I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted here, time is slipping by so fast these days because we can't have normal nightlife at the moment. What day is it? If I wasn't working Monday to Friday and Travis going to Nursery Tuesday to Thursday, I probably wouldn't know ( Read more... )

Looking through my life at the moment, I could be pretty despondent, but I'm not. There's a lot to be unhappy about, but I feel that these lows are temporary and I still have much to look forward to ( Read more... )

The last few weeks has been redefining tough, not only physical (sleeping on the sofa, so that Toni and Travis can sleep better), carrying Travis around for an hour and a half at a time at a time most are still in bed (as he was only sleeping on me) and mentally, watching your child repeatedly vomit and cry and repeat, before VISIBLY losing weight ( Read more... )

That title is actually accurate! Quinoa is also possibly the most pretentious (or as they say in Manchester 'Chorlton') thing I've ever eaten. I had it today for the first time and it's pretty underwhelming. I'm not ashamed to admit that until the other week, I still thought it was pronounced 'Quinn-o-a', not 'Keen-waa ( Read more... )

I really love Christmas, so influenced by the events of the past couple of days (slightly!), this is my annual missive to Santa ( Read more... )

If that link in my music box works, it's possibly the only music video juxtaposition of Jimmy Savile and Margaret Thatcher! Hats off to Beans on Toast, he fired this tune out when the last few gallons of blood were still being pumped through her cold, cold heart ( Read more... )

I sometimes can't help but to dick around on the internet till an unreasonable hour. Is it partly to go "fuck you!" at the world that I can stay up later or because I know that I will be asleep within minutes of getting to bed? I can't decide. There's no other reasonable explanation for this behaviour ( Read more... )