In some ways it’s been a happy week domestically… For one, the Panther of News was off work. His notion of idle afternoons saving a virtual universe didn’t quite match the reality, but on the other hand, my vision of having my own husband-shaped Nigella/Miss Moneypenny sorting out the household Stuff wasn’t quite reality either. […]
Introducing Housework Half Hour and why I should take up curling
What tomorrow’s historians will find…
Desperate woman needs time-saving tips
Seeing advice from the Department of Slackery and General Half Heartedness In the hurly-burly of everyday life, it seems to have become increasingly difficult to find time. It’s odd, really – there are still 86,400 seconds in a day, but lately they are as hard to catch hold of as children at bedtime. Maybe it’s […]
If I roll up my sleeves can I make it clean and lovely?
I am resolved, summer is a-comin’ in and all that. While stopping short of actually spring cleaning, I’m going to start solving the domestic mysteries that have beset me lately. These include: Why there is glitter in the tumble dryer when this is a house full of boys and we are miles from Christmas? Why […]