034/366 – My first flowers . . .
OK so clearly these aren’t the first-ever flowers that I have ever received, but whilst doing the food shop today Little Bean turned to me and asked, “Mummy can’ I buy you some flowers?”.
All about me!
Want to know a bit more about the real person behind Mummy Matters? This is your chance to find out all about me . . .
Looking within . . .
As a Mum it’s very rare to find the time to really think about yourself, we’re always so busy trying to make sure that everyone is fed and watered, has clean clothes and reasonably presentable house. But recently I have been trying to get out walking more, I love nothing more than going for long … Read more
A glimpse of the old days . . .
Would you just listen to me, I sound like a 70 year old not a 35 year old!! “oooh Gertie do you remember when we used to go over by yonder and have a twirl round the floor . . .”. Well it’s not quite like that but many moons ago when Little Bean was … Read more
Do you feel censored?
When I first started blogging I didn’t really think about ‘who’ would be reading my blog, it was just somewhere to write about life with my family from ‘my’ point of view as a wife, mother and stepmum. All three of those roles can be rewarding and frustrating in equal measures because that is family … Read more
Happy New Year!!
Last night we celebrated the start of a new year with our lovely neighbours, it had been touch and go whether we would be holding our celebrations because of the weather but we don’t like to have something like a bit of wind and rain spoil our fun so we put up a Gazebo outside, … Read more
Today I was victimised by a 6 year old!
On Friday I spent the day Christmas shopping with my Mum and Beanie Boy in Cambridge, yesterday I managed to escape for a day on my own into Peterborough and the Mummy Matters family headed to Milton Keynes. Our first stop was the fantastic Ikea (bit odd for Christmas shopping you might think but we … Read more
MummyMatters got pampered at Regis!
As a little thank you for this post I was asked if I would like to receive a complimentary haircut and colour at my nearest Regis Salon. Although I do get my hair cut regularly, I can’t remember the last time I actually attended my local salon and had my hair coloured but I’m pretty … Read more
Mummy’s day off . . .
Being a stay-at-home Mummy I obviously spend a lot of time with my children and most of the time I love it. Come on, we all have one of THOSE days where you just rub each other up the wrong way and end up thinking how lucky the working mothers are but the very next … Read more
Fore!!
image credit That is probably what I will be shouting tomorrow morning as my golf ball whizzes at speed towards some poor unsuspecting person’s head! A good few years ago I signed myself up for a 20 week course in how to play Golf which was aimed specifically at women. I didn’t know anything about … Read more