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• Mums Helping Mums - One Download = One Meal

  

  If you know me, you'll know that I'm passionate about helping the world's poor get a leg up, be that through education or basic nutrition. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dream a Little Dream

  Anyone else have weird dreams? I mean dreams that have so much detail and which you can remember almost every second of? I'm sure it's hereditary. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Momentos - What's the Point?

  

  I recently responded to a Tweet from @ADadCalledSpen, who also blogs as Dad and Proud, or That Spencer Bloke. (Way to confuse me there, mate. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• People Who Need to Get Over Themselves

  

  Do you ever read something (usually in the trashier news sources) and think to yourself "Who the heck does s/he think s/he is?". Me too. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Famous People Who Look Like Me - Part 1

  

  I seem to have the commonest face in the history of the world. (By "common", I don't mean chav-type common, I mean something that a lot of people seem to share. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beiber - Gotta Know Your Audience

  

  So, I'm hearing that Justin le Bieber went on stage at the O2 in London over TWO HOURS LATE. What was he thinking? Who does he have advising him? Has he not rea... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pre-Internet Parenting

  As some of you know, my oldest two are not even kids anymore; born in the early-to-mid-90's. (I was a child-bride.) I don't quite know when the Internet first... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Just Do It!

  Not quite sure what it is about having a lot to do and me not doing it, but it's happening again. I can cope with a lot to do, but when it's spread over many... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• "Working" from Home

  There's a collective hissy-fit going on here at the moment. The new CEO of Yahoo (a working mother) has decreed that as of June, everyone has to come into the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What I Hate About Writing - (Rant Alert)

  

  In my opinion, there's not much to dislike about writing. It's something I've always done, starting with diaries from the age of 6, swiftly followed by letters... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Eventful Ski Trip

  We've just spent a week up in Colorado skiing. Or not, as the case may be. I have been lucky and not suffered from altitude sickness this time, thanks to the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brothers and Superheroes

  So, as you might know, the Man-Child (who needs a new name) and the Little Guy (who is now up to my shoulder) have conversations that often either leave me in... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• It Could Only Happen to Me - Part 42

  As many of you know if you've been reading this blog for a while, there are quite a few events in my life that really could only happen to me.Take, for instance... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bidding the Queenager Goodbye

  My daughter, the Queenager, is turning twenty. Yes, I know, - how could I possibly have a twenty year old? It seems like only yesterday that I was faced with th... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Ideal Shopping Trip in London

  

  The nice people at the Visit Britain Shop have invited me to enter an expat blogging competition in celebration of London's Fashion Week. Simply for blogging... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Piers Morgan - Pissing off the Natives

  

  Me and Piers Morgan have quite a bit in common. We're both English and live in the USA, we could both drop a few pounds, and we both feel very strongly that thi... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• No More Saturday Mail? Thank God for That.

  

  So here in the USA, the US Postal Service is to stop delivering mail on Saturdays - starting in August. The fact that they have to give themselves six month to... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• This Weekend's Goings On

  So - yet another blog interruption. This one caused by vomiting, shivering, pale as a vampire 9 year old. Poor little thing got up on Friday morning and I knew... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tot Malaprops

  I couldn't resist picking up from the last post about the funny words little kids come up with. Please add yours - they're all so sweet! Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flaming Yong and Other Culinary Delights

  You know when toddlers are toddlers and they come out with the funniest things by accident? Well, in this house it seems to go on and on.Take this morning's... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION