Weightwatchers: Oi fatty….

You know you need to go return to weightwatchers when this is the conversation that starts your day.... Twin girl: "are you wearing that?" Refers to dress that is adorning my figure. … [Read more...]

Parenting: I look like Death……

My home looks like it was ransacked by aliens, my skin is pale, the laundry basket is neglected and is shouting its annoyance by allowing underpants and uniforms to spill out under the lid and thus mocking my incompetence.  Last nights dishes are still piled in the sink growing a soft covering of fur on the remains of that evenings ready meal.  The baby is sporting the heavy nappy look as I … [Read more...]

Miscarriage: A Crack in My Heart….

The day I missed a miscarriage...  It was 2009, it was a Friday, the weather was unremarkable, neither hot nor cold with no wind to blow the petals off the roses in the garden. I was almost thirteen weeks pregnant with my third baby, I had turned a corner and left the exhaustion, the nausea and the love affair with my toilet bowl behind in the first trimester. … [Read more...]

Newsworthy…… I think not…..

Sometimes I read rubbish stuff; mainly from the trash magazines that I read for a guilty pleasure but more often from the rags we call newspapers.  Today the headline that caught my eye in the Metro was: … [Read more...]

Parenting tips: Bleurgh

Things that make me go Bleurgh..... 1. Parking in a family parking bay. Yes you are late and yes its busy but people carriers were met to stick together. Don't force me to park with the cool cars as neither I or the car enjoys the silent ridicule as I try and wrestle a buggy and 3 kids out with two inches of space. However if you decide to park in my spot because secretly you want one of my … [Read more...]

Parenting: Every Parents Nightmare…..

Some ruffian has laid their lips on my daughter. Some cheeky little so and so has had the nerve to declare himself my daughters first boyfriend and sealed the deal with a puckered up kiss which apparently she willingly accepted. … [Read more...]

She is simply a media whore….

In the past I have been accused of being a little attention seeking. … [Read more...]

Baby Blues and Blogging……

Twelve months ago I had never considered blogging, in fact I wasn’t considering much.  My third child had just clamoured out of the sun roof, my c section scar was slowly growing an infection that would cause it to erupt within a couple of weeks and life was lovely in some respects but also incredibly challenging. … [Read more...]

Beautiful Things….

It's not often that I have moments of serenity, where I feel calm and very much at peace with myself and my chosen life. Often I feel like I am dashing from one task to the next, planning the next big thing and pouting a little about the stuff I thought I would have done or achieved by this point in my life. … [Read more...]

Twenty eight hours later: my ears are bleeding…

Six kids. That is a lot of little legs. Its also a huge amount of noise. Its also the number that he who helped create them and I had entrusted to our care from ten am saturday morning until two pm sunday afternoon. twenty eight hours... … [Read more...]