jdettmannFeb 20, 20184 minPanic StationsLike sorting Lego into colours, listing your worries makes you feel like you’re making progress. In both cases this is an illusion. I’m...
jdettmannApr 20, 20123 minOutstandingFirst prize for The Pun With The Most Elaborate Set-up: H announced this morning that his watch is set to 'Green H mean time'. We’re back...
jdettmannApr 3, 20122 minGracious Is My Middle NameI actually had a very, very nice birthday. May Blossom decided that I should enjoy the day for as many hours as possible so she got up at...
jdettmannApr 1, 20122 minDo As I Say, Not As I Do.Last week I was grating a raw beetroot into a pot of soup (this soup, incidentally, which is so delicious I almost ate H’s portion before...
jdettmannMar 21, 20123 minShe Is Sixteen, Going On Seventeen (Months)May Blossom loves to play. Anything that involves chasing, shrieking and creating mayhem gets her seal of approval. Yesterday she and her...
jdettmannFeb 15, 20123 minYou’re So MoneyIn other areas of my life in which I am clearly not money, I went back to the gym today for the first time since I was five months...
jdettmannJan 31, 20122 minYou Be The Judge: On Playgroups And TantrumsIt probably wasn’t as awful to others as it was to me, but most of the other mums there have two or more kids, and I suddenly felt like a...
jdettmannDec 19, 20112 minThere Will Be Festivity … And A Little Bit Of BeggingDecorating: done (yes, all my bookshelves are this pretentious) There are but three shopping days left until Christmas, dear reader(s)....
jdettmannOct 20, 20112 minI Broke the MouldJust asking. You know, for a friend. I have this friend who is very very good at ignoring housework. Other people’s filth she regards as...