Family · Life · Toddler

‘I Don’t Want To!’


If I had 50p for every time Tori has said that since she went to bed this evening I'd be able to afford a Chinese takeaway for two. She's not feeling too bright, with a cough and a sniffle, and this has manifested itself in the stubborn decision that she doesn't want to go to… Continue reading ‘I Don’t Want To!’

Depression · Family · Life · Toddler

Falling Into Place


I am not a tidy person. Anyone who has ever been in any bedroom that has ever been mine will testify to that, probably with a slightly terrified expression on their face as they remember it. I get worse when I slip into depression and then being in a hideous environment makes me more depressed… Continue reading Falling Into Place

Life

Don’t Tweet The Bride


So, my boyfriend's housemates are getting married next year.  It is destined to be awesome. (Seriously, the engagement party was epic - there was a ball-filled bouncy castle INSIDE a casino...) However, Dom being Dom he is doing it all a little differently and Heather being mental brave awesome is letting him do things his… Continue reading Don’t Tweet The Bride

Depression · Family · Life · PND · Pregnancy

Failure. And how I stopped being one.


Supposing you have tried and failed again and again.  You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.  ~Mary Pickford Sometimes you read a quotation and think 'pretentious rubbish' and sometimes you read one and think 'that's it! Perfect.'… Continue reading Failure. And how I stopped being one.

Lessons In Life · Life · London Olympics

Living In History


As this post publishes I will be somewhere in London in the middle of my very last Games Maker 2012 shift. I posted here about my Olympics experience and when I get home and organised I will post about my day at the Paralympics too. Just for now though, on this final day, I wanted… Continue reading Living In History