losing sight of my toes

Like most women I really hate my body and could list almost every part of it in a list of the worst bits.  The only bit I ever really liked was my eyes and even they now have dark circles and make me look a bit like a worn out old woman.  I guess that’s [...]

r.i.p

UGLY IMITATION PARQUET FLOORING
1980s – May 2007
R.I.P

LEST WE FORGET

home sweet home

Well, we’re back home now after our little ‘holiday’ to my parents house.  It was ok I suppose…hot water on demand, space to move about…but it just wasn’t home.
The last night we spent there (Saturday) I was kept awake by our darling daughter until 2am…Alasdair was wise enough to nab the sofa and didn’t suffer [...]

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…

A day late but hey who’s counting…
Yesterday was Iona’s first birthday.  We’re surprised and relieved that she made it to one without damage.  There’s the fact that she was born into the footwell of my car…which those who know me will know is the least sterile place in the world, the fact that she was [...]

don’t worry, I have a plan

To say that we were desperate to move out of our old house would be an understatement…it was a matter of life and death…that being life imprisonment for us and death to the neighbours.  Having consulted some proper adults in our lives, our daily mantra became “buy the worst house in the best area” and [...]

this little piggy went to market, this little piggy broke in two

We spent this weekend at the Homebuilding and Renovation Show at the SECC in Glasgow.  Due to last minute babysitting woes we had to take the kids with us and were expecting a complete and utter nightmare with them getting bored and us getting frustrated and not being able to glean the information we need [...]

eureka

Music was always my saviour when I was growing up as I’m sure it was, and still is, many other teenagers’ saviour.  In a time when they feel that no-one could possibly understand how they’re feeling it seems that lyricists have the ability to hit the nail on the head.
 
A favourite of mine around my [...]

speaking to the u-bend

I’m not one to write about politics but this has moved me to put finger to keyboard.
Quite honestly this makes me feel sick to the stomach…I’m not entirely sure why because on the face of it, this seems quite an innocuous news story about the PM leaving his job (hooray) but the smarmy facedness of the man [...]

all work and no play makes jolene a dull girl

Recently there’s been a lot going on in my life that I’ve felt compelled to write about but can’t because it’s work related and if there’s anything we are to learn by the inclusion of ‘dooced’ in the urban dictionary it’s that YOU JUST DON’T BLOG ABOUT WORK!

So, these thoughts are taking over my brain [...]

why does everything come down to education?

Education has become a bit of a buzz word in our society ever since Tony Blair held aloft his magic manifesto and declared that “education, education, education” would solve all of the country’s woes.  We must invest in education to stop anti-social behaviour, criminals, drug and drink abuse, etc, etc.
Now, that was in 1996/7 and [...]