It’s that time of year; holiday planning. As usual we have been all around the globe over the last few weeks considering where we fancy going this summer and seem to have plumped for Sweden.
Up Jacob’s Creek without a paddle
I don’t know if any of you have been watching the episodes of Celebrity Mastermind but in our house we are Sky plus-ing them like mad, for sheer entertainment value. The nation’s favourite reality TV
First-Foot Frivolity
Although we had done the Newcastle run the week before Christmas, we decided last minute to visit again for New Year to keep Mum company. There were plenty of people to look after her over
Regressing into Childhood
My husband seems to like penguins. Two years in a row he’s bought virtually identical penguin-based Christmas cards. Knowing he’s a softie, like me, and can’t resist teddies and suchlike, I bought him a cuddly
Book Review: Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben Hatch
You know when you read a book and think, I wish I’d written that? This is such a book. Damn you, Ben Hatch. Ben and his wife Dinah accept the formidable task of travelling round Britain
Whistling Carols and yet another round of Arthritic Charades
We did that thing couples do at Christmas; agree not to buy each other anything and then worry as the 25th approaches that someone is reneging on the deal. I realised by the middle of
Who needs a stocking when you can have a Liebster Award for Christmas.
Christmas came a few days early for me with a very nice comment on my blog from The Whining Diner and Wellfedfred letting me know I was the recipient of a Liebster blog award. I have
That Business with the King of Holbeach …
I was asked by the Deputy Head of Rory’s former primary school, Ayscoughfee Hall, where I’m still a governor, to help them with the staff Christmas Panto. Of course, I said, I’d be happy to