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OK, so I am not the most romantic of people and luckily I have married my equal in Chris. Valentine’s means nothing to us, an over-comericalised load of nonsense. We may go out for dinner at some point in the weeks either side but definitely not on the day due to the over inflated prices […]

Phew, January is over at last (did it seem to last forever to you too?) Here is a round up of what we’ve been up to on my blog and in real life in the new decade. Chris made me laugh by asking if my photo from 2010 was more recent as I still wear […]

Before I had Matthew, I worked in a school and we had an Aboriginee visit to conduct an assembly. He asked who were better, white or blacks. It took several minutes of guesses for one child to speak out that they were the same. At university, I studied Women’s Studies but by the time I […]

The Year of the Rat begins on the 25th January 2020 and since starting preschool, infant and junior school, my children have been involved with Chinese New Year activiites. This revealed how shockingly poor my own knowledge is of Chinese New Year and traditions so I thought I would find out more and share with […]

Twenty years ago I was sat at home waiting for the end of the world as we knew it as the Millenium Bug was expected. Ten years ago I was nearly 20 weeks pregnant. Life doesn’t turn out as we expect. Hopes and fears are often unfounded. Change is scary but necessary. Today I have […]