When I was younger, possibly a teenager my Nanny gave me a birthday card and it is one which not only is very funny but one that I have never forgotten. On the front it simply had an illustration of a green avocado, and the text read “It’s you birthday” and the inside it said … [Read more…]
So the rain returned this week with a vengeance! Always the same when it is bonfire night isn’t it? This week also saw the boys and their Daddy return to school and work, and my plans for catching up with housework did not really happen! One day I will catch up…….probably when the boys have … [Read more…]
You cannot beat playing a game to keep children entertained, and it is a great way to get a family to interact with one another and have some fun. My two boys love playing board games and guessing games with their Daddy and I, and when the weather is wet outside (much like it has … [Read more…]
When I was a girl a popular dessert for my brother and I was a slice of arctic roll. It is a very simple pudding really, a vanilla swiss roll containing jam and vanilla ice cream, and yet it was quite a threat to have a slice! Nowadays artic roll is still available in the … [Read more…]
As much as I like the house in which I live, and will do so even more so once we get it decorated and some of the rooms renovated to our taste, I cannot help but wonder if we will move again once the boys are grown up and have left home.