Naughty Nana has arrived to stay and the naughtiness is already out of control. I arrived home to find the kids elbow deep in her make up bag, powdering their noses and applying lip gloss. I then disc...
Reaching under the bed to retrieve a hair clip and pulling out a cockroach was not an ideal way to start the day. It has however extended little Belle’s vocabulary. She now says “DUCK!” whenever she s...
It’s hard to know where to go after discussing your husband’s nuts in the paper. If you’re still trying to recover from last week’s column, rest assured that this one will be clean as a whistle. At a ...
The long-suffering LH has grown used to my demands, but he did do a double take when I asked him to soak his nuts in the kitchen.
Rather than setting off to find a man-sized bucket, he responded with ...
Guilty secret time. I have a Facebook addiction. I probably need help for it but I am not sure I want it. I complain about being too busy but spend half an hour a day browsing around and catching up w...
I am in the middle of a Very Scientific Experiment. If you’ve ever wondered if taking muffin mix out of the oven, frantically stirring in a missing ingredient and then shoving it back in actually work...
Yesterday evening I was a walking example of how not to grocery shop with your kids. For anyone that witnessed me wheeling my whining, yelling, snotty children around Lindo’s in Warwick, I do apologis...
I thtill have a bit of a listhp! My new brathces are affecting my thpeech. It is providing the LH with some comedy entertainment but it is a pain in restaurants. Popping into Ten (which should win an...
For a few weekth, I will be talking a bit like thith. Having very British teeth, I have finally plucked up the courage to have them straightened with Invisalign.
This was a brave decision, given that ...
Catherine Burns
Food for Thought
Summer has well and truly arrived, and with it, an embarrassing attack of Humidity Hair. As a mum, it’s hard enough trying to dodge the jammy handprints without Mother...
