The no-fun mum

Spiderman’s deep in a slumber and The Mad Hatter (“the Johnny Depp one,” as Sweetpea is so keen to tell everyone who does and doesn’t ask) is probably still reading when she should be in a deep slumber. They are more than excited. While Hallowe’en doesn’t really do anything for me (invite me to any [...]

Nit picking…

… is what I’ve been doing for the last 48 hours. Yep. One of my worst fears was finally realised: Sweetpea has lice. Who remembers the British cartoon Crystal Tipps and Alistair? (If you weren’t a kid in the ’70s, you most probably don’t.) Sweetpea’s hair is not dissimilar to that. I joked that if [...]

Psst! I’m back

What? Did you think I’d glued my hands together with Liquid Nails? Drowned in a quicksand of caulk? No, nothing of the sort. Apologies to my blog, for I am a neglectful mother. Apologies to my house, too, as it’s not as if I was so buried in DIY that I forgot to write about it. [...]

A lesson learned

Yep, I’m impatient alright. True to my Geminian disposition, I want results fast, and I get bored hanging around waiting for them. And never was it more apparent than this last week, when Ms Fix-It came to visit. “Let’s go shopping,” I said. “Okaaaay,” she replied, somewhat amused. And although a girlie foray to LOFT or Macy’s [...]