Family life « Scribbling Mum

Over and out –my last post

I’ve decided that this will be my last post at Scribbling Mum. I’ve probably been mulling this over for a while now,feeling that there’s change on the way,but since the reaction to my last post ‘Were you ever a baby bore?’it kind of made up my mind.

You can’t see the [...]

#Live in the now dude

I’ve always thought of peer pressure as a negative thing,making someone do something they don’t want to do.

Like smoke a fag. ‘Your Mum will never know because these Consulate taste and smell of mint. It’s proper genius.’

Or try booze. ‘K cider is the best. You can use it as a [...]

Let them be little

Before Miss L started nursery if you’d told me that there would be a graduation ceremony at the end of term I’d have thought it was nonsense. As with so many things when it comes to raising my children,unless I did it when I was growing up I’m a little sceptical. But as [...]

My car,my filth

‘I’ll give you a lift back to the office in my car if you like.’

Why did I say that? Why did I not sneak away and pretend that I hadn’t driven? Why must I try to be helpful?

The offer was made to my boss. A career woman with no kids,immaculate Armani [...]

Song titles to live your life by

As I drove to work the other day listening to Radio Two…

*Sorry,what are you laughing at? You got a problem with that? Blame angry,rude Chris Moyles with his self obsessed verbal diarrhoea. And the reality is that I’m now the target demographic and correct social whatever for Chris Evan’s Breakfast Show. I [...]

Five things I must start remembering

1. Leave ten minutes earlier.

Do not push your luck and stay for that last cup of coffee at your friend’s house whilst the children are still playing so well together. It won’t last. They’re all a little past it,a little on the edge. Leave now,leave now.

Ten minutes is the difference [...]

Dear so and so….

Dear Jeans Store Shop Assistant,

Thank you for today. Shopping for jeans is normally my most hated and dreaded task.

Does my bum look big in these? Why,yes. Yes,it does.

Next pair.

I repeat this process until I’ve tried on all the pairs in the shop or I’m crying,whichever happens first. [...]