meal. We’ve ordered the carvery. It looks & smells delicious. We having a good natter as you do and then for some reason we get onto talking about the menu, in particular the Nut Loaf, which was the vegetarian option […]

Three Weeks Off!

09/08/2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today is my last day in work for 3 weeks! Three glorious weeks I don’t have to set my alarm. Three weeks I don’t have to rush around in the morning getting ready to leave the house, to get the kid to where she needs to be and to get me to work on time. I […]