Phoning the MRI Unit: ME: Hi, my name’s Christina. I had an MRI yesterday. I was using a wheelchair. You might remember me … and my husband. RECEPTIONIST: Ah yes. He parked you in a corner – facing the wall. ME: He couldn’t steer that hospital wheelchair. It was rubbish. RECEPTIONIST: And he told everyone […]
A Kitchen Sink Drama
(WARNING – I don’t come off particularly well in this blog) My husband does this thing when I’m in the kitchen with the kids. He sits in the living room upstairs and comments away about what we’re saying. When we tell him that he’s being nosey and listening-in on our conversation, he objects and says […]
ALL ABOARD (Or … Not.)
My daughter is on a long train journey and sitting in the same carriage to her is a very drunken Manchester United supporter, singing at the top of his voice (I can hear him down the phoneline.) It reminded me of when I was seven years old and on a train with my mother and […]
Skeletons In The Family Closet?
All are welcome 🙂
Musical Chronology and Kitchen Roll
I’m in a big store hunting for household items. There’s a guy stacking the freezer section. He’s singing at the top of his voice in a faux Irish accent, whistling a fair bit, providing vocal percussion and every now and then doing a little jig whilst he stacks the freezer. His colleague looks utterly miserable […]
Horribly History
I have let myself down very badly. I dropped my son off for school this morning and suddenly realised I needed to check something with him. So, I kerb crawled him and yelled through the open window: “By the way – have you got extra GCSE Science after school today?” He called back; “No, I’ve […]
Nicking the Noses
Non-uniform day for ‘Children in Need’ today – and this morning my 14 yr old donned an Iron Maiden t-shirt. The ‘Iron’ element suddenly reminded me of this day in 2013 – and of what he wore to the Infants school for yet another biggie charidee day – Comic Relief. I gave him a quick […]
Parental Revelations – in Public
Yesterday I was doing a talk in Tameside, celebrating Stalybridge – Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture for 2022. The talk was all about my rather famous Victorian ancestor and I was quite pleased to see that the Deputy Mayor of Tameside brought her baby along to the session. The wee one was very well behaved. […]
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