AKA Does Anyone Know if I Should Order Dinner for My Children from the Seat of an Outback Toilet? I’m sitting here watching a series on Netflix called Very British Problems. The episode in question is discussing how to deal with other human beings; such as what is and isn’t acceptable and how discomfiting any… Continue reading Outback Etiquette
AKA ‘The Spawning of a new Christmas Myth and the Death of Tradition’ Christmas is my absolute favourite time of year. I love everything about it. The lights, the decorations and, most importantly, the surprises. I love shopping for people and planning menus. There isn’t anything I don’t like about it. Okay, that is not… Continue reading How to Have a Present Free Christmas and Spend Less on Christmas Day
We all know that your teenage years are the best years of your life complete and utter hell on wheels half the time. Any adult who tries to tell you that they are the best years of your life is not to be trusted with important decisions like whether brussel sprouts are a vegetable or… Continue reading PMS is the Path to the Dark Side
I called my friend in another office to ask her a very important grammar question, because you don’t want internal emails to Head Office to go out without proofing them first. That’s just unprofessional, People! And I’m all about looking professional. That’s why I’m the boss. No really. “Okay. Important Question. You know what a… Continue reading Important Work Phone Call
The other day (and in the words of the amazing Ed Byrne “when I say the other day that really means between now and…. ever”) I was having a conversation with my 20 year old son who is currently reading The Divine Comedy by Dante, more specifically, he is reading Dante’s Inferno. And let me… Continue reading Classic Literature is Not to be Trusted with your Children
Individual. Funny. Empathic. All the things I value highly in a child and my daughter has them all. I can remember (and it doesn’t feel like very long ago, but in reality it is about 5 years ago) her getting so upset and having me whisper retorts for her to use in the ‘pun wars’… Continue reading Weird Feet
Regurgitated post from 2011 from another site: So I saw on Facebook yesterday that my best friend had been taken to hospital. Before you judge me for finding out via Social Media that my best friend was dying of an unnamed disease, I’m not sure what, possibly testicular cancer or hemorrhoids, I would like to… Continue reading Elmo, a leg rash and arson
