Back in the snowy winter (not last week, I mean the beginning of this year) a very clean 4×4 pulled up on the farmyard and enquiries were made regarding the virility of my boy pig (that’s a technical term). 4 or 5 professional men climbed out the vehicle and oo-ed and aah-ed at the magnificent pigs we had. We sold them a young boy pig and delivered him to their house a few days la… » Continue Reading

  It’s been a very long day..sigh. I was woken by the teenager asking me to wash her socks, oh joy! Darling Husband pulled the quilt off me, because I was annoying him looking so snuggled up and cosy…sigh. I gave sock washing instructions which I discovered were followed to the letter…apart from the actual sock bit, they were no-where to be seen. You know some… » Continue Reading

We went to see Toy Story 3 today and as I sat there I thought just how much things have changed since I was my youngest daughters’ age. I remember going to the cinema to see the first David Attenborough movie about apes getting drunk on the rotting fruit of a tree. I think the film was in two parts and halfway through two ladies appeared either side of the huge screen with a tray of dodg… » Continue Reading

I’m hopping up and down with excitement! I feel in toadal chaos! I’ve been nominated for the Mumpreneur Awards and I have a badge to prove it! Thanks to Cathy Edge for nominating me and filling in the humungous form (did you make up all those nice things you said about me?) I’m looking forward to going to the event on 18th September and meeting up with lots of other Mum… » Continue Reading