Everydaystranger

I love my children.
I love, love, love them.
But I am struggling.
I know that I am not alone. I know Statia is struggling. A link she linked to recently clearly is as well.
Nick has taken to temper tantrums that are colossal. He can be such a joy, as seen here with [...]

On the radio this morning they were talking about a new theory in relationships. Because, you know, relationships are new and no one knows how to manage these newfangled things. They had a “relationship expert” on – this immediately is suspect to me as unless you’ve been in a convent all your life, [...]

A few weeks ago I had to make a run to the shops, as we were low on, oh, everything. I had picked the twins up from the nursery and they told me that Nora had been running a slight temperature and seemed quiet. I gave her a cuddle and a promise that [...]

Alternatively titled: A Post Brought To You Courtesy of Films of the 80’s
Yesterday I left work early for an appointment. I was offered a stunning haute couture gown to wear, complete with ties up the back that conveniently let my ass hang out for all to see. It was offset by a thick [...]

I have been busy with the new job. I click through the office in high heels and skirts, skirts several sizes smaller than I was wearing as the weight I dropped appears to be (apart from 1.5 kg) lost for good. I’m not sad. I like being several sizes smaller, actually. [...]

Saturday morning at 9 am I had a visit to the gynaecologist specialist.
Nine o’clock in the bloody morning. On a Saturday. If a man is going to be flashing some lights up my cooch on a Saturday morning he’d better be calling me darling and pouring me mimosas on a bed [...]

* aka How to Create an En Suite
For the first time in my entire life, I have an en suite.
En suite is a term over here for a bathroom attached to the bedroom. I’m thinking that’s called a walk-in bathroom in the US, but I wouldn’t know because I never had one (insert sob [...]

It’s now over a week since I started my new job. I’ve made it into the office approximately 3 times – today is not one of those times. The snow that killed us before Christmas and then at New Year has hit again, and this morning it took me an hour to drive [...]

Right, a few things:
1) Felicity asked how big the proposal billboard really is. Since Felicity is very nice indeed and she sent me info about an Elf-Along they had in Boston over Christmas, then Felicity gets her wish.

This is Nora sitting in front of it on Christmas Day.
Nick was too mesmerized by the lights [...]

I started my new job on Tuesday. It was a day full of induction that got called short due to the impending horrible weather. I don’t know if you’ve been following the nightmare weather we’ve been having here in England (and if you haven’t, then why haven’t you?) but we’ve had a bit [...]

1) We’ve had 6 inches of snow here and another 9 are forecast, for a grand total of 15 (in case your maths are bad) or 40cm (in case your metrics are good). It’s big fun and I love it, although tomorrow was supposed to be Day 2 of the new job and it [...]

The holidays are over now.
And hey, I may be the only chick in the world who actually lost weight over the holidays, courtesy of a flu bug that slammed into this household on Christmas Day and lingered for another week.
Actually, the holidays ended on the 26th, when we returned to the house and found [...]