There are few things about running a household that make me want to scream and tear out my hair more comprehensively than this ( Read more... )

I nearly forgot to post today ( Read more... )

Well this weekend I have mostly washed, hung out, got in again, finished off on radiators, and ironed. Then I have put everything away properly, doing a massive cull of all of the children's clothes while I was at it. Everything they have now is what they will actually wear, and all either hung up or folded nicely on shelves or in drawers ( Read more... )

The ironing addiction has well and truly kicked in again (there was a good reason why I gave it up a few years ago!) but oh BOY it feels good to have all those piles of clothes that look neat and folded properly and well looked after ( Read more... )

You will never guess what I intend to do with my evening ( Read more... )

Still no internet apart from in fifteen second bursts every now and again. Starting to panic slightly about completing my Tesco online order before Monday - there's only 8 pints of milk in it at the moment ( Read more... )

Our internet connection has been dire for the last 24 hours, which is a pain as I was going to use this evening to catch up on a few things on iplayer! Oh well ( Read more... )

One has just come home from school glasses-less. Apparently when playing basketball in P.E., the ball hit her in the face and they just completely broke and scattered themselves all over everywhere ( Read more... )

It was really lovely to wake up in a slightly more leisurely fashion this morning and only have myself to feed and get out of the house ( Read more... )

The children are out sledging with their dad (and having a whale of a time judging from their excited shrieks I could hear when he phoned me just now to check it was ok that Two had just invited one of his friends round tomorrow afternoon ( Read more... )