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Confessions of a Single Mum

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

My A to Z of Being a Single Parent

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  Attitude. As a single parent, you get tarred with the same brush and either people think you have an unsavoury attitude or they will have an attitude with you for being a single parent. Benefits. Some single parents are entitled to them and yes some of us do claim them. They can be a godsend to get you through the rough times and contrary to popular belief most of us don’t actually like being on benefits. Caffeine in copies amounts to get you through the day. Diplomatic. ... VIEW POST

A Small Crafting Moment

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I blame the Christmas tree for a sudden flurry of craftiness this month. Having to totally rethink my lounge, which is also the dining room and my office space, to fit the tree in meant a good clear out. Stuff got moved from the lounge to the ‘sort it one day’ cupboard. Which in turn meant a few boxes of stuff went to the garage. This lead to a rummage in the garage which turned up a lovely piece of purple velvet I had long forgotten about and an old picture frame that I had broken the glass in ... VIEW POST

Buying a Tree and demolishing half the store

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Back in the summer I cleared out the garage. It had only taken 2 years of asking the ex for the use of his van (he had offered to help) for it to actually happen. In my reckless moment, high on the excitement of getting rid of ‘stuff’, I was very bold and threw away the artificial Christmas tree. Each year I had promised myself and the kids we would have a new one. Each year we have decorated the (supposedly) 5 foot tree and done our best with missing branches. It was only a few weeks ago I ... VIEW POST

Living with M.E/CFS

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It hasn’t taken much to give me a relapse. This summer I got enthusiastic about walking everywhere in a bid to save petrol and keep fit. I even started cycling and pushing myself each week to go faster, conquer another hill. I expanded the veg patch which involved moving about 50 slabs (twice) and digging over the compacted soil.  Getting complacent was all it took to end the 4 years of remission. ... VIEW POST

My Pet Peeve

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My pet peeve is manners or to be more precise a lack of them. As a kid when it was being drummed into me I really did think my mother should get out more, get a life and not stress of the little things in life that didn’t matter. Now I am at the age that I can remember my mum being at and yes you guessed it I am stressing over the same small things. But I now know that these small things that were as annoying as a kid are actually a lot more valuable than money. Ok that might be stretching it ... VIEW POST

Just a Normal Week

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Monday teatime “Who’s glass is this on the side?” me, said with a big sigh. “Mine I had a drink earlier” one of my children, you can pick which one. “The dishwasher is only half full, couldn’t you have put it in there instead?” me. Tuesday morning ... VIEW POST