You Know Your Life is busy when…. Dearest Readers, You know your life is busy when one of your friends cannot even keep up with what you did on Friday night, never mind the whole weekend..! So I thought I’d write to let you know how a not so-untypical weekend unfurls with a single, working [...]

Dear Readers, I simply must report in full detail of an event that has literally just happened to me. I know I’ve been absent from this diary for a while, but I am now back with avengence! Let’s suffice to say that I’ve been fighting lots of “forest fires” and buying a new place and [...]

I had to express as my breasts were about to explode!! So this is the story of one of my first “post-baby” gigs in Istanbul…. My son, M, was precisely 3 months old and exclusively breast fed, when H and I were having a… “We have our lives’ back in control moment!” Picture the scene [...]

“I wanna bag a billionaire so frigging bad..!” As the current pop song goes…!! Jan 4th- First day back at school… Since currently living at my sister’s I now have to drive my son to school. All great, no traffic except my tyre pressure warning light comes on… So a quick phone call to a [...]

Flying with 4 girls, 1 soundman, 4 instruments and 4 flight cases containing gear…? Dearest readers – December 3rd, Friday night, drive back from a band gig in Oxfordshire in a snow/sleet storm. It was a cracking gig, but in a strange venue with low ceilings, so that when I jumped up onto some empty [...]

Dear Readers being an electric violinist… Means super shiny, totally flickable hair is a pre-requisite of the highest order… A show would not be a show without an immense amount of posturing and hair-flicking..! Hence gorgeous locks need time, energy and effort to maintain! As many mums know, getting the time to do a hair [...]

Oh, just because we were terrorist suspects!! Monday – Whilst visiting friends in Marlow at the weekend we bring home a property paper and see a house that catches our eye. I call to make an appointment for Friday @ 11am. Wednesday – 9.10am- The estate agent rings from Marlow, the house is going to [...]

When travelling on public transport with a small child! Sunday – Decided to brave the ½ hour family service at Church. This is no mean feat when H grumbles about never getting a lie in anymore so I have to go alone- a la single mum. M, my son, is running amok during the service [...]

For all the readers out there who are absolutely fed up with reading about “yummy mummy’s” who live in Belgravia, are married to investment bankers, have 3 kids, a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a P.A and still find time to moan about how stressful their lives are; you will be delighted to know, [...]