Moments from Suburbia

This morning I felt suddenly overcome by a sense of freedom and independence. It has been a long time coming but it feels soooo good.

It's been a few weeks since we moved in now, though it doesn't seem that long as the time has been interspersed with holidays and we...

Small Sprog looked longingly at the house. "Can't we stay Mummy?" he pleads as I carry on packing boxes. "Not really...

We've been here a whole week. It was exhausting but all that has passed now... The last things to pack before we moved was the childre...

Today I am moving house. After so much waiting it seems quite unreal. See you on the other side, internet connection permitting!

After over 2 years, I have reached the end of the tunnel, I think, I hope. I was not sure I'd ever make it. Today I picked up the keys t...

This week I have bought curtains and lampshades for our new house. Contracts have, at last, been exchanged and we move within 4 weeks! Alon...

She was in a state, shaking and trying not to cry. I take it all in, the whole scene, knowing that this is not right, not 'normal' b...

This is my Tall Girl, she is growing so fast and already looks about 18! Thinking about it it's less than 4 years until she actually is ...

.. .Since I started writing here. I started my blog 3 years ago this month, after hearing Petite Anglaise interviewed on Women's Hour...

I know why my wedding sits so firmly in my head as one of the best of days of my life. It is because I organised it all, I had it as I wante...

Another document to add to the filing cabinet, in the compartment that says 'Passports, Births, Marriages, Divorce'. It's offici...

I picked Tall Girl up last Sunday from her Dads, to go to the christening. She is wearing a lovely dress which we bought together last year....

Today at a christening, it suddenly struck me how strange life is. There is my Tall Girl with the baby on her lap, beaming and cooing to her...

Parents evening in a state comprehensive, short hand for bun fight, never my favourite evening of the school calendar I must admit. The larg...

When we left court we agreed to go for coffee. It felt strange to be there together, drinking coffee and tea. I needed to be there though, t...

It took no time at all to navigate through the morning traffic to get to court this morning. I was early. Waiting is always the most painful...

Court tomorrow, please let it be over soon. On the more comical side of things, apparently a lorry blew over today on the M60. Not funny i...

A windy morning, a stormy night in fact and a little wan voice calls from the top of the stairs in the gloomy half light that is just before...

I have managed to get a job done that has been bothering me for ages. It is always a relief to get things done that are haunting you, in thi...