The little girls fell asleep early, the elder ones didn’t, Maddy in particular being in a state of high dudgeon over everything. But eventually it was all as quiet as it is in the poem (we actually managed to read that from the book this year, we normally misplace it in the preceding days and […]

Christmas started for us after last posting date, it would have been impossible for it to have started any earlier really. However, by Friday we were down to a dribble of parcels and the last few got sent off on Saturday morning. It’s amazing how late some people will leave things. (Says the woman who […]

Yesterday we all went into town for a last minute shop around town; i needed some bits and bobs and Max took the girls off while i tried to do that. Within 10 minutes he arrived, faintly frazzled, as the younger 2 were playing up, so i kept Josie with me in M&S while her […]

I got a Christmas card in the post from Google!!!!! ROFL!

…. or is the Telegraph story a bit on the illiterate side? I think someone has been on the brandy butter….

(We’ve had an AWFUL lot of Spice Girls recently 🙄 ) That’s it, shops are closed, parcels are sent, house is being tidied and decorated, shopping is (nearly) done, kids are getting excited. We took somewhere in the region of £65,000 this November and December and for the first time ever, we can really see […]

The first Christmas decoration.

I need a slogan for the inside of my Christmas card and i want it to have the word merrily in it – help!

Have you upgraded my wordpress without me knowing… or have i just been away so long i have forgotten how it works?