Category: Family

  • How To Choose a Husband

    Adoration: Marry a man who loves you a tiny bit more than you love him. People are horrified when I say this, but women are more prone to the romanticism of uncertainty. It’s exciting. (Why do you think Carrie kept going back to Big?) In the long run however, you’ll always wonder if he loves…

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  • The dog that ate Vaseline Intensive Care Cream

    I wrote this a year ago on my old blog. I think it’s worth sharing again in the lead up to a new blog feature I’ll be introducing... When my best friend and I were 13, we dreamed of sharing a big house with a menagerie of mutts. Toy poms and huskies for her, golden…

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  • To my husband on our Second Anniversary (29 March)

    * I will cook and bake for you until I need my hips replaced. * I will never understand why you loved computer games. I’m so happy you don’t play them anymore. * One day we will have a house with a garden and lots of dogs. * I’m sorry darling but the dogs will…

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  • Things that made me smile this month

    Teaching a beautiful redhead toddler how to get all the foam out of her babycchino cup. The same little girl asking for bits of my omelette breakfast, the sweet cherry tomatoes in particular (she obviously has good taste).

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