I was going to order some little vintage side tables last week but the delivery time, from the Netherlands, was estimated at 4-5 weeks. Considering that the tables are already made - they are secondhand - what in heaven's name mode of transport could possible take 4-5...
After twelve weeks of complete isolation I decided to go to the post office to do some urgent returns. (I actually had to send back some clothes I had ordered and never unboxed. Because who needs clothes in a lockdown? Not I, apparently. Apart from a few special...
My children (three and a bit years old and almost five) have been learning to ride their bikes and it is at once a massively rewarding experience and a very new, very fresh hell. On the one hand, seeing them learn a new skill and become fully-functioning mini-people...
I think I need a lawyer. Not because I've done anything illegal recently (unless plotting to kill the man who keeps strimming his bushes at night counts. Who the hell strims in the dark? Surely as an activity that presents so many dangers that it makes the whole...
I've (perhaps unwisely) started testing out online exercise videos. There's a whole other post to be written on the various hazards to be avoided when partaking in Youtube workout classes, but I have a pressing question about the fundamental essence of my being and...
I'm back in the room! It's not really as though I can go anywhere else, to be fair. Sorry for the slightly prolonged absence; I've been trying to get my head around the new working day, which consists of twelve hours of shared cat-herding (childcare) with Mr AMR...
I am sandwiched between two lone male diners. Not in the biblical sense, obviously, they wouldn't be dining if they were sandwiching me (if that is even a term) and I'm not sure I'd refer to them as "lone" males if we were midway through performing some kind of...
I finally caved in, after over ten years of owning an iPhone, and bought myself a protective case. Why the prolonged hesitation? I'll tell you why. I genuinely think that most phone cases are horrendous. They're like the tech version of Crocs. Plasticky, garish...
Why is it that when I have an early wakeup call, I simply cannot get to sleep? And by the way, I'm talking early-early here, when the owls are still hooting and the foxes are still tearing open the bin bags and rooting for chicken bones. Witching hour early, 3.30am...
Oooh, this is nostalgic: a Sunday Tittle Tattle the way it used to be. The way that nature intended. Or at least the way that I intended! Do you remember when the Tittle Tattle was made up of little morsels of unrelated information? Sort of like a notice board? I...
I can now add "tree wrestling" to my list of stupid things I do when I'm pre-menstrual. Honestly, it has been a three day marathon of idiotic decisions, irrational reactions and unprovoked breakdowns. Although the tree wrestling episode was pretty bad and saw me...
Sorry, I know that the internet is full of people boring us with news of their phone detoxes, social media bans and internet usage culls but I'm going to jump on the bandwagon and tell you all with why I'm going completely offline for Christmas. And I can tell you...