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

Life · Parenting

Little Triumphs


Today I conquered two important things: THAT DAMN CARDBOARD!! This little heap has been piled precariously in my hallway/front room for at least 300 years (or so it feels) and I got fed up today and threw it out in disgrace. It can sit there until I can bully someone with a car to help… Continue reading Little Triumphs

Life · Parenting

Losing Steam


I am moved in. Sort of. You can't move in my front room for boxes but I have run out of energy to sort them and move them and unpack them. Partly because I am swimming in empty boxes and have no room for anything. The Smalls have cabin fever from being cooped up in… Continue reading Losing Steam