There’s a sense of melancholy that comes with the end of summer, an acute awareness of the passage of time and the realisation that no matter how much I want to slow it down, it continues to march on relentlessly. The changing of the seasons hits me harder at this time of year than it… Read More
I think we all love to daydream sometimes about what our ideal life would look like and where we could be, what we could be doing if money were no object and we had a friendly genie on hand to grant us a few wishes. Being tagged recently by Jocelyn at The Reading Residence in… Read More
This is the man who I met on the dancefloor at a beginner’s ballroom class and asked me “have you been to many classes?” only to receive the slightly insulted response “I’m one of the demonstrators!” This is the man who later confessed to always deliberately being one of the last to leave my house… Read More
I always enjoy reflecting on the past week in my regular Friday Focus feature. This week, I’m taking a different approach and reflecting on the things that I’m thankful for instead: My wonderful hubby who took time off work yesterday to look after me and the girls when a nasty tummy bug put me… Read More
It wasn’t how I expected it to end. I never expected that the bubble would pop so suddenly. After the high of Friday night at Britmums, feeling inspired and encouraged, buzzing from an amazing night out with my online friends, I never thought that Saturday evening would see me wanting to pull the plug on… Read More
The election is over, the votes have been counted and we have a new Conservative government. I will freely admit that this wasn’t the outcome I was hoping for and I am feeling somewhat despondent today. And like thousands of other people, I expressed that disappointment on social media. It wasn’t the comments and status… Read More
My arrival in the world was quite a surprise for my mum. She only discovered that she was having twins after my sister was born and the midwife said “hang on a minute, there’s another one!” I love the fact that every time my mum tells this story, she also says that it was the… Read More