Lending laughter to (mid) life

The Countrywives have invited me to share my marital experiences with you as Husband and I suddenly, after 18 years,… Read More »

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (a husband’s point of view) By Pam Ayres The missus brought a paperback, Down Shepton Mallet… Read More »

What is it they say about the road to hell…? Paved with good intentions, you say? Well the eagle-eyed amongst you… Read More »

We have to take responsibility for the downturn in weather here this week.  I have planted up all the vegetable… Read More »

Despite my fond imaginings all those years ago as I sat in my tiny London flat with the roar of… Read More »

Grace is in Valencia and I am off on holiday tomorrow to Ile de Re so there should be some… Read More »

Sarah Newton, one of our readers, has started a 30 day detox plan and is kindly sharing her experiences with… Read More »

Things continue to tick over and life is returning to a normal rhythm . Not dancing as much as I… Read More »

Has anyone else out there got the tidying up and re-arranging every moveable piece of household furniture bug!? Well I… Read More »

What is it about bank holiday weekends that, though only 33% longer than normal weekends, make us 100% happier. I… Read More »

Thank goodness spring has, at long last, sprung. Despite the grass in our garden having a white frosty coating this… Read More »

Okey dokey. I like to pride myself on being a reasonably good wife. I’m always home when Darling Husband gets… Read More »

It has been quite a week in the life of the Countrywives. We got nominated for two BiBs (Brilliance in… Read More »

I made a flying visit back to the UK last week courtesy of Ryanair who, I have to say, are… Read More »

Everyday problems are something we all learn to live with… but here are a few amazing tips to help you… Read More »

I read somewhere, in an interview with Shirley Maclaine, soon to be an octogenarian, who said “Sex has become a… Read More »

I know that I am not the only woman who dreads going to bed at night….and it’s not the cold… Read More »

We have had a difficult time at home recently. Not, admittedly, as bad as the cast of Eastenders, but our… Read More »

This week is obviously going to be dominated by the funeral of Margaret Thatcher and I am going to be… Read More »

Last weekend before youngest two children return to uni and school for finals and A levels so it’s that last big… Read More »

Another day has dawned and here I am wide awake at 5.48am in the morning before even the woodpecker has… Read More »

Well what’s new? Loving the job and happily ensconced in new pad! Steep learning curve in the new role and… Read More »

Spring is definitely emerging here in France and when I watch the UK news channels I can’t believe some of… Read More »

I hardly recognise my husband these days. He is away from home so much I barely see him. Recently he… Read More »

All that chocolate around the house has meant that it has been a dietary minefield for a chocoholic such as… Read More »

Minor crisis….Tesco has run out of strawberry Fruit Shoots! Not that I approve of them but let’s be honest kids… Read More »

GRACE: Annabel and I hopped on trains and zoomed in from our respective parts of the English countryside into the… Read More »

When I have stopped having ‘writer’s block’ I will type something here. Perhaps I should call it ‘blogger’s block’ in… Read More »

There are times in life when you get that ‘deja vu’ feeling and Saturday was one of those for me… Read More »

With Christmas only just behind us, Easter only a week away away and the bumper Summers Holidays following closely on… Read More »

I was thinking today about all the people I rely on. By that I mean everyone apart from family and… Read More »

OH still away and novelty is wearing off as there are man jobs that need doing! Car got sick at… Read More »

Ooops! Apologies for the lateness of my blog but the decorating proved more complicated than planned! Most of the plaster… Read More »

As I lay in bed the other morning, snuggled under two duvets and an eiderdown trying to keep warm, with… Read More »

The Other Half has gone to China and Los Angeles for two weeks and left me with the house and… Read More »

Two days ago we were blessed with sunshine and warmth, a small glimmer of hope that winter may finally be… Read More »

In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named a Clara Zetkin (Leader… Read More »

You may have noticed that at CountryWives headquarters we have a secret passion and that is DANIEL SANDLER.

My husband may have deserted me on Valentine’s Day, but he did do one very good thing for me recently…. Read More »

So, there we were on Sunday 30th December, like so many other parents, faced with that annual dilemma….New Years Eve!… Read More »