It all began at my book group. One of the members suggested her sons loved Stand By Me – the coming-of-age drama starring River Phoenix. Great idea. One of the pleasures of having teen and near teen kids is taking them to see cool stuff you actually want to. So the Panther of News had prowled off […]
Are you ready for Christmas? Money saving tips
Santa cuts back on reindeer Don’t you just hate that question? It’s like “have you been on holiday yet?” or “is it your day off?” from the hairdresser. A stupid question that no one really wants to hear the answer to. Especially, it seems, when your answer is: “Yes thanks. I haven’t really got much […]
sole survivor
The fish can’t counter While communications interruptus was playing havoc with my karma I decided to take the boys to visit our brand new, enormous and very shiny Tesco. See how inventive I get when it comes to entertaining my children – Supernanny etc eat your organised hearts out.Tesco Port Glasgow is indeed huge and […]