Last time around I didn’t nest.  Instead I made much point of saying how we had to clean and disinfect our ant-ridden studio before the baby arrived, yet never really got around to doing anything.  I’m undomesticated, you see.  I can just about...

Friday was my last day at work before maternity leave.  I’m officially a free woman.  Or free until the full maternity pay runs out, at least. Thursday there was talk of snow.  The sort and amount that stops you from getting to work.  Of course...

The boy made his Christmas list months ago.  It consisted of Lego, Lego and more Lego.  I asked him if there was anything he wanted that wasn’t Lego.  There was.  But he didn’t know what.  I asked the husband.  He wants Xbox games (surprise...

After bargaining for the presence of a Christmas tree in our house, the next step was to actually get hold of one.  Mum came to the rescue with a rather old (possibly over ten years old) 3 footer that’s not been taken from the loft in a good few...

Only days ago I was remarking to the husband how disappointed I was that none of our family (on either sides) had bought anything from Lumpy’s gift list.  It wasn’t that I expected our families to rush out and buy everything on that list straight away...