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Tweet To whoever is in charge of time and space and all that sort of stuff,
We the undersigned are petitioning for the creation of an extra hour in the day Please note that this hour is only to be created AFTER the children have gone to bed (and stayed in their bed) we [...] Tweet Honestly you step away from the computer for 5 minutes and the next thing you know it’s been over a week since you last blogged… Ooops I have been doing a bit of thinking whilst I’ve been away and realised that one of the reasons I am feeling so overwhelmed by work is that [...] Tweet I’m going to neatly step around the political issues surrounding Baroness Thatcher – this isn’t about politics It also isn’t really about whether she was or wasn’t a feminist – certainly the internet seems fairly inflamed with whether or not she properly was a card-carrying feminist or not What you can’t get away from [...] Tweet I don’t know if it is just me but every time that someone coos ‘I don’t know how you do it all!’ I’m really very tempted to explain in detail EXACTLY what goes into doing all – if it looks effortless from the outside, the reality is a whole heap less tidy and poised [...] Tweet Having to text your nanny to check who their not-best but other friends are so you can send out birthday party invitations to the right children because you aren’t quite sure who is who yet, 2 terms into the school year Realising you are rubbish at doing plaits and bunches because you haven’t had [...] Tweet A work friend of mine went home after a client dinner we’d hosted and told his wife how I had made a joke suggesting that since we had no table plan we sat boy-girl-boy-girl – his bemused wife asked why that was funny My friend explained that in a room of 22 people, I [...] Tweet Is anyone else feeling like this? Down in the dumps? Lacking energy? Lacking any enthusiasm? Just wanting to hibernate? I’m assuming it is something with really really wanting it to start being Spring and to get a bit of sun and fresh air and to not be stuck indoors It isn’t helped by work [...] 
Tweet It struck me that childcare in the UK is rather like the making things part of a Blue Peter episode You are shown the ideal of childcare that works perfectly, is flexible, affordable and child focused – you then try and re-create this perfect creation in the safety of your own home only to discover [...] 
Tweet Another week, another woman decides to step up and tell women how they need to change themselves to get ahead Sheryl Sandberg has waded into the debate around why there are not more women at senior corporate levels by suggesting that women need to stop leaning back from careers and lean right in and [...] Tweet Actually that isn’t quite the right word – hang on a second whilst I check a thesaurus – it is scared but with dread and worry overlaid and the odd feeling of doubt. So we’ll go with worried for the moment I’m worried about going into hospital on Thursday – worried that when given the [...]  |
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