Today my husband came home, and whispered in the tones of a dying man: 'I don't feel so well… I may have caught the flu.' My first thought was: 'Tough! You'll just have to keep going, just like I do!' But then it hit me: if hubby was home, then I could make a break...
Whenever I want to have a heart to heart with my husband, he gets this shifty look in his eyes, and needs to go to the bathroom. Or he gets sidetracked wondering how a word is spelled, because he's a bit of a language freak. He reads dictionaries for pleasure, need I say more? How...
I was taking a shower, enjoying some peace and quiet. Then my eldest son ran in, with barely concealed glee, brandishing a note. The note read: 'Fuk'. 'Mommy! That's the word daddy said! I wrote it down so I could show you, because we're not allowed to use thóse words!' Raising kids is hard I...
To my delight I discovered a judo class for kids, practically in our street! So I immediately enrolled my son, because I love the way judo teaches them manners. You never know: they might stick, and make my life easier! Because it was his very first lesson I helped him change into his judo suit...
When we were preparing our move to the country, every Saturday we would visit the building site that was going to be our future home. We admired the holes in the walls, the electric wires hanging loose, and the overall mess. It was obviously a work in progress, even we could see that! Because personally,...
Though my Godlike status of omniscience is flattering, I find it mostly tiring! Especially when the kids are home from school. Do I look like I'm omniscient? As soon as the kids get out of bed it starts with: 'What's for dinner today, mommy?' Followed closely by: Are we there yet? Mommy did you see...
I was suffering from acute cabin fever. So I decided to google 'nice outings with kids'. I got 21.500.000 results. To narrow it down a bit, I decided to add some criteria: dirt cheap suitable for five kids, and one overwrought mom suffering from cabin fever relaxing for mom Excitedly I pushed 'search' and got: 'Your...
You use spit to clean up your kids, and the windows. You're a regular on home.com, because you're desperate for a house to come on the market in Teletubbyland. You really want to live there, because of the peace and quiet. You have thighs of steel, because you always pee hanging above the toilet, since...
I'm very low maintenance, you know!' I like to tell my husband. 'I don't desire expensive holidays or expensive clothes. Just give me a Big Mac or two, or three, or maybe four, and I'm a happy woman.' You're very lucky with me as your wife And to make sure he gets my drift, I...
As a stay-at-home-mom nothing fazes me. No mountain is too high, or too rugged to climb. Nor do I shrink back from some breaking and entering. Because to 'stay at home' you have to bé home first. Shut myself out Because today, one of my biggest fears came true: I accidentally shut myself out of...
