We packed overnight bags and knowing neither of us had to wake early the next day we went to spend two nights with our partners, to getaway we said..lol..and regroup Friday to discuss our next move. Wednesday and Thursday, we called each other to laugh at how many times he had called our cell phones. [...]

There is a distinct way that my DH looks for things – basically, if it can’t be spotted the second (and I mean, THE SECOND) he starts to search, then it is officially lost. If he can’t find his socks in his sock drawer in under 1.2 nano seconds then I am called for to [...]

Once there was a garden With a giant shoe. And in that place a boy kissed a girl, And the girl liked it…. Like this?Read more… Recommended by The Ramblings of a Formerly Rock’n’Roll Mum

After 20 minutes on foot in the blistering heat, I got to my destination and there he was. He stepped out in front of me and whispered in a husky voice that I should have taken the ride. Ooh, he was confident! He was masculine! I was attracted, so in a manner to seduce him, [...]

I feel that I am leaning towards becoming a boring wife. I think I am doing okay with entertaining you and taking you out to places. I even took you on 2 flights without your Aby around. So I guess I am doing fine being just an awesome Umi that I am. *ehem* *brush imaginary [...]

Dear Darya who chose not to sleep early for the past few months so god save my sanity and mom-bie mode at work 2320hours after the long battles and cries of “boob! boob! waaant! waaant!” and mastering the art of flipping from right boob to left (don’t ask me why darya made me do that), [...]

I surfed the net for my wedding dress.  I did not want a long gown, as every one I tried on made me feel like I was wearing fancy dress and I wanted something less showy.  I eventually found just what I was looking for online at Net-a Porter and bought a dress by Australian designers, [...]

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Twenty years ago today I got married. Looking back, I can’t say it was the happiest day of my life, there has been many  joyous occasions in my life time. But then again, I don’t think marriage and a wedding day, should be the ultimate ambition of anyone really. The concept of modern marriage has been much [...]

This week on Twitter I weirdly stumbled upon a person I’d emailed on Match before I met Mr. G. I have to say it took me by surprise & though I never did meet the guy, we did have quite a few emails going on – until it became clear that it was all a [...]

It is International Women’s Day on Friday. Last year, I marked it on my blog with a post about Save the Children’s campaign to give women around the world access to reproductive health care. This year, my thoughts have stayed a little closer to home, and I’ve decided to acknowledge some of the many incredible [...]

Hello, hello, helloooo. I bet you thought I’d fallen off the edge of the world, I’ve been so quiet these past couple of weeks. Nothing so dramatic, but to be rather melodramatic, I’ve been trying to sort out the rest of my life! A week in Newcastle over half term helped me see where I [...]

Check out this post on watching our kids grow up. There’s no Stop, Drop and Roll to this journey! Like this?Read more… Recommended by Tales From the Motherland

You would be amazed, maybe, at what sisterless chaps don’t know about girls. No-one knows what we don’t or didn’t know, because we never mention it as we assume it’s a reality because we don’t know any better and there is no-one to tell us as they aren’t mind readers. So the stuff we don’t [...]

Being ill is a very easy way to find out who your friends are. Having your elbow operated on means blogging about it isn’t really possible, so I asked Aisha from Expatlogue to write about it for me. Thank you sweetheart x As I’m here doing a favour for a friend, it seemed like a [...]

I have not written about P before. That is partly because I’m not confident that my words can do him justice. But it’s also because loss can do funny things to people. It can make you claim a closeness that others don’t recognise, as you grapple with your own emotions and try to make sense [...]

He also spends time in his study playing, alone or with friends, recording, mixing until he is totally satisfied with the outcome. He is passionate about it, music is very important to him, and I love sneaking up on him while the guitar comes to life in his hands, the earphones preventing him from hearing [...]

Babies are smart! I know that the common opinion of new and unborn babies is that they are ‘blank slates’, completely empty of anything baring the basic physical reflexes such as suckling and crying. But I don’t believe that. I believe that a baby has possibly more knowledge and intelligence than adults but that this [...]