I love a challenge. If anyone is looking for someone to trek from Land’s End to John ‘O Groats on a skateboard, or fly around the world by carrier pigeon, I’m your girl. So it was in this spirit of adventure that I decided it was time I took on a new challenge, one that…
Category: the wholesome new me
New Year, New Me? Let’s wind the clock back, and look at the evidence…
I am eternally grateful to fellow blogger Mum Turned Mom for inspiring me to write something. As it is new year, obviously I have a few *unofficial* resolutions (I gave up the official kind after failing to fulfil the “get a boyfriend” one that was a staple feature for about 15 years running), none of which I…
My Wild Night of Smoking and Drinking
Apparently Katie Price is pregnant with her fifth child. Now despite my concern at the alarming prospect that the world may be being single-handedly repopulated by Katie Price (possibly with help from Kerry Katona), there is some grounds for hope here. After all, Katie Price is older than me. And at my age, anyone older…
Revelation: Having a Hangover is Basically Just Being Really, Really Tired
So apparently I should be relaxing and not overdoing it now that I am pregnant. I also shouldn’t be crossing my legs, as one person usefully reminded me, as I may “crush the baby.” I now feel infinitely guilty about all the times I have crossed my legs. Also I must look massive, as at…
The Anti-Cravings
I have not written on here for ages. This is because a) I am too scared in case everything goes wrong andb) I have been very lazy (blame the pregnancy tiredness). Anyway, I am now 11 weeks and still running to the loo every five minutes to check that Blastocyst (who has by now hopefully…
Stop Press: Wholesome New Me Turns Down Night Out in Walkabout
Yet again it is 9.30pm on a Saturday night and I am sprawled on the sofa at home, alone, looking up Wikipedia entries on little-known European royals of the eighteenth century through my ovulatory phase rather than-as we would all doubtless be doing-having passionate baby-making sex with someone really, really hot. Desperate text messages have…