Sorry for the radio silence; I've been laid up with yet another ailment, this time one of the many unnamed viruses that comes under the "could be flu" umbrella. Oooh, it's a contentious issue, flu - never say you have flu to someone who has actually had flu. (I have...
Here's a list of the things that can seemingly give you cystitis. It's not exhaustive. 1 Having raucous sex 2 Having mildly enthusiastic sex 3 Not having any sex 4 Wearing cropped jumpers that don't cover your kidneys 5 Wearing low jeans that don't cover your...
Yesterday I did a bit of sifting through my junk mail folder. I rarely remember to do this but apparently - now and then - you should. I say this because last year I missed four incredibly important emails and each time it created quite an awkward work situation; in...
The internet sensation Grumpy Cat better watch out; I think that Mr Bear could give her a run for her money. I've been having a right chuckle at some of his expressions in the pictures below. It's funny, because he's always been a very cuddly, affable kind of cat and...
Why can kids be so creepy? In particular small ones? And before you question the legitimacy of my inquiry or chastise me for being unkind about children, let me please draw your attention to the following creepy child specimens: Damien from The Omen, the twins from...
Not that I'm becoming an expert on earplugs or anything (I am) but I have discovered some foam ones with quite a useful feature. The official, technical term for this feature is "slow rebound" but to you and I, it's "foam that takes a while to bounce back". I realise...
I bought this gorgeous doll-making kit from a little shop near to where I live called POP!. I had no intention of making a doll (it's not like I'm particularly swimming in spare time at the moment) but the pictures on the front of the kits were just so cute that I...
I have a new idea for a feature, borne (once again) from the comments section, which is often where I'll go to if I need some inspiration and motivation. The feature is a regular post where you choose the subject, however random, and I write about it. A few hundred...
Right, don't panic: the monthly update is over on A Model Recommends. I have started to put the wheels in motion to merge the content here on The Uphill with my main website and so I thought that I'd bite the bullet and write any new posts straight into their...
Angelica's appetite for pretending to be other people (or making other people pretend to be other people) knows no bounds. It began with a weird Peter Rabbit/Mr McGregor role-play that I was repeatedly forced into but has steadily escalated, with new characters added...
I'll keep the intro short here, because it's a chatty video below and I don't want to end up just typing out a sort of inaccurate, truncated transcript. So without further ado: things I've struggled with this month and things that have lifted my spirits. The Parenting...
I've banged on about this countless times on various social media platforms, but the months at the end of 2017 were absolute chaos for me. We relocated to Somerset, moving house twice, Baby Ted wasn't sleeping and my work life ground to a halt. In actual fact it...