Browsing Tag

mummy blog

  • Why can’t you just let me blog in peace?

    Tweet Someone is trying very hard to make trouble for me via the blog. They tried a few months ago, and they’ve tried again today, without success. I’m not going to go into detail,…

    September 2, 2013
  • Family bond

    Tweet This is one of my favourite photos of me, No 1 Son and Man of the House (you didn’t think it was *really* old, did you?) It was taken on a day out…

    January 30, 2013
  • Mother’s pride

    Tweet On Tuesday night we went to prize-giving at No 1 Son’s school. It was wonderful to see the expressions of bashful pride on the boys faces as they left the stage clutching envelopes…

    January 10, 2013
  • 10 Easy Ways to Annoy Your Teenager

    Tweet One of the benefits of the holidays is the chance to spend quality time with your offspring. Or not, given that my offspring prefers to be out with his friends or up in…

    January 4, 2013
  • How to be a successful blogger

    Tweet I’ve seen a lot of nonsense talked about blogging over the past year, particularly by self-proclaimed ‘doyennes’ and ‘experts’ of blogging, and also by non-bloggers (I believe that if you’re not a blogger,…

    November 11, 2012
  • A blog post for my son

    Tweet I can still remember the expression on your face when you woke up on Christmas morning and saw your first Big Boy Bicycle in the sitting room. You clasped your little hands together…

    August 15, 2012
  • Do daddy bloggers need special treatment?

    Tweet On Friday night I was at Brit Mums Live. During the day the conference had been taking place, with inspiring talks by incredible women. But in the evening, it was time to socialise…

    June 24, 2012
  • Please don’t tell me what to blog

    Tweet Last week I was a bit taken aback when a couple of people on Twitter told me they were surprised at a blog post I’d written. The implication was that it wasn’t the…

    June 19, 2012
  • How not to talk to bloggers

    Tweet Recently I was approached by a company asking if I would like to review their online beauty shopping service, with the help of a £100 voucher. This is a company that has had…

    May 26, 2012
  • Why blogging conferences are not for me

    Tweet Let me start by saying this post is not meant in any way to denigrate either of the blogging conferences that are happening next year. They’re being run by women I know, like…

    November 29, 2011