Year: 2020

And so the news that we’ve all been waiting to hear has finally been announced: the UK will enter a second full lockdown to last at least a month. Not...

[embed]https://twitter.com/liamgallagher/status/1313442350337871872?s=20[/embed] Facing the prospect of unemployment is scary at any time, but during a global pandemic it is even scarier - the world as we know it has changed, work...

I have new found sympathy for my parents who repeatedly took me to places of interest when I was younger only for them to be faced with an unenthused, bored...

Following on from my last blog media and misogyny I wanted to find out who actually runs our major media outlets and discuss why peddling misogyny within our society is...

I want to talk a little bit about media and social responsibility, how the expectation is that the two should marry together in an open, honest reporting of the news....

Like many other women I have been tagged in the #challengeaccepted craze spreading through social media channels. Usually I dismiss these tagged challenges partly out of laziness but mostly because...

Lockdown and the enforced slowing down has afforded us a rare luxury to question things taken as 'normal. It has thrown up interesting debates and it has highlighted many areas...

Tuesday 7th July I moved the sofa today and as I did it something clicked in my back and now I’m in agony! Wednesday 8th July Back is still horrendous...

Tuesday 23rd June 12th Week of Lockdown….. Wednesday 24th June Social distancing rules will be relaxed from July 4th 1m distance expected, 2m advised. Pubs, restaurants and hairdressers are able...

Tuesday 16th June Darcy has a new game of let’s throw everything down the stairs I have been watching her quietly gather things one by one and casually walk over...

Corona virus strikes again, this time cancelling many Pride parades but fret not there are several indoor celebrations that you can partake in. Amnesty International, UK Black Pride, Gendered Intelligence,...

Tuesday 9th June 79th Day of lockdown The government announced today that they have dropped plans for all primary children to return to school before the summer term deeming the...

‘Is now the time to get political?’ A question I keep on hearing  in response to criticisms surrounding our government. An annoying answer if I am honest, as how our...

Tuesday 2nd June 71st Day and 10th week of lockdown…When I actually think about this for too long I find it so surreal how quickly we've all just settled in...

Tuesday 26th May The website saga continues and after hours of careful re-design I have just discovered that I should have been using wordpress.org and I have been using wordpress.com....

Tuesday 19th May 8th week of lock down, 57 days done, my sixth lockdown diaries instalment!  Wednesday 20th May My kids today, they are driving me to the absolute edge...

You’d have to have been living under a rock this last couple of weeks to not have been a part of the ongoing discussion in regards to racism and police...

We are currently half way through Mental Health Awareness week and it has got me thinking about the affects that social media can have on your mental health. Nowadays mindlessly...

Tuesday 12th May The bird is dead Wednesday 13th May The spider we caught last week has been released….we couldn’t risk any more blood on our hands! Also try as...

Tuesday 5th May   ?????????????   Wednesday 6th May F&N have fallen out so many times today its been like I’m the referee at a miniature wrestling night.   Is...

Tuesday 28th April I overheard my 8 year old telling his sister how she was ruining his day, she subsequently screamed back that he had in fact ruined her entire...

    Tuesday 21st April The school keep calling me and leaving me voicemails its getting embarrassing now as I am not intentionally dodging their phone calls I just never...

   Homeschooling has been tough and I must admit I think the concept of daily worksheets being set virtually for my children to work through is a bit tedious. Trying...

[gallery size="large" columns="2" ids="152,150"]   I love sewing and always have various projects on the go meaning my scrap fabric bag is huge! As any fellow sewer will understand you...

Thursday 16th April 2020   Early morning start today after little sleep, this is fast becoming my daily mantra. Darcy is cutting her front tooth - she does not teeth...

A few years ago I posted on Facebook asking for book recommendations and I was amazed at how many amazing suggestions I got. My friends came up trumps and I...

Welcome to the lockdown diaries! Here I will attempt to keep some kind of diary of day to day lockdown as a little memoir to look back on in years...

  The news at the moment has been discussing some disturbing topics but also highlighting some interesting opinions. As a woman I can’t say that I am especially surprised at...

I have yet another threenager in my house. I felt smug that my kids appeared to bypass the dreaded ‘terrible twos’ that everyone talks about, I naively thought that that was the...

  I have a dream, a dream of no more nappies in my life, a humble, somewhat silly dream, but after 5 years of changing my two kids arses it...