Competitive Parenting
It never ceases to amaze me how competitive parents can be. Little Josh must walk before everyone else in my post-natal group, little Hannah must have the best clothes. Often…
Grains of Truth About the British Summer
This post contains language some may find disturbing. I do, however, feel the need to unburden my mind from the travesty among us. As the British summer approaches more and…
Children With Special Needs Are Always Welcome at Tiny Acorns
I’ve been lucky enough to have two beautiful daughters. They are healthy, happy (for the most part anyway) children who have the world ahead of them. But what if that…
My First-Ever School Trip
I woke up on the morning of my first ever school trip and peered tentatively out of the window. The weather, predictably for Hemel Hempstead, was grey and looked irritatingly…
Congratulations to the New Parents
And so today is the day HRH Prince William and his beautiful wife Catherine have bought into the world a beautiful baby boy. As I write this there is no…
The Apprentice – Hired or Fired?
I sat watching the penultimate episode of The Apprentice on BBC1 last Wednesday. Ah Lord Sugar, how I enjoy watching you working things over in your mind as you battle…
Long Hot Summer
Yet again I feel myself apologising for lack of blogging time! Boy, it’s hard fitting everything in! Today is so far the hottest day of the year, that’s not really…
Snow
So I’m sitting here looking at Facebook every ten minutes (OK five, oh…alright three) and waiting for someone to say it’s snowing. I used to love the snow, sledging, snowmen…
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime
“People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime” I love the sentiment of this quote (admittedly I couldn’t remember the exact wording so I had…
Wednesdays
I love Wednesdays, really, I do! I used to hate Wednesdays. I think it was a Radio 1 DJ who coined the phrase “hump day Wednesday” … too far from…