The child care mine field

- 8th November 201627th March 2017

Returning to work presents a wealth of challenges and the biggest one for parents, in my humble opinion, is the mine field that is child care. When we lived in Cape Town, child care wasn't the big issue it is here, mainly because it is affordable and back then I felt

Classified mission: authorised personnel only

- 21st January 2010

It's just occurred to me that listening to the Propellerheads version of a James Bond theme tune is a rocking way to go to work in London. Marching with purpose to my theme tune this morning ensured that I remembered that I was on a very important mission. The fate of

Global warming – except in my corner

- 17th December 2009

Now before the environmentalists go berserk (such a wonderful sensitive lot), I am not belittling the global warming thing, but man I'm cold. It's a tease really because they (being the BBC - purveyors of all things almost but not quite right, but close enough and who you gonna moan

UK Saffa goes all Bridget Jones

- 30th November 2009

Today was my bi-annual Bridget Jones day. It's the day for me when everything that can go wrong will go wrong. The first clue that I wasn't destined to have a nice day was waking up with a snort due to an entire night of blocked nose and headache. There is

Tube tales: Hello Monday

- 16th November 2009

Post from this morning: mobile blogging has it's challenges... The was an insane amount of shoving this morning at Earls Court. It reached such levels of stupidity that I decided to give up and ride the wave of people. Why would anyone be in such a rush first thing on a

The technology age

- 3rd November 200911th October 2016

So here I am, up and at 'em at 5am and I've been up for at least an hour. No, this is not me readjusting to daylight savings, this is Patrick and his insane profession coupled with the Most-Annoying-Alarm-In-The-World. As is usual when you are awake at an odd hour, it's

Baby got those back to work blues

- 6th September 2009

After a wonderful couple of weeks, I am now 30 minutes into what is technically my first day back at work. I should go to sleep but I suppose I am being a bit like a child and prolonging my last bit of freedom for as long as I can. The

The next chapter

- 6th June 20095th October 2015

Moving is such a trauma, but we are settling down now and all is well with the world. Initially moving in was a shock, mainly because the pigs that lived here before didn't bother to clean or repair anything. We spent such a long time - days in fact -

The good times.

- 19th April 20095th October 2015

Each day do something to make you feel happy until this becomes habit. 18

The wishful thinking of the wannabe super mom

- 30th January 20095th October 2015

It's been quite a day today. Things are getting progressively busier at work and of course at home we are preparing ourselves for a week without Patrick. I'm a technicians wife. It comes with the territory that the husband is going to be away for long periods of time and