random ramblings about the stuff and the thing

When Did This Happen and Why Didn’t I Get the Memo?

WEDDING PIC WITH THE DOGS

Overlooking the glaringly obvious – like the fact I am a twenty-nine year old married graduate, with a mortgage and interest in current affairs, it hadn’t dawned on me until recently that I’m actually now a grown-up. When on earth did this happen and why didn’t anyone tell me?

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10 Things Children Know (and Grown Ups have Forgotten)

SNOWFIGHT

Childhood can be so stressful. Mine was no exception: I got a splinter the size of a llama in my left pinky. My brother Chris drew freckles on my hobby horse in indelible ink. I once forgot to wear cycling shorts under my summer dress at school, so when practising handstands – inadvertently flashed my knickers at all the boys.

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Oh to be ickle again…

ANT

The world is your lobster. Jumping in muddy puddles will keep you entertained for precisely 4 hours and 27 minutes. Half the time it takes to get you clean again.

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