What’s this world coming to….

Adding a splash of colour to your garden is easypeasy! There’s this saying: ‘You’re doing it wrong! You let someone els do it!’ To be frank, that’s a bit how I feel about gardening. I love our garden, but mostly to sit in it and read a book. Nevertheless, if you like a nice garden…

I’m someone who worries. A lot. I worry about my health, about the health of my children, whether my husband is safe during his daily commute to work, about whether I did something wrong, and sometimes I worry about the fact that I worry so much. Time to get some peace of mind! So I…

‘It should have lots of handy pockets!’ That was my number one criterium while searching for a new bag. Finally I found what I thought was the perfect bag. It had the long shoulder strap I was looking for, but most of all: it had lots of pockets. But lately there’s been this question nagging…

I was taking my son Piet for his swimming lessons for the umpteenth time, feeling numb with boredom, when he suddenly said: ‘Daddy is very naughty!’ ‘Oh yeah?’ I said distractedly, because I was busy feeling sorry for myself. ‘Daddy uses lots of naught words’ ‘Yes, daddy uses lots of naughty words when the other…

There’s just so much you can do on the internet nowadays. Like dumping someone. ‘Kirk dumped Stephanie today by email,’ my thirteen old daughter told me. And she added: ‘That’s the third time she got dumped by email already.’ I smelled a great parenting opportunity to teach them some high morals, so I said: ‘That’s…

  Which bird it this? If it’s not my snoring husband, it’s a bird keeping me awake at night! But which bird is it?!