… in the fact that once you have time for your children, they aren’t too bothered about having time for you! I’m pretty much on top of things now, so i’m finally getting time to get ahead (almost) and certainly have time to “do” things – and so they’ve all got addicted to PlayMobil and […]

We don’t just have a water cooler in our unit (how big time?!?!?!?) we have a water cooler with its own Polar Bears!

We had snow (and the north wind) and hail etc etc etc. Quite a lot of sun. Weird weather all round in fact. Trying to think what has gone on, though i think that it was mainly quite a lot of not very much. I could be wrong. We seem to have had a really […]

The North Wind doth blow and we shall have snow, And what will poor robin do then, poor thing? He’ll sit in a barn and keep himself warm and hide his head under his wing, poor thing. Our mum used to say that poem to me (and no doubt to Greer and Rich too) a […]

I think it might be a good idea if you told people who have linked to Craft Castle that it now redirects to an adult site!!!!!

I’ve had a couple of moments in supermarkets recently where i’ve wondered what the world is coming to (and also, in the next thought, how old i am exactly these days and at what point will i turn into my Nana?) I make some attempt, blogged variously over the years, to make sure my children […]

We had “one of those weekends” where everyone seemed to spend the day whining, clambering and arguing when Max and i really wanted a sit down and flop day. We seemed to have almost reached the converse of where we were before; the children now get nearly full time attention from one person or another […]

Frances has made her first ever contribution to the BBC website. She is very proud 🙂 “I would like to do the most cartwheels. My best record is 150.” Frances, 9, Peterborough, England