Miss Cherry Red

I learned a valuable lesson this week in how to constructively spend my time with Keira after she shared a secret with Daddy during her bedtime story. I learned that children keep nothing sacred. Here is parenting according to the Hot Geek: To teach Keira her numbers (eg: her times tables) To teach Keira to write [...]

This was the first thing that greeted me in my twitter time line this morning: Now, if you’ve read the ‘About Me’ section you’ll know that I used to want to be a journalist which makes me incredibly nosey by nature. So I did what any self respecting nosey bitch would do… I clicked the [...]

Dear God I am a catholic. But you already know that. People don’t believe me when I tell them about my religion.  They think I’m making it up. My religion doesn’t define me but I do go to mass and I do pray.  Sure, I might not pray every day (if my Nanny Bridget is [...]

So…… tiddlyompompom tagged me in a meme and well, it’d be rude not to get involved… Here goes…. *********************** 1. Are you a meticulous planner? Yes.  I border obsessive.  People (like the hot geek) who can just fly by the seam of their pants drive me insane. I write endless lists: on paper, on my [...]

Dear Dad It’s Fathers Day today and for the first time in a long time, I’m not at home to see you. I don’t even think I remembered a card.  How rubbish is that? I know, I know, you’ll tell me that you don’t need a card and that you don’t want anything for Fathers [...]

I took a picture of my daughter at the weekend and the photo shocked me. I always tell her that she is my Baby.  My angel. Yet it occurs to me that she is not a baby anymore. I can’t even call her a toddler with any conviction. She is a fully fledged little girl. [...]

I am going on holiday ! Woo hoo !! This time next Saturday I will be basking in the sunshine in the beautiful resort of Costa Blanca. I can not wait. Given that I wont have my laptop with me and no internet access (what will I do without twitter??) the very lovely Bare Naked [...]

Inspired by 3 Bedroom Bungalow Dear Daughter I love you with every fibre in my being.  You are my beginning my middle and my end.  I do not remember what my life was like before I had you. You make life what it should be: utterly engaging and totally worthwhile. ******************* Dear Hot Geek I [...]

I wrote a little while ago about my brother who died in 2007.  You can read it here if you didn’t catch it. It occurs to me that I have only one photo of my brother when he was drug free. And it’s my favourite too. Here he is.  Holding my daughter when she was [...]

This post is bought to you courtesy of The Secret Post Club for May. **************************** The lovely, wonderful and truly great Muddling Along Mummy has made my week. After what has been a horrendous week and a bit for me (completely different blog post), I was woken up on Saturday morning to find Keira laid on [...]