I had just fed my son, totally shattered after making a mad dash home, feeling guilty for working late and hopeful of catching an hour with him before he had to go to bed. So with one little boy conked out upstairs (for the next hour at least) I thought I’d catch up on my favourite [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Staggering advice
Posted in Family, tagged steve jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address, The Bedlam of Beefy on April 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
One Day on Earth
Posted in Film, tagged one day on earth on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Came across this video at the weekend for an amazing documentary for One Day On Earth, calling on people worldwide to document a day in their life on 10.10.10 …. what an amazing idea!
Earth Day
Posted in Family, Food, tagged earth day, ellas organic kitchen, food inc on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Earth day everyone!!! Recently, Raphael and I watched the eye-opening documentary, Food Inc, which really makes you sit up and wonder just what the hell is in the food we’re eating. I know it’s obviously important to be aware of what goes into our food as adults but for so many years it was [...]
This weekend
Posted in Family, Film on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
People always ask on a Friday, “so any plans for the weekend?” and I should really think of more imaginative responses, “yes we’ve booked ourselves away on a Fitness boot camp” or “we’ve got a few beauty therapists coming to the house to give us a 4-hand massage and our private chef will be cooking up a [...]
Explaining death to children
Posted in Family, tagged dealing with grief, explaining death to children on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My colleagues four-year old son is currently going through an ‘obsessed-with-death’ phase, whilst mildly amusing it has caught him a bit off guard as it wasn’t something he thought he’d have to explain for a while. Here is an excerpt of a conversation they had last night… Son: Daddy, when will you die? …and when will [...]
Passive aggression – you got to love it!
Posted in Family, tagged Passive aggressive Notes on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Came across the funny site, Passive aggressive Notes , talk about a sure way to waste an hour chuckling to ones self….can’t wait till I start getting this type of note from my son…. Writes Sarah: “This note was written to me after I told my seven-year-old daughter to go to her room until she [...]
Gleeeeee….the series returns
Posted in Music, tagged Glee, Jane Lynch, Slyvester on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Glee is back – at least on U.S. tellys….came across a brilliant video of Sue Slyvester (the inimitable Jane Lynch) reenacting Madonnas Vogue video shot for shot….just awesome! Check it out here
Artisan bread recipe
Posted in Food, tagged artisan bread recipe on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A very lovely friend tipped me off to this gem of a book, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking (Hardcover) available here. The brilliant thing is that you just have to make one batch (using the recipe below) and keep it in the fridge, then you can cut off [...]
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