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Confessions of a Single Mum

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

Horses and A&E

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I think to have only had to go to A&E twice with the kids in the whole of their lives is pretty good. Especially when you consider one horse rides and the other bikes, free runs and scooters and they both surf and ski. It’s good that they are both outdoorsy sporty types and even better that they do all of that with their Dad. It’s much more his scene and not so much mine. ... VIEW POST

Money Woes

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Ask any single parent what are the tough bits about being a single parent and one of the answers you will hear time and time again is money. I know for myself it’s so hard juggle the money to clothe and feed two children on my earnings. Then just as you think you may be learning how to juggle, something comes along like the car failing its MOT and puts your bank balance into zeros. Then there’s the ‘but I need these shoes, all my friends have them’ bit you get from the children too. The cold ... VIEW POST

Server Moves and Birthday Cake

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Phew – well that was a week to remember. As you may I know I ‘play with websites’ as my kids call it. I manage, look after and have of my own many sites. They all have varying needs and through the years they have been set up and hosted on two different hosts. Not ideal having to log into two separate places. Last week I moved the whole lot to one hosting company. Well I say I moved, I just said yes and a very lovely chap, Ryan from SW Broadband, did all the hard work. Job done. So why am I ... VIEW POST

Dear Comment Spammers

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Dear Comment Spammer It is lovely that you took the time out of your busy schedule to visit my site. Oh, wait you probably did it by some computer bot and think it's rather clever and nifty. Let's have a look at this a second and we may work out where you went wrong. You start by calling me, webmaster or mate. Now if you were a real person you would take the time to figure out my name. It's not that heard I promise you, it's on every sodding post. You then proceed to tell me how long ... VIEW POST