Half term and other stuff

February 20, 2015 By 1 Comment
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Half term is always a bit of juggle with work and wanting to spend time with the girls. I'm always half looking at my email and half making sure Tilly isn't getting herself lost. Well that was in the days when I had official 'days off'. Now I don't really have those. Being your own boss means you never really switch off, but today I managed some time where I really actually did. I took the girls to Chessington Zoo (I kid myself they are protecting the animals and doing valuable good … [Continue reading]

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Bit Bored Of Mummy

January 9, 2015 By 1 Comment

And so I find myself in 2015 sitting at a new (old) kitchen table, in a new (to me) kitchen in a new (to me) house. I have a view of my lovely garden and I'm working for my new company that I set up with my business partner. Goodness how things change. This time last year I was probably sitting in an office in London, going home to my old house, and wondering when would be a good time to resign. It wasn't a very easy start to the year, and it was a bit of a rollercoaster one way or another … [Continue reading]

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Listening Ears

November 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Have you ever had to ask someone the same question five times and they still fail to answer you, or have you had to ask someone to do a simple task seven times and yet till it seems to wash over them? Yes? Then you will know what we are going … [Continue reading]

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The next chapter

October 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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So once again it's all changed for me. I have finally set myself free of a big corporate organisation, taken the big leap and set up a PR agency with a long time colleague. It's been a long process and it's been so strange going through it all … [Continue reading]

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The blog about why I haven’t blogged

September 21, 2014 By 1 Comment
Campfire building

Dear Blog I'm so sorry I've neglected you. I never thought I'd be the type to build something up, make it flourish and grow and then just when it became dependent upon my regular nurturing, cruelly cast it aside in favour of all manner of other … [Continue reading]

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A little bit is lost

July 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There are some things you do each and every day with your children that you know will end at some point but that's just it, it's at 'some point'. It's not defined or clearly mapped out. You can't plan for it. And so one day you find yourself reading … [Continue reading]

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My Very Evil Mother…

June 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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I never fail to learn new things from my children. Their world is a wonderful adventure, new things every day. It's easy to forget that school at that age was exciting. So it was with delight but some surprise when Eliza said to me earlier: "My … [Continue reading]

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Birthday, kittens and an anniversary: what a couple of weeks

June 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Tilly & Grandpa

Wow hello blog! It's been a while hasn't it? I think I'm suffering from bloggers block, or blogathy (blog apathy see what I did there?) or possibly just the same old 'there aren't enough hours in the day' problem. But that problem's not really a … [Continue reading]

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24 Sleep Issues?

May 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Yeah stock cubes at bedtime!

There's something in the air today besides the sun. It's something that causes little girls to have trouble getting to sleep. It's something that causes me to get a great glute workout running up and down the stairs. Eliza has a new thing at … [Continue reading]

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The Endorphin High

May 8, 2014 By 1 Comment
I know. I look pretty amazing don't I...

I've written two posts this week but have published neither. Why? Mostly because they were a bit sad really. A bit sad, a bit disconnected and frankly a bit odd. Kind of how I've felt this week. I can't put my finger on it precisely. But rather … [Continue reading]

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