Blogs by Meg

And Lashings of Ginger Beer

Monday 11th January 2010

These days, my daughter heads off for school looking like an illustration from a Famous Five novel. With her hair in an easy-care Eton crop, the effect is, altogether, very dashing and all that seems to be missing is Timmy the dog. I’m thanking my stars that we’ve been lucky enough to coincide...

A Room of One’s Own

Tuesday 3rd November 2009

I only have myself to blame, of course. I’ve been banging on, literally for years, about having a turn out of the twins’ bedrooms, only to be politely repelled as they hung on determinedly to their books, teddies, Lego, Matchbox and assorted paraphernalia of the previous fifteen years. Recently, though, things have started...

Testing Times

Tuesday 23rd June 2009

Yes, it’s THAT time of year again. Exam time. When all the joys of early summer are chased away by the looming prospect of hours of revision, and sweaty afternoons staring at question papers wondering if, by chance, you’ve strayed into the wrong room by mistake because nothing on that sheet makes any...

A Bigger Splash

Thursday 7th May 2009

Have you noticed a kind of low rumbling noise every time you step outside lately? It happens every year about this time and, if you listen very carefully, you can make out the odd phrase: ‘We’re going to get some use out of this damned thing this year.’ Or: ‘I’m not spending a...

Rites of Spring

Thursday 16th April 2009

There’s a definite feeling in the air isn’t there? You know what I’m talking about. Sap rising. Birds nesting. Little lambs jumping over hills that aren’t there. And the twins (and all their mates) are looking distinctly frisky and bright eyed. And I don’t like it at all! I’ve seen a few episodes...

Spot the Difference

Wednesday 25th February 2009

There are loads and loads of hormones surging around my house. Sadly, not very many of them are mine. And along with this comes sulking, slamming doors, tears, tantrums (okay, some of that’s me) – and spots! So, in order to get my revenge, I decided to turn the twins into guinea pigs....

S.W.A.L.K.

Wednesday 11th February 2009

I have a friend with three lovely daughters (yes, I know this is starting to sound like a Shakespeare play, but bear with me), and she named them as follows: Emily, Eleanor and Evie. Now, what’s that all about? Surely Valentine’s Day is traumatic enough without the added worry that, when those envelopes...

Spending the Christmas Dosh

Thursday 22nd January 2009

It’s amazing how good the twins are with money … when it’s actually their money they’re spending as opposed to mine. Both of them got a pleasing stash at Christmas from indulgent grandparents, uncles, aunties and sundry godparents who couldn’t think what to buy them. (Take it from me – the folding stuff...

Back to School

Wednesday 7th January 2009

Now that all the festivities are over, it’s time to put fun firmly aside and brace ourselves for the new term at school. Whatever age your teens are, they’re almost bound to be facing exams very soon – such is the nature of education these days. SATs, GCSEs, ASs, As, IB – the...

Partaaaaay!

Wednesday 17th December 2008

It’s official. The twins have a better social life than we do. Counting up the stiffies (oh, how they laughed when they heard us say that!) on the mantelpiece, they are currently well in the lead. And if that wasn’t bad enough, we now have to interrupt our, evenings out to play taxi...

Too Cool To Be Warm

Wednesday 3rd December 2008

On a freezing cold morning in February this year, the 15 year old son of a friend of mine eventually gave in to his mother’s pleas that he should wear his warm (and very expensive) jacket on one condition: that the moment he heard the school bus coming, he would take it off...

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