My own little world .....

I was chatting to my daughter this morning and we were talking about the weather ( as we were listening to Chris Moyles go on about the weather to Dom) and I just happened to mention that the people next door but one had had their lawn cut yesterday . Nothing suprising about that I suppose, but for some reason we started chatting about the family that live in the house. As most people around me work during the day it is always very quiet , and unless you also have children at the local school , you can go all day without seeing or speaking to another soul. I digress, but not far, but I just mentioned that I had not seen the father for a very long time. My daughter just looked at me with one of those " Ow muummm ! " looks on her face and then proceeded to inform me that they split up 2 years ago !!! Yet another single parent family in the village, we seem to have more than our fairshare of those ! It makes me wonder whether there is a jinx in the village because as soon as people move here, they split up ! Most probably down to one of the wicked witches that prowl around here posing as doogooders or Parish councilors ... Enough of my ramblings, back to my own little world.

A new day, a new dawn...

Good morning. An early start today to get child number one up to get her to school for a French exchange visit. It was dark but suprisingly, not too cold. Makes a change to be up so early for something other than a ski race, though I was chatting about skiing to another mum. 5.26am, child is despatched and wave goodbye for yet another 10 days. I was suprised and pleased to get a text from a friend asking if she had been delivered on time.( Do I have a scatty reputation ?) How sweet and made me smile. A good way to start the day. Simple things do make the difference.

I am now sitting drinking coffee watching the sky change colours as the day starts. What will today bring ? Time to get child No 2 up and ready for school and start all over again...

Is there an Unhappy Mother's Day ?

For days now we have had to endure anything and everything remotely connected to Mothers. While this might be a good thing to remind people about thinking about their Mother and treating her as a human being in her own right and not as cook, cleaner, washer, teacher, agony aunt, emotional punchball, entertainer , cash provider etc etc, the list is never ending; what about those who will not have a Happy Mother's Day ? Today will just be another day, I'm off to do the food shopping , the washing etc just like any other day and yes I will be cooking lunch and dinner too.

I demand an Unhappy Mother's day too !!

Long Time, No Hear.....

Oh dear, I promised myself when I started this blog , that once I had started I would finish ..... However , daily dramas ( I should blog them.. ) get in the way of things I want to do for myself. I had been reading the other day in a magazine, I think it was the Sunday Times Supplement, about the power of women bloggers - called " The Man's Guide to Mumsnet". It was very amusing and I should pass on to other female friends to peruse. Anyway, I divert, but not necessarily in a random way, the power of healing that writing down one's thoughts and frustrations can impart is underestimated , a bit like receiving personal therapy sessions rather than listening to one's children's growing agonies. Maybe i will have another go later .....