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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...
jdettmann
Oct 22, 20133 min read
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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...
jdettmann
Mar 8, 20134 min read
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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...
jdettmann
Nov 12, 20122 min read
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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...
jdettmann
May 14, 20123 min read
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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...
jdettmann
Apr 20, 20123 min read
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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...
jdettmann
Jan 2, 20122 min read
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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...
jdettmann
Dec 2, 20112 min read
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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...
jdettmann
Nov 8, 20111 min read
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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....
jdettmann
Oct 4, 20113 min read
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