The one about perception & storage….

Soooooo my last post got me in trouble……apparently there were a few trips to Ikea planned & executed following it. Let’s put it this way……the men weren’t happy. I can relate. Recently our marriage under-went a very serious test….. An experience that I am sure very many of you can…

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Brains in your head, Feet in your shoes…..

Welcome 2015! I hope you are prepared for many adventures ….. As I intend to have a few. And so there we have it. Christmas 2014. Done & dusted – just like that. Now I know strictly speaking it is not officially over but for most of us (certainly me)…

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New York!

    So good they said it twice, as old blue eyes sang.  I could write 1000 words all based on sayings about The Big Apple but for me the one that rings truest is ‘The City that Never Sleeps’. To say I was mesmerised is an understatement! This city…

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The great Christmas craft off

 A lazy weekend. A frosty lawn. A tired set of parents. And two little girls climbing the walls. “Hey, I have a great idea! Seeing as we got a new Christmas tree last year, why don’t we still put up the old one this year too but decorate it solely…

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The baby & the bowl.

1st & 2nd born are girls. We lived in a pink, plastic filled, Mattel coloured world. We had tea parties with plastic sandwiches dressed in princess costumes. We wore tutu’s from dawn til dusk & aspired to wear lipstick & live in a tower. I’m not saying any of these…

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