by admin | Sep 24, 2024 | Lifestyle, Parenting
Back from the summer holidays, back from Brussels, back to school for the kids, back to college for me & the husband. The return from my annual trip to Brussels heralds the end of the summer and the start of the new school year. I had great plans for the...
by admin | Jul 10, 2024 | Lifestyle, Parenting
I am a great one for not seeing the woods for the trees. I remember feeding my firstborn hour after hour every night, reading about cluster feeding and thinking, “Jesus, I’m so lucky my baby doesn’t cluster feed all night long”. I’m thinking this while cluster...
by admin | Jun 12, 2024 | Lifestyle
I had great plans for a month to myself between finishing college and the first of the kids finishing up school for the summer. However, as soon as I handed in that last assignment, all the stuff I’ve been putting off all year came home to roost, and I have been...
by admin | May 29, 2024 | Lifestyle, Reviews
I’m not really a poetry person – I could never get into the poetry I studied in school, I found most of it impenetrable and boring. But I’ve loved Pam Ayers and, thanks to her, I’ve always remembered to Look After me Teeth. I also have a favourite Haiku: A Haiku...
by admin | May 12, 2024 | Lifestyle
The last assignment has been submitted and so, just like that, year one is done. It’s been a tough year, learning how to balance the dramas of family life with my precarious health, full-time college, keeping the house up and running and the family fed,...