The theme for this week’s Gallery is ‘new’ and the photo above shows my new rubber gloves. Not any run of the mill rubber gloves, mind you. These were given to me last night as...
Mum’s gone to the Acorn Antiques auditions
You might remember before Christmas I mentioned I would soon be auditioning for the next SADOS musical, Acorn Antiques? That day arrived yesterday: a whole day of auditions from 10am until 4pm. Crikey! Surely...
Review of personalised Valentine’s Day cakes by Baker Days
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. So, for Valentine’s Day this year why not buy him a cake? Cake shouldn’t just be for birthdays; there are so many...
Arse about Face
You’ll be pleased to know that the new downstairs loo was completed just before Christmas: the paint had only just dried when Mum arrived the day before Christmas Eve and pronounced new loo to...
Not another round of arthritic charades?
Eileen, Emily, Dougie, George and Rory Loyal readers will know that arthritic charades appear in my Christmas blog post as regularly as night follows day or bad wind follows sprouts. You only need to...
A conversation I wish I’d never started: No. 7
These conversations usually occur between my son or husband and me (see conversations 1 to 6 here). It’s not usual to have one with someone outside the family. Not so today when I find...
Who remembers ‘Acorn Antiques’?
There are so many things I should be doing this week in preparation for Christmas: food shopping, finding the tablecloth and ironing it, cleaning the house properly before my mother arrives on Sunday. All...
Mum’s Gone To Sutton Hoo
Some months ago the National Trust launched a campaign to get children outdoors: ’50 Things to do before you’re 11 3/4.’ It included suggestions such as ‘No.7 Fly a kite’, ‘No.13 Make a mud slide’ and...