I'm a Muma on the Edge, sometimes over it – blogging my way back to sanity. Wine helps!
I’ve done the time.. Darcie and I began ‘big school’ last year. We were rookie novices back then; eyes wide, shoes polished (her) make up always on (me) all ready and uncreased for every drop-off. Well my friends, times have changed, let me tell you. We are now old hands, reception veterans, if you will. […]
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I’ve been hearing this term faaaaaar too much recently: GENDER NEUTRAL?! Oh please… Zzzzzz. Who comes up with this stuff? Why do we have to find a label for everything these days? Can’t we just rejoice in the fact that we live in a society that will […]
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Maybe it’s just me, but… I need to talk about results day. On Thursday, hoards of rabbit-in-the-headlights teens will be opening envelopes up and down the country, which they believe will dictate their future. To a degree those results will. No pun intended… But I want to make a suggestion: There is more to life […]
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“What if I fall?” “Oh but my darling, what if you fly?” The stakes are high. ‘Falling’ would mean that I have failed; Failed to pass my NCTJ diploma in journalism and failed to re-enter the world of work as a journalist. It will mean a huge waste of money, and thousands of pounds down […]
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I’m in a seriously sweary mood today, it’s 3 weeks since my last silent coffee. Ordinarily sweary wouldn’t be a problem. You’d never have known that I’ve shouted expletives into the fridge with the frequency of a bad case of Tourette’s today. Usually you’d be none the wiser…. But I saw a blog post judging […]
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Some might think that stating the obvious is a pointless task. I however believe that if you are stupid enough to trudge your kids, and one of their friends through the pouring rain and into your local zoo’s soft play on a day where Noah is on the edge of his seat, then you deserve […]
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There are very few things on the box that Dan and I will agree on watching together. We are stuck in a black hole of ‘must see’ golfing re-runs when the PGA tour is having a rest day, or playing catch up with Eastenders- justifying Dot Cotton’s presence in our living room every few minutes. […]
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