I've posted snapshots on the cusp, on the verge, and on the couch, but now I'm very firmly on the hunt - I need a house. It's almost three months now since we sold our house and moved in with my dad, and the whole "the property market picks up in February" morphed into "March - that's when ...
Author: Andrea Mara | Office Mum
Everyone’s a critic . . .
We were talking about Mother's Day recently (I suspect I was reminding my kids how much I like lie-ins, breakfast in bed, and lunch in nice restaurants, or just anywhere that doesn't involve cooking it myself) and one of the kids asked when Children's Day is. "Every day is Children's Day!" I said. How so, they wondered. ...
Dear 9-Year-Old Me
Four Campsites in Italy: Comparison and Review
If you're a campsite person, you'll have had the conversation; the one where you chat with the people in the mobile home across the way about which campsites you've been to and which ones they've been to, and which ones were great and which ones were awful. Who you stayed with, the size of the pools, and ...
Diary of a House Hunter
If you've done this, you know the drill. Saturday morning is house-viewing morning. Particularly so when the clock is ticking, because the old house is gone. And every time, you get your hopes up. We certainly do. This could be the one. Sure, it's not quite the location we want, and it looks a little cramped ...
Any Excuse for Donuts
"Mum, it's your engagement anniversary!" my eldest announced when she came in from school this afternoon. I hadn't realised it was my engagement anniversary and it's not something we (or I suspect anyone) celebrates - though I'm thinking of bring that in, because to be honest February could use all the help it can get. "So what will ...
The Sour and the Sweet
My laptop and I are in a coffee shop for lunch. It's a little bit because there's no fresh bread at home, and a little bit because it's good to get out. I'm grumpy, because my soup came with toasted sourdough. I could have toasted my not-fresh bread at home. Sourdough feels like an excuse for not-fresh ...