What an inventive, thought provoking blogger I am ... not! Life seems to be whizzing past without much time for coherent thought, but I can ...

1. Do you believe, somewhere deep inside, that blondes do indeed have more fun? That they are "dumber" than brunettes or redhe...

Outside My Window ... a miserable, dull, wet morning. It is supposed to be brightening up later, but we are well into autumn now. I had to...

My children have reminded me, yet again, that I live in a madhouse. ---------------------------------------------- Star: My head is as big...

Now loose in blogland thanks to Amy Welborn (HT: Sally at Castle in the Sea ): The blogosphere is full of Mommybloggers.  Pregnant, homesc...

I ran out of steam (and time) part way through writing seven quick takes yesterday, so I'm doing a belated Friday 5 instead. Here are th...

I enjoyed the Thursday 13 posted last week by Pamela at When Good People Get Together, where she listed memorable foods from thirteen diff...

I recently stumbled across a collection of the daily routines of famous people (a blog currently on hold as the idea is being turned into a...

Outside My Window ... pleasant early autumn morning. Blue sky and white cloud. I am thinking ... I need to buy Cherub some more clothes f...

Two highlights from the papal visit that gave me the shivers (good shivers!) ... 1. Pope Benedict speaking about Thomas More in Westminst...

Spotted in the local paper ... British eccentricity is alive and well and living a few miles up the road. Tell me, how does someone come ...

1. The Pope is here! He spent his first day in the UK in Scotland, where he met the Queen, drove through the streets of Edinburgh in his po...

This is dance show term for the girls - all three of them! - and with dance mania ruling in this household they are taking part in a grand t...

1. Do you do garage sales? If so, tell me about one great find. If not, tell me why not. No, because they aren't a British thing. We ...

Outside My Window ... grey. Not sure how much it is just early morning grey, and how much it is cloudy-rainy grey. I am thinking ... it i...

Love the power of a four year old's imagination. Playing in an empty play house in John Lewis' toy department yesterday ... Cher...

1. This morning I wrestled with a moral dilemna. Should I post a Thursday meme on Friday, offending my sense of the rightness of Thursday b...

I haven't done one of these for a long time, but here, short and sweet, is the starting school edition. Thirteen things Little Cherub ha...

I was going to post some cute pictures of Cherub in her new school uniform, but she had other ideas and refused point blank to pose for the ...

Outside My Window ... early autumn morning. Pale blue sky with white clouds, and a light breeze. Heavy rain forecast tonight and tomorrow....