I’m back !

I have been really, really shit of late. Looking at the blog, I don’t think I’ve blogged properly since… erm… September I think.

How shit is that? Actually don’t answer that – I know how shit it is.

So here’s a quick run down on what’s been going on Chez Cherry Red:

October

First there [...]

Dear So and So…. The whine edition

Firslty, apologies that my first pop in months is whiney. But hey… needs must

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Dear Girl

The Argos catalogue is not a pre-made list of things for you to want and/or demand.

IF you make it to your 6th birthday THEN we can talk about what you can have.

Until then – please for [...]

Introducing… mini geek

The Hot Geek has turned The Girl into a Mini Geek

 

 

cybermummy and me

I know we’re in September and #cybermummy seems like it was months ago, but I figured I’d blog about it anyway.

Firstly, to the wonderful ladies who spent not an inconsiderable amount of time organising it – thank you.  You did a fantastic job.  The venue was fabulous and perfectly located.  The choices for key [...]

cybermummy : the meet and greet

With Cybermummy less than a week away the rather lovely Carly over at MummysShoes is running a bit of a ‘meet and greet’ .

Now, I’m a bit late coming to the party – I know, I’m shit but hey, it can’t be helped, so for those who don’t know me here goes:

Actual [...]

letter from the dodo fairy

The Girl hasn’t had her Dodo in nearly 2 years.

The Dodo fairy visited The Girl when she started nursery and it didn’t really seem like a massive thing at the time.

The Hot Geek and I made a really big deal of her being such a big girl now she was at nursery that [...]

three by nine meme

Wow… the very gorgeous Kate has tagged me in a new meme!

Format is simple: answer the questions and tag your blogging buddies!

So, lets get going:

Three names I go by: Amy, Ames and Agatha

Three places I’ve lived: Bristol, Ballymena and Stoke-on-Trent

Three places I’ve worked: HSBC, Prudential and NatWest

Three things I [...]

and then you were there…. my birth story

At exactly 19:42 on Thursday 16th March 2006 I became a mother.

And my world as I knew it changed forever.

I’ve never written about my pregnancy and labour before but I have read the birth stories of many others.

So, in honour of my gorgeous daughters 5th birthday today, here is our story

the gallery – one word

So.. we’re on week 49 of The Gallery and this weeks prompt is One Word.

My word is Generations.

In February this year I took a very special lady to watch Priscilla Queen of the Desert in the West End – a show she’d been itching to see for months and months.

This photo was [...]

this is me meme

I’ve been tagged by the rather gorgeous Sarah over at Mumra in a meme that started the rounds a while ago.

So, what’s the deal?

Well, the challenge is this:

Get your child (regardless of age) to draw a picture of you.

Post the picture on your blog

The End.

Simple?

Course.

Well, it would [...]