While going through some old files today I came across a note which, for years, was stuck to the fridge door in our old house. I think I posted The House Rules one day when coming home from work, tired, and finding the kitchen a mess, with several teenagers lounging in the TV room oblivious to … [Read more...]
Something so right
I thought I'd embarrass everybody by crying my eyes out at Son's Oxford University graduation ceremony, but I managed to control myself. Whether it was due to the jubilant mood of the crowd, the freezing temperatures as we stood in the shockingly long queue of proud … [Read more...]
Let’s hear it for the boomerangs
I read in one of the Sunday papers that this it what grown up children who return home when they've already once flown the nest are called. A growing phenomena now that so many newly graduated youngsters don't immediately land their dream job. Or any job...Husband says our boomerang is 'back on the … [Read more...]