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Confessions of a Single Mum

The ups, the downs and sideways views of life as a single parent

Great shoe styles which transcend the generation gap

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With the help of House of Fraser, we pick out shoes that will please women of all ages   Blame the spend-happy shoe-obsessed conversations of the women in television shows such as Sex and the City (and us for copying them) – but shoes somehow have gained a reputation as ‘women’s “thing”’.   Whilst many of us might counter that our “thing” is…books….or radiology….or any other possible interest in the world, the commercial-leaning industries have decided that shoes are what ... VIEW POST

Explaining M.E to Children

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When my doctor diagnosed me as having M.E I cried. Not because I had M.E but because I was no longer a mum who was just always ill but a mum who had something to look up, learn about and understand. Having that starting point made it easier to tell my children what was actually wrong with me. The actual steps of telling my children was made easier by the fact they are both young teens and live with a mobile phone permanently glued to them. They had a firm understanding of the battery life of ... VIEW POST

Forty, fabulous and fashionably dressed

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Our dress tips from the range available online at House of Fraser Thankfully the UK is not quite the ageist fashion culture it once was. With our life expectancies increasing, and more frequent coverage of women over the age of 25 (and not blond!) on television and public-facin media, this is the decade to look good and feel fabulous at 40.  ... VIEW POST

Decisions, decisions, decisions

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As I am rather busy with craft things for Karoove this month, I have asked a few other single mums for their thoughts and posts. Todays is from the lovely Faith from Jam Making for Beginners. Often when people ask me how I cope being a single parent I say fine. Because, on the whole I do. I feel the frustrations that many parents share and I won’t dream of saying it’s easy, but for me I have never known any different. From before the day my son came into the world I had sadly known that I ... VIEW POST

I Am What I Am

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Jo from 2starsandaswirl took the plunge last year and went from employed to running her own business. Here is a post from Jo about it.   The conversation starts like this Them  “So what do you do?” Me “Erm…I erm…” And then I add in a long pause and get more and more flustered. ... VIEW POST

I’m not a mum but a M.U.M

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To me the word Mum was short for Mummy. According to the dictionary it is an informal word for mother. It also means  keeping information to oneself and its a strong beer or ale from Germany. The meaning of Mum can be different to each person though. Some think of it in an endearing way, to some it may set their teeth on edge and others think of a motherly type figure surrounded by children. I suspect my teen, and at some point most of the world’s population of teens, think Mum stands for Mainly ... VIEW POST