Isn't friendship lovely? Pity it's a bit onesided. The frog kept trying to get away, but every time he did our cat Rumpelstiltskin, put his paw on him as if to say: 'If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me. Uh uh uh uh no baby please don't go?!' Ever...
I'm not a camping out kind of girl. I think there's a reason camping rhymes so well with cramping. However I've got five kids who love to sleep outside in a tent, so we decided to put one up in our back yard. After all, since our move to the country it's certainly big enough!...
If I were an animal, I would probably be a cat. Because even if I go on vacation with my whole family I still get homesick. I can't help but pine for our familiar, comfortable home whenever I'm away from it. Dogs on the other hand get attached to people, and their human equivalent doesn't...
I've never been much of a pet person. I was one of those cruel moms who denied their kids the joy of having a pet. But after we moved to the country and a house with a kitchen that had a door you could actually clóse, I suddenly felt room in both my heart and...
It can be the cause of many a spousal fight, and can even lead to the demise of a marriage. That ultimate question about the right way to hang the toilet paper: 'Should the paper hang over or under the roll?' There have been cases reported of husbands sneaking into the bathroom, to hang the...
As a teenager of the eighties, I learned it didn't do to show your bra straps. A lot has changed since then, and now it seems it's quite alright to show some strap. I see lots of women walking around wearing tops with spaghetti bands, showing their bra. However, even though it's no longer nót...
June 2012 School Newsletter Dear colleagues, Summer Vacation is almost upon us, and so the time has come for our annual Mom Hunt! In the final weeks leading up to the long Summer break, lots of special activities will be organized, to ensure a chaotic end to the school year. And of course these will...
I've been reading Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Readingby Nina Sankovitch, and I was struck by something she said about rekindling your sex life. Especially in the light of the recent hype surrounding the softporn book 'Fifty Shades of Grey. Nina advises to have a glass of wine, read a good...
It's the question of a lifetime: 'To be or not to be' and 'Who should play Christian Grey?' (Don't know the story of Christian Grey? Check out my post: 8 thoughts on 50 shades of grey) There are already lots of posts about who should play this tormented soul, who only needs the tender loving...
I felt like challenging my mind, so I was reading a woman's magazine, and stumbled upon an article about choosing the right bathing suit. And it made me wonder: 'How dumb do they think we are?!' Because they offered this tip: 'Need a new bathing suit? Don't buy a model that is too tight, because...
