Do you ever find yourself longing for some alone time? A bit of time away from work when you can just kick back and relax without worrying about dinners to cook, clothes to wash and without any little people scrapping on the floor over toys and books. Five minutes without having to shout "Please DO NOT snatch from your sister." or "Will you PLEASE leave your brother alone." Anyone? Well, guess what. I have not one but TWO nights alone coming up in the not so distant future...and even one potential lie-in. So, what to do with this oh-so-rare moment of freedom? Catch up with ...
TV in the bedroom? The Great Debate
While Mr B and I agree on many things, there are some things that we simply cannot quite reconcile. Bread for instance. I like white. He likes brown. Neither of us like those inbetweeny-looks-like-white-tastes-like-brown ones. Tea. English breakfast, white, one sugar for me. Earl Grey, black, no sugar for him. Shepherds pie. Heaven for me. Hell for him. Oysters. Hell for me. Heaven for him. Ok, so none of these differences are exactly a problem and we can carry on our lives quite happily, even if we do need to buy two loaves of bread at each shop and different brands of ...
With a little bit of luck…
"Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck." - Orson Welles Do you believe in luck? In some ways I think I do. I definitely think that some people are naturally more lucky than others. Take my mother, (Please, take her, my Dad would say.) She is definitely lucky. She has this uncanny knack of picking the most unlikely looking winner at the races simply because she likes the colour of the jockey's hat or the horse's name. She doesn't study form, she is often not at all bothered by the odds but she will say she just 'had a feeling.' Mr B on the other hand is the ...
What is remotely interesting about interest rates?
What is remotely interesting about interest rates? Not a lot I once thought. As soon as I became a homeowner, a heavily-mortgaged homeowner to be correct, they suddenly became all too important. When I was searching for my first flat the banks were literally falling over themselves to lend me money. There were mentions even of 110% mortgages with no deposit and it was all too easy. I still had those niggling little voices in my head though from hearing stories of the stress and strain a 13% interest rate put on my lovely parents when we were growing up. A situation that seems almost ...
Did I Mention The Move? #MovingToDevon
Did I mention the move? Um, yep, I think I may have done a million times once or twice on facebook and twitter but just in case any of you missed it we are #MovingtoDevon. I am just a little bit excited. Hence the hashtag. We have decided the time is right to take Casa B out of the rat-race and head for the beach. Currently we are playing the waiting game and our actual moving date is in the hands of the solicitors. We have accepted an offer on our house here in Bristol and had our offer accepted on the new house in Devon. And now we wait. Impatiently. To be honest I should ...
Killing Me Softly With Football…
" 'Killing me softly with football, Killing me softly, With football....' How did I end up married to a football fan?" Such was the Facebook status of a very lovely family member recently, yes YOU lovely lady who shall remain nameless, when the reality of the remainder of this summer dawned upon her. She is Welsh you see and grew up in a family who prefer their sport with a ball more ovoid in nature, and men with bigger thighs, so her (English) husband's obsession with the great game perhaps has left her somewhat bewildered. To be fair he is also a Cardiff City fan so I am sure ...
Are We Nearly There Yet?
"A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer." - Unknown. Are we nearly there yet? Just five little words. Those five little words that will fill anyone who has traveled with a small child in tow with a sense of dread, plus an added dose of despondency. I used to love flying. Mr B and I pre-kids have enjoyed flights to New York, (Visiting the Big Apple was one of my favourite trips.) to Canada, to Alaska and beyond. I loved everything about it. A cheeky glass of wine in the airport bar. Leisurely browsing through the duty-free fragrances. Eagerly devouring the ...
Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Drunken Strippers
It was with great excitement last weekend that we all travelled back to my folks in Stratford Upon Avon as it was the last chance to spend some time with my sister, her husband and my two gorgeous nephews before they returned to Canada. We had a great day. The kids played wildly. My Mum made an awesome Xmas dinner, far better than my somewhat pathetic attempt on Xmas day. We drank some fine wine, some fizz, pulled some crackers, and generally had a lovely time. The boy was ecstatic to have his cousins to play with and my smallest nephew simply doted on Little ...
A Few of My Favourite (Christmas) Things
In my quest to become a Center Parcs Family Blogger I have taken on their December challenge. Last month saw us putting our poetry hat on and getting creative with Autumn leaves. This month Nick, a Center Parcs Winter Wonderland expert, has asked us to share twelve of our favourite Christmas things. Well, I could have just written them down...perhaps should have just written them down, but instead decided to lose the plot entirely give things a musical twist. So, I can only apologise, but I would suggest that you put on your best Christmas jumper, drink a large glass of egg-nog and sing ...
Patience
"Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue." Ambrose Bierce Patience is something I currently possess in very limited quantities. Quite unreasonably really. Baby number two is not even due until 4th July but somehow I had figured it would be here already. And I feel a bit cheated. I have hit that end-stage of pregnancy where I have had enough. I am sick...a lot. I am mahoosive. I am ridiculously hormonal and daren't watch anything remotely serious for fear of the floods of tears that will follow. I bawled my eyes out at Question Time last week. ...
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