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Tomorrow it is my birthday, and we are in the middle of an October heatwave. It is very kind of the weather gods to give me BBQ weather and a bit of a shoulder tan and an excuse to wear … Continue reading →

We went to Istanbul last week for five days with no children. (That, frankly, is worthy of a sub-heading). We nearly didn’t go because we thought our darling lovely friend Evelyn (who was the babysitter) was having a heart attack. … Continue reading →

Last Sunday I forced us all to get into the car and drive to castle. As you do, when it is the last weekend of the Longest School Holidays In History and it is raining and you cannot face more … Continue reading →

This is how bored I am: I just washed my hair at 2pm. I am considering going through my clothes, ironing the unloved, photographing them, listing them on ebay. I am ‘supervising’ the holiday homework. (I am secretly actually AGAINST … Continue reading →

There has only really been pyjamas til midday and a smattering of brotherly suffocation. All in all, a very elegantly spent summer holiday, thank you very much, even if we have not been to the continent like every other self-respecting … Continue reading →

I have just been into Waitrose very quickly, mainly to get bread because my husband has expressed his consternation that sometimes there is no bread in the whole house, and it makes him despair and weep a little on the … Continue reading →

Hello! Again. Here it is: 1. My FACE! My face is very normal. See: My hair is less so. That is because of this: Moroccanoil. It is supposed to make your hair look like a luscious Middle-Eastern belly-dancing queen but … Continue reading →

First things first. You know how I was jesting rather merrily about my sore tooth last post? Well. It got much uglier. There was the emergency dental hospital, stronger painkillers, 11 days of antibiotics, waking at 3am to top up … Continue reading →

[OUCH MY TOOTH] I had my third root canal filling yesterday, and it was so much ouchier than I remembered being the first two times. And this one cost me £500, and this one is giving me a big fat … Continue reading →

Oh, it has been too long! But I am back, newly-shorn and tinted, and I have much to tell. 1. I have changed my mind about having any more children. There is no real point in me listing the reasons, … Continue reading →