One of Jessica’s birthday presents last year was a bike. At the time it was really too big for her and so she hasn’t had much of a chance to ride it but with the lovely sunny weather last weekend, it seemed a good time to head over to Ruislip Lido for a walk and… Read More

Friday Fabulous Five #20

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The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me laugh, made me cry or made me think. Here are this week’s Friday Fabulous Five: Hurrah for Gin admits there are a few issues… Read More

The Friday Focus – 23/01/15

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This week has seen me trying to get a couple of earlier nights in the hope of catching up on some much-needed sleep although my attempts have not been very successful. Jessica had a few restless nights at the beginning of the week and ended up coming into our bed to sleep. Whilst it was… Read More

My big blended family

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Me with my eight brothers and sisters on my wedding day

Whenever I tell people that I have four brothers and four sisters, they nearly always assume that my mother gave birth to nine children. Actually, the reason my family is so big is because it is a blended family. Both my parents were married twice before they met and married each other. My mother had… Read More