This morning on my constitutional trot, I spotted this chap trotting across the road. By the time I’d fished my phone out from under several layers to take a photo, he’d reached the shelter of a hedge. It was pouring down. According to the wisdom of the internet, hedgehogs don’t come out of hibernation until mid […]
286/365 The longer you’re a mum, the less you know about it
Do you remember how it all seemed so simple, this parenting lark? No. Me neither. Although somehow I keep expecting it to be some kind of learning curve, that there would be progress – a body of knowledge, perhaps even some wisdom, the inner voice of experience. Perhaps, even, arriving in a state of know-what-I’m-doing […]
If the shoe fits…
Finally victory is mine! Ha ha. One shoe means you’ve not won yet. Boy Three’s new shoes – See, I’m trying to fit them like a glove Question: What have hairdressers, undertakers and kids’ shoe shops got in common?Answer: they make feel guilty if you even think that there might be a cheaper way.There’s the […]