Boy Two has earned himself a place on a trip to Malaysia in 2019 with the Scouts. It’s a great opportunity to have an adventure, meet new people and enjoy some memorable escapades. I’m delighted for him. The only thing is that he has to raise the cost of getting himself there – no mean […]
A Belfast weekend in pictures
Things you don’t need for a happy Christmas
Undeniably, inexorably Christmas is coming. I can almost smell the turkey and mince pies. Jingle jingle. This year I have decided I’m going to be jolly from the outset. I’ll be so flipping festive you’ll couldn’t pick me out of a lineup of Santa’s elves. But first I’ve got to get one or two tiny, […]
Make Happiness Your Default Setting By Developing These Habits
Have you noticed that the default setting of most people is unhappiness, indifference, or something that isn’t really anywhere near happy on the emotional scale? People can actually become happier by developing a few simple habits, however, many refuse to believe that their own happiness is up to them. Would you believe it? People would […]
Snips and snails and puppy dogs’ tails.
What’s so bad about boys then? BC (Before Children) I believed that boys and girls were largely the same until they got hormones, therefore should be brought up in a gender-neutral environment. Hah, funny that. On the other hand, I get quite cross with the women for whom taking a pop at their ‘crap’ husbands’ […]
