Well, Boots have, after about 6 weeks wait, delivered our membership pack for the Boots Parenting Club. Among other things, that gave us vouchers for various freebie packs (nappies, wipes etc), and points providing we spent £75 in one transaction. S… more »

Well, gardening is a bit of a misnomer, because what's actually happening is the digging up of around 50 m2 of garden, to be re-modelled via the medium of patio'n'herbs. We've commissioned Don, our builder neighbour, to do the graft, and he's ma… more »

Well, last week was a long one - I had a really heavy cold, which saw me off work and right miserable at the end. Since time's a-pressing though, I had to lay the carpet in the nursery on Saturday and put up the new curtain rail, despite not being entir… more »

We've just been to see Billy Elliot the musical in London. A really good show (in the sense of entertainment), with top-drawer ensemble work and leads (which you'd expect from the West End). The tunes are well-delivered; which is probably a kind way of… more »

Another busy week here. Ros finished work on Tuesday, which made for an emotional day. It's been around nine years continous service for her at OCR, so it's a bit of a change to be off for (potentially) a year's maternity leave. We received some lovely… more »