A good friend of mine lives in Austin, Texas. Dana was my roommate when I first moved to the UK in 1989. She opened the door to the BUNAC hostel where I was staying. I was fresh out of uni and a hostel was the only place in London I …
I’m thoroughly ensconced in California now. We’ve been here nearly two weeks and the girls are officially “tired” of Mexican food. One can never tire of the beach though, and here are some pics from a recent trip to Santa Cruz… Where we collected lots of shells! And made …
“Mum! Where are my shorts?”
I hear this shout from upstairs as I am rummaging through the fridge looking for something, anything, to put in the girls’ packed lunches. Underneath a pack of cheddar, I find some ham. It’s only a few days out of date. I smell it. Fine. Now I just can’t remember if we have bread…
Which shorts? I answer my oldest daughter, the 10-year-old; she has sports day this week. Actualy,it could be today? Did you look in your room? Try your drawers, I shout back. Most likely it is under the pile of clothing near her bed, which seems to keep growing. I must get on top of the laundry.
Many of you know that I’m the founder of BritMums, the UK’s largest parent blogging community with nearly 4,000 members that represent more than 7,000 blogs with a reach of nearly 20 million page views a month.
More than 500 people flooded The Brewery in London on June 22 and 23, 2012, for BritMums Live!, the biggest parent blogger conference in the UK. Ruby Wax kicked things off with a frank and funny discussion of her depression and her online community Black Dog Tribe. From there we had blogger roundtable discussions, workshops, the Brilliance in Blogging party and awards, Sarah Brown, Cherry Healey, the Bloggers’ Keynote, social networking training, advice on charitable fund raising and awareness, fruity drinks, style sessions, film sneak peeks, pedicures, vacuuming (!), photobooths and much much more.
When we lived in California, hubby and I used to regularly go Spice and Rice in La Jolla. This Thai Kitchen was a local favourite. You could sit outside, even in January, and enjoy colourful, flavourful food that stretched your taste buds just that much further. It was good value too. …
The BritMums parent blogging community is coming togther today for a day of protest about the situation in Syria.
Spearheaded by Liz from A Mum Blog and Justine from The Potty Diaries, the idea is to use our collective voice to be heard and make a difference.
Liz writes,
"As parents, it is impossible not to be affected by the reports of the full horror of the Houla massacre. This is from Wednesday's Times:
There's something about a nice day that makes you want to take it by the hand and roll around in the grass. We spent Sunday evening picnicking in our secret spot on the Thames: a farmer's field perfect for frolicking. It was an impromptu meal made of what I could find – sticky sausages with honey and whole-grain mustard, a crusty loaf, Stilton and salad. I filled a pitcher with Pimms and lemonade, and panicked slightly when I couldn't find any cucumber (we made due with some cut apples and oranges.) Added a sprig of mint from the pot in the garden. Perfect.
The weather is starting to warm up and the Modern Family wanted burgers for dinner! Hubby recently failed the cholesterol test, so I’ve been on the look out for low-fat, unsaturated alternatives to our usual favourites. I’ve been working with the Lean on Turkey folks, and have been experimenting with using …
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