It’s that time of year again and I cannot believe how quickly the year has flown by.  I like to buy myself a week-to-view diary/journal and take time to write the important dates in it, transferring them carefully from my old diary.  It’s not hi-tech, not the most efficient use of time and there are [...]

Happy New Year!  Well the holiday season is drawing to a close and exhausted parents are looking forward to their little ones returning to school – actually some (most?) have probably been looking forward to the schools reopening since they closed before Christmas!  And that’s simply because Christmas, indeed ANY holiday season, is a stressful [...]

WooHoo!  I’ve survived Christmas! I’m with the crowd who thinks Christmas is the most stressful time of the year.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love Christmas.  I love the Christmas lights and the decorations, the cheery smiles that you get even from Londoners.  And I love Christmas food.  For us it’s goose.  It’s a traditional family [...]