My favourite posts of 2009

The end of the year is a time to reflect; 365 days, 600 packed lunches, 183 blog posts. Here's a list of some of my favourites…

1. The dry spell: Have you ever had one? Come on, admit it. I'm sure you have…

2. I woke up one morning and realised: OHMYGOD — I'm Scottish.

3. The fleeting moment … or just mummy rot? Someone told me once that you lose 10 percent of your brain cells with the birth of each child. I had three in quick succession, you do the math.

4.Did I hear right? You relax honey — I'll do the washing up. Yeah, right, I knew it was too good to be true.

5. And another thing (!) Another rant. I'm very good at these.

6. I wrote this post after spending the summer in the US trying to figure out the hostile attitude towards government run health care: Hey America, socialised medicine is not that bad. Really. 

7. Tired of making cakes for the PTA cake sale? Me too. The standards are slipping.

8. Ever wonder who you are at the school gate? The PTA isn't talking to me after this one.

9. Part of my "Dear PR Person" series, this post is a rant that has been in the making for many, many years. My name is Susanna, not Suzanne, not Susie and certainly not Sue.

10. This one felt so good to write: Attention PR, how to engage with a mummy blogger.

11. Anyone else obsessed with the past? My obsession and the 1911 census.

12. It happens more than you think: Should teachers yell in the classroom?

13. Football: where are all the girls? My daughter plays football. It seems like no one else's does.

14. Do our actions influence the little ones? How are you coping with spider season?

5. What I loved about this post was the comments — they read like a confessional… There's something funny in the toilet mummy.

Photo credit: Arlo Bates