I do worry about what I will be a like if I ever become a mother. The other day I was harking back to when I was charged with looking after my two nieces, Rosie aged 4 and Bella aged … Continue reading
Well, I’m now officially a married woman. I shan’t dwell too much on the wedding day as it was pretty perfect, and no one really wants to hear about perfection. So instead I shall give you a snapshot of our honeymoon….. We … Continue reading
It’s never a good sign when you return from your wedding makeup trial and your father exclaims you ‘look remarkably like Amy Winehouse,’ followed by your mother, ‘no she doesn’t, she looks like she’s been punched in the face.’
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I have become a house bore. For the past month when anyone has asked how I am, it began with ‘STRESSED – I am in the middle of house renovations’, before rattling off various floor/door/colour match issues. Whilst I gallantly braved the … Continue reading
I do apologise for the long absence. I’d like to say it was justified in that The Bald One, very bravely, proposed to me. Despite my father asking Baldy ‘do you know what you’re taking on?!,’ it still didn’t deter him from asking. Looking … Continue reading
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You know you’re growing up when you’re able to afford a cleaner. It’s one of the biggest luxuries and my cleaner has been exceptionally tolerant of my behaviour. When she first arrived, a year ago, I got a note from the agency saying … Continue reading
I do apologise for the long absence on the blog, but I have just emerged from a long and hard battle with a cat. Yes, a cat has been destroying my daily happiness for many weeks, after it discovered my door … Continue reading
A few weeks ago The Bald One and I enrolled in Spy School. Well, sort of. It is essentially an interactive game where you have to pretend to be a spy. Our first ‘mission’ was to meet a woman in a … Continue reading
The British have a unique ability to do ‘the weather chat.’ It doesn’t matter who you are: Queen, postman or Prime Minister, there’s always the joy of the conversational opening piece about the weather being too hot/too cold/too humid/too wet/too dry. There are two … Continue reading
I’m feeling pretty heroic. Yesterday evening I broke up a fight between two fully grown men. Yes, that’s right, little ol’ me, at 5ft 3 1/2 inches, stopped two men from fighting to death. Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration as … Continue reading
Have you ever taken the Uber Challenge? No? Well let me explain. Essentially, you gather around with a group of friends and divulge what the Uber driver has rated you as their passenger. When I was 9 I was given … Continue reading
The Bald One (TBO) and I have just returned from two weeks travelling around Peru. It was a glorious trip, filled with treks in the jungle, hiking the Inca trail and gorging on alpaca and guinea pig (stringy but quite … Continue reading
And so, The Bald One and I have put up with each other for a year. To celebrate my Personal Best at a relationship, we decided to book somewhere a little fancy for dinner. By the time 7pm on Saturday … Continue reading
