Lending laughter to (mid) life

Starbucks gift cards – great for anyone, but especially cash poor teenagers.Comes in a natty little red holder.You choose the… Read More »

Have to tell you about the most incredible, inexpensive Christmas present or stocking filler for girls between 10yrs and 25yrs!!Magnetic… Read More »

Does anyone else out there ever wonder who they are going to be when they wake up in the morning,… Read More »

First frost for us last night……and guess what the b****y boiler has given up the ghost. However the number 1… Read More »

Simply add your email address where shown in the left hand column and we’ll automatically send you each new post… Read More »

Following your alarming description of perfect preparation for Christmas this year Grace I have decided that I really MUST sort… Read More »

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart.

Might as well get in the spirit, everyone else seems to be! Ellie xx

Rather like Ellie’s husband who posted his Christmas cards on 15 November, I also decided to get everything and anything… Read More »

Before I begin I must confirm that I am serious admirer of all Apple products and did feel an overwhelming… Read More »

If, like me, you love having flowers in the house, but baulk at paying £20 for one of those uninspired… Read More »

I went to the dentist this morning to have a tiny filling and for the first time since my late… Read More »

Fed the dogs their usual biscuits but as a treat added a tin of squid in black ink. Gulped down… Read More »

Ellie’s been glued to e-bay and is somewhat the richer for it, has some useful advice on public loos and… Read More »

How’s the week off from snoring going Ellie? Good I hope. My Husband was in North Wales last night and… Read More »

Popped on the scales this morning and surprisingly (LOL) my weight has crept up by almost five pounds! Although we… Read More »

My husband and I are trying out the old fashioned way of “sleeping together”. Apparently my snoring is so bad… Read More »

It’s grey outside and getting colder and I have blogger’s block however this weekend my 16 year old son was… Read More »

It’s not often that I plug in songs from TV ads to see what they are and who sings them(sad?… Read More »

This week has been a strange one as I seem to have a few girlfriends going through very difficult times,… Read More »

Was woken, pre-dawn, by gentle kiss from Husband. I’d been dreaming, so was feeling fuzzy and warm, snuggled into the… Read More »

OnBBC Radio’s Woman’s Hourtomorrow: Jilly Cooper and Lucy Mangan discuss#howtostaymarried!!!!! Thanks A! Ellie xxx

Dawn is some way away and I’m in the study wearing Husband’s dressing gown, hair askew (not in a sexy… Read More »

Winter has arrived and I am full of cold that I cannot seem to get rid of. My heating has… Read More »

The three Countrywives are discovering that the more they economise, the happier they feel. Bengal fire, kamuros and a cyber-style… Read More »

Like the wisely frugal Ellie, we have also stopped buying Christmas gifts for adults. Nowadays we restrict our ever-decreasing generosity… Read More »

No A I don’t think you are turning into your Grandmother although i should point out that we’re all going… Read More »

Winter is on its way if we are to believe the newspapers, sub-zero temperatures and freezing winds. Christmas is around… Read More »

When I was young (aaaagh! I NEVER thought I would be ancient enough to say that!) fireworks’ night was always… Read More »

Ellie x

Youngest’s birthday today and boy have I sweated buckets for him. The four of us headed out to Lasertag Gloucesterfor… Read More »