“The worst Christmas ever”

This was Sweetpea’s declaration last night as she pulled the bed covers over her head and dug down deep, refusing to come up for air. It hadn’t started off badly. Well, the 6am wakeup was none too pleasant, I admit, but Hubby and I put on brave parental smiles and tried to be jolly. It [...]

Vive la France and what it can teach us

I adored this column that ran in my local paper, the Arizona Daily Star. It’s about how we can take a lot of tips from the French when it comes to lifestyles. And no, I don’t mean pate and table wine and chic women, I mean celebrating what you have, and being modest. More specifically: [...]

Dear Santa

How are you? Feeling the pressure a wee bit? Now that the kids’ lists are winging their way to you (copied carefully by me first, natch), I thought I’d send you mine. 1. The first on my wish list isn’t really a wish for something, it’s a wish for something to be taken away, and [...]

Swing hammer swing!*

Sick of me and my new doors yet? Yeh, me too. And although there are still three more to go up, me and Ms Fix-It kind of silently acknowledged that it was time to move onto something new. The doors I can work on myself, methinks anyway. At least I know Ms Fix-It is merely [...]

Hark the herald angels sing

Pigs are flying. The moon just turned blue. And Hubby just got his circular saw out and did some DIY. I LOVE Ms Fix-It, as you all know. And I LOVE that we are making such great headway on my house projects. I was anticipating having to do a little ironing out of Hubby’s ego, [...]