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jdettmann
Oct 22, 20133 min read
Nearly Three Years In
Tomorrow is May Blossom’s third birthday. If you’d asked me three years ago what I thought my life might look like now, I would have...
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jdettmann
Mar 8, 20134 min read
Make ‘Em Laugh
May Blossom at work in her office. A month or so ago we let May Blossom watch Singin’ In the Rain. We were on the hunt for a movie that...
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jdettmann
Nov 12, 20122 min read
Blog It Out
May Blossom playing ‘Caesarean Sections’ with her play-doh. Earlier this evening I was in the bath, eating a piece of toast with peanut...
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jdettmann
May 14, 20123 min read
Lunch Of The Week: Mushroom Barley Soup With Grilled Feta Toast
Better a terrible photo than none at all, that’s what I always say. I couldn’t put my spoon down long enough to take a photo with two...
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jdettmann
Apr 20, 20123 min read
Outstanding
First 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...
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jdettmann
Jan 2, 20122 min read
A New Year, A New Way To Eat Potato Chips
More guests arrived and three cats became four; an eleven-dollar blow-up paddling pool provided at least twelve dollars worth of fun; I...
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jdettmann
Dec 2, 20112 min read
What A Lot Of Carry-on
The two suitcases are packed — beautifully, if I do say so myself — using the rolling technique. I am a fairly crap clothes folder, so it...
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jdettmann
Nov 8, 20111 min read
Do-Nothing Tuesday
Fortunately, Other Jess turned up this morning with a tub of vanilla ice-cream and the words ‘iced coffee’ on her lips. I cancelled my...
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jdettmann
Oct 4, 20113 min read
World Cup Fever or Just Teething?
‘Maybe you should write more about things that lots of people really like to read about,’ Dad suggested helpfully. ‘I am,’ I said....
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