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Steph

What Obsession?

I have a massive problem with excess. Always have. I’m really bad at doing anything in moderation, mainly eating certain foods, but it does stretch to other areas of my life. Having children for instance, I just always have to go that little bit overboard. Everyone knows about my recent …

“Mum, why do ….”

You know those days when your kids just fire question after question at you? The days when you’re tired, out of answers, you just don’t know, or you just don’t give a shit? The ones where you get really childish and for the sake of answering you just make something …

A New Blogger

In June when I decided to start a blog, I wrote my first few posts without telling anyone about it. Because I’m self-conscious of my writing. I uploaded them to Twitter where I only know a handful of the people who follow me in the flesh, and it was comfortable. …

I Know A Shortcut

We’ve just had a weekend away on our own in the New Forest in Hampshire. It’s only a couple of hours from London so we left on Friday evening despite the hideous traffic. We set the sat nav (we call ours Betty, she sounds like a Betty) and off we …

Ode to Nutella

I have what I’d class as a rather disturbing addiction to Nutella. Its chocolatey goodness, high fat content and lack of any nutrition fall right into my favourite sort of food group. I currently have 390 photos on Instagram. A vast number of those are cake and chocolate themed .. …

Who Owns The Pavement?

A long, long time ago, before I had children, nothing irritated me more than having to move off the footpath for a Mum with a newborn baby in its smart car sized pram with a nappy bag large enough to hold a small aircraft hanging off the side. I mean …