I implore you all to go to the cinema and see The Help. It rarely happens that I see a film that truly moves me, but when it does happen I get hit hard and can’t stop thinking about it for days. The Help is one of those films. Staring Emma Stone and directed by [...]

Geoff and I have been having major debates lately about whether or not my virtual office is worth the money I’m spending on it. I’m certain it is as it means my post is going to a secure location and will be kept until I feel the need to pick it up. He says it’s [...]

X Factor update – Craig Colton is no more. Well he still exists of course, just not in the X Factor sense. I can’t say he was my favourite at all but he was pretty talented. But, such is the way of the world of X Factor that talent isn’t enough. Apparently he’s blaming the [...]

So the flu hasn’t cleared up. I’m still in bed feeling extremely sorry for myself and living on a diet of chicken soup and hot lemon drinks, it’s far from lovely.
As I’ve been virtually running my office from my bed (Geoff gave in as he understood I couldn’t afford to stop working for more than [...]

I’m yet to feel back to my fully energetic self but, as I refuse to watch another episode of Jeremy Kyle, I have been reading lots of organic recipe books in the mean time. This has given me yet another seasonal recipe to offer you. This one’s a great dessert or breakfast for this time [...]

No, I’ve not decided to take early retirement and live my days shopping and lunching. Instead my leisurely attitude towards life of late is due to a bout of flu.
Although not being able to get out of bed for 10 days sounds like heaven to some people, being an overactive energy generator I [...]