So the kids and I hit Rome today ... After a 13-hour sleep ... Under strict instructions not to go anywhere near the Colosseum because my ex and SSF are taking the kids there next Sunday. We kind of glimpsed it on our travels ... I hope that doesn't break the rules ... I have... Continue Reading →

I was top of the class in English at high school and bottom of the class in French and German. I am HOPELESS with languages other than my native tongue. It's a bit like swimming - I've been for endless lessons but nothing sticks. Oh the money I've wasted at Alliance Francais and WEA! The... Continue Reading →

Going camping for the weekend is a bit nuts. There's all the shopping and packing and driving for hours and erecting the tent. Two days later, there's all the cleaning up and packing and pulling down the tent and driving back home again. It's exhausting! I need a weekend to recover from my weekend. But... Continue Reading →

DD and I were a bit ambitious when it came to our first holiday together - we tried to cram waaaaaaay too much in. By the time his conference finished - halfway through the Thursday of the first week - we only had seven days to see Cape Canaveral, Savannah, Lake Tahoe, the Napa Valley... Continue Reading →

I don't think I've ever been anywhere as beautiful as Lake Tahoe. It was soooooooo gorgeous it took my breath away ... or perhaps it was the -8C temperatures? Let's stick with it being the scenery. I wasn't very chirpy prior to my arrival. We got up at 4am in Savannah to catch our two... Continue Reading →

Wow DD did a lot of driving on our holiday. Fortunately he's super-zen, so it hardly flustered him at all (except when I was behind the wheel). After his conference finished in Florida, I sent us on a six-hour road trip to Savannah for the weekend (via the Kennedy Space Center and St Augustine) with... Continue Reading →

Remember the time I accidentally booked myself and my ex-hubby into a disabled motel called The Wheels Resort for holiday? Extra-spacious bathrooms and a nice, handy ramp into the pool, but a bit shag-on-a-rocky rather than shag-a-lotty. Well, it happened again, this time with DD, in a little Florida town called St Augustine. Disabled bathrooms... Continue Reading →

One of the things I was most excited about doing on my holiday was visiting The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. I've spent much of the kids' childhoods reading them the books and watching the movies together over and over. One of our most memorable childhood moments with the eldest... Continue Reading →

Despite dating for more than 16 months, DD and I had never spent more than 48 hours together until recently. Work, kids, dogs and distance usually keep our time together to a minimum. So, when DD mentioned he was heading to his annual work conference in Florida, I asked/begged/pleaded to tag along. I figured one... Continue Reading →