Lending laughter to (mid) life

Attached a list of dresses you could consider G! M & Co Body Con Dress M & Co One Shoulder… Read More »

Husband and I lunched at San Lorenzo, Beauchamp Placethe other day, the 48 year old bastion of good (but somewhat… Read More »

It was a sad day for me yesterday as Habitat in Spa Town (the rest of the country’s stores will… Read More »

It rained, there was travel chaos nationwide and there is now a lot of mud and a dodgy smell in… Read More »

I was privileged to see another facet of my friend C’s life, when we attended Her Son’s bar mitzvah at… Read More »

It’s Reading Festival pitch your tent day and also GCSE results day, consequently I had Youngest Son and 5 of… Read More »

Like Ellie, every time someone comes to our house they seem to bring the fruits (or, more accurately) the vegetables… Read More »

A dear friend from America has been staying with us since Thursday but she is no ordinary friend, no, she… Read More »

I don’t drink but this week I made an exception as it was a week of highs and lows. The… Read More »

Like Ellie’s Husband, mine also has an unnerving capacity for spending money. He fancied lobster for lunch and so I… Read More »

Youngest is particularly sensitive to comments made by his peers at the moment so husband and I have recently been… Read More »

Can you please stop talking about Sloane Square in such a scrummy way….I really can’t bear it, we actually lived… Read More »

Went up to the post-riot capital today to meet two lovely girlfriends atThe Botaniston Sloane Square. After an essential glass… Read More »

Here is one of the perils of living in a converted 500 year old barn deep in the countryside. Another… Read More »

Holiday in Corfu turned out to be glorious though it got off to an inauspicious start with plane cancelled due… Read More »

Today:Barbecued butterflied leg of organic local lamb liberally studded with garlic slivers and smothered in mint jelly.Couscous fruited with dates,… Read More »

This bright and cheerful yellow plant is called ragwort and it’s taking over the fields where we live. It is… Read More »

Eldest daughter has had her birthday party today, so yes I am going to get drunk this evening. Twelve years… Read More »

The adipose tissue I denuded myself of at the detox clinic is creeping back on already. I blame 50th birthdays… Read More »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215 Read the above link and please, please tell me why the powers that be are active in hunting down… Read More »

Following the sound of the music which we could hear in the back garden yesterday, we ended up at the… Read More »

As requested by my friend in France, our “self imposed lettuce sniffing and water drinking’ week away had the following… Read More »

Thought I should complete my little piece on gel nail varnish: after four weeks, the cast iron polish on two… Read More »

I know the government have already hit on the plan to get food producers and even toy manufacturers to reduce… Read More »

Very quickly, there WAS a third spookiness. We had just been watching Piers Morgan on TV trying to fend off… Read More »

Unlike Annabel, who we enviously note is tucking in to all manner of gastronomic delights, Husband and I are getting… Read More »

Husband and I are definitely eating all the calories that Grace and her husband are not. All our clothes seem… Read More »

While Husband and I residing at Austrian hardcore detox gezundheitzentrum, our daily allowance of 520 calories is divided between three… Read More »