Moments from Suburbia

It was Sunday evening when I realised something was up. I rang Mum to say I was going to visit and she put me off, said she was busy. That n...

Sometimes, just sometimes you know when something is going to hit you full pelt. Perhaps it is some sort of sixth sense. I have always dread...

I spent some time reading Harper's Bazaar in a waiting room today, it was in date too, which was a bonus! I haven't looked at that p...

I was giving Small Sprog a bedtime hug tonight and he didn't want me to let him go. "I'll stay another few minutes" I said...

It's been a bit of a 'birthday whirl' here over the last 48 hours or more, I've had a ball! I am thankful for having amazing...

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On the way home tonight I asked Small Sprog what he would like for tea, hoping it would be easy because I am 'entertaining' tonight....

It was my day off today. There are so many things that I should be sorting out here, but none of it really appealed, so I took a trip up to ...

Small Sprog wanted to go to the school fair on Saturday. School fairs are not my favourite thing to go to. In recent years I have kept well ...

Last night Tall Girl and I had a long chat before bed. We were both tired and just lazed around chatting about nothing in particular. I love...

I have my baby back from camp, and a tired little man he is too. All that he took with him was wet through and a bit smelly, a bit like him ...

This weekend Small Sprog has departed for his first Cub Camp. He left at tea time yesterday, bag packed and excited to go. I, on the other h...

There have been a few sad and poignant blog posts around lately, despite the time of year and the beautiful weather. So when I was riffling ...

It has been a beautiful sunny weekend. The little dark place in my heart has been replenished with sunbeams and, although it aches a little ...

Today I should be feeling better but I'm not. The weekend feels like it was a distant dream, I was carried away by it all, the lovelines...

After a beautiful weekend, it was bound to happen. My return to earth was fierce and brutal and when you are as high as a kite you have so m...

Sometimes one is lucky enough to inadvertently fall into a perfect weekend. I'm still living mine. How was your bank holiday?

Last night, after getting in from my exercise class (if you can call it that!), Tall Girl was still up and about. I was so pleased to see he...

There are places in this house that are hidden, secret places that I cannot get to. There are locked drawers and fastened tight doors. I don...

I picked Small Sprog up from school today and presented him with the fact that we had to go and get a new tyre for the car, before we went h...