There are two things in this world that I love to let whisper down my throat, gently coating my vocal cords in warm luxury and finally settling like warm embers in the depths of my belly. … [Read more...]
Apr 28, 2012
Parenting: Twin Boy plays his first football game – Northernmum
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And so it begins, Today I tasted the truth of being a mother. Today I kissed goodbye with wave of regret to Saturdays. … [Read more...]
Apr 26, 2012
Getting old: Are you too polite to tell me I am turning into a Gorilla….
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I don't consider myself old. I concede that in the eyes of a teenager I am considered to be hammering on death's door, but in the eyes of the eighty something year old chap who sits on the bench in the park near my house watching the world dance by I am little more than a child and I like his perspective. But I have moved up in maturity whilst retaining my youth, yet bits have started to go … [Read more...]
Apr 24, 2012
Parenting: Holidaying with children: Simple, sexless and satisfying…..
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We spent the weekend on a "mini-break". For anyone reading this who doesn't have children let me quickly rip out the images of a luxury spa hotel set amid rolling hills of green, then let me introduce the picture of caravan after caravan set amongst flumes, playparks and arcades. It was on this break that I embarked upon a voyage of self discovery. … [Read more...]
Apr 24, 2012
Guest Post: Driving to Walk Disney World Florida
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Today's post comes courtesy of David Elliott who is a freelance writer who loves to travel, especially in Europe and Turkey. He’s spent most of his adult life in a state of restless excitement but recently decided to settle in North London. He gets away whenever he can to immerse himself in foreign cultures and lap up the history of great cities. David writes about his experience of a holiday … [Read more...]
Apr 23, 2012
Parenting: Missold the job of being a mother….
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Sometimes I feel like the job of parenting was a little missold to me. All the parenting books I read spoke of the pleasure of holding your baby to your busom, of the overwhelming love that would consume you once little Fred or Freya was placed in your arms. … [Read more...]
Apr 18, 2012
Losing my dignity: Aw feck…
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Its gone, I mean it has really gone. Losing my libido was bad enough but at some point in the last few months my dignity and dress sense have started an affair and finally they have run off into the sunset together. … [Read more...]
Apr 15, 2012
Hip Dysplasia: For all the parents of a ddh child….
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We all know we should be grateful that it is not something worse, god knows we are but it doesn't help heal the hurt. We all share the pain of putting our children to sleep and watching them wake to life in spica. … [Read more...]
Apr 15, 2012
A very stressful time: Review and competition….
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Today was stressful. No, lets strike that, today was intensely stressful. … [Read more...]
Apr 14, 2012
Parenting: I am an terrible terrible mother….
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The kids excitement was almost ridiculous, they fidgetted with suspense, whooped with daftness and continued to praise me for being the best mum in the world. What were we doing? … [Read more...]
