Cake November 25, 2008

As I write this, the oven is whirring away and the smell of Nigella’s Chocolate Cloud Cake is wafting through the air. Ooooh, it is diviiiiiiiiine…retribution for having a dirty oven. Sadly, the cake is long gone. It was made (and eaten) on Sunday and all that remains is what I am smelling now, some soon-to-be-burnt, chocolaty [...]

Wheelie useful November 18, 2008

Brace yourselves. After several months without transport I have a new…wheelbarrow.
 
 

 
Yes, that is my shopping inside. I love it. It is easy to park, builds muscles, costs nothing to run and is environmentally friendly. Ask your partner for one for Christmas. It is never too late to start saving the planet.
 
Ps. Kids love to ride [...]

Reeling – Part 2 November 13, 2008

I have come to a decision. I am not going to confront my ex about K and her 6 yr old daughter (I forgot to mention that she has a daughter in my last post) moving in, I am going to wait for him to tell me. I have my reasons for this:
 

If I initiate [...]

Reeling November 12, 2008

A conversation over dinner with Sonny:
 
Sonny: “K is moving in with Papa.”
Me: “What do you mean?”
Sonny: “She is not going to live in her house anymore.”
Me: “Do you know when she is moving in?”
Sonny: “In December…I think.”
 
I knew this day would come, but I wasn’t quite sure how I would feel about it when [...]

Six things you may or may not want to know about me November 5, 2008

I have been tagged by Hadriana’s Treasures to write 6 random things about myself. So here goes:
 
I used to work in a company where every employee was left-handed like me. They didn’t have a policy of employing lefties, it just seemed to happen that way.
 
I once got a PR job based purely on my handwriting. Several weeks [...]