There are a couple of us at work that are what you would call 'good spellers', and a few of us at work that you would call 'not as good spellers who are mega competitive'.  So the challenge was on to find a word we couldn't spell and various options from websites...

My husband has been in Dehli for a couple of weeks to celebrate his friend's wedding.  He's had a marvellous time seeing the fireworks to celebrate the beginning of Diwali and throwing tumeric at Amit and generally having a fab time at the wedding and pottering...

If you haven't already - rush rush rush rush rush to http://www.edenriley.com/This woman writes beautifully, amazingly, honestly, heartbreakingly and sometimes hilariously.  She is words.And her latest blog post, is so wonderfully eloquent - and ends with a...

I heard a throw away line on the radio today by a woman saying that if she was unlucky enough to die young, she hoped her husband stayed faithful to her memory or married a 'lesser woman'.  And it got me thinking - why would you want that?I adore my husband....

Sleep is defined as (noun) 'A condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.'I'd...

I read this article by Annabel Crabb over the weekend and loved it.  I giggle every time I think about #proudtobecurious and amused myself on the train this morning thinking of moments where the hashtag is super funny (I've been up since 4am - humour and caffeine...

This week we found out that one of our beloved friends has leukaemia.  Aged but 30 years old and not feeling particularly sick, she went to the doctor about a bruise that wasn't healing and less than a week later she's having chemotherapy and her husband's...

I was following the twitter feeds from people attending the Problogger conference over the weekend and noticed that about, ummm, ALL my favourite bloggers of the moment seemed to be attending that event. Making me mad with envy (well apart from the bit where I...

I was talking with a friend today about when we realised our parents could be wrong.  It's a fairly pivotal moment when your entire life to that point has been steered by their moral compass, their world views and their preferences.  And then, with a small...

Today has been a fascinating day to be on twitter.  I appreciate that some of the success of twitter lies in who you follow, when you're looking at it and the events of the day in question but wow! What a day!The election of the new speaker, the resignation of...

I just saw an article entitled 'Rise of the designer vagina'. I can't even keep up with designer fashion or shoes or haircuts.And now there are designer vaginas.Rising.On this occasion I'm going to run with ignorance is bliss.  I know what vajazzling is - surely...

Genetically I am programmed to never utter the word 'sorry'. I come from a long line of people who preferred to take their chances with deportation to the colonies rather than say it out loud.  Our family approach was of the defiant celtic model because forming...