The Pain of One Income

The pain of being on one income has reared its ugly head this Christmas.  When Little Miss was born in June of 2008, I had been on maternity leave from [...]

Great American Blog Friday

Did I ever happen to mention that I am American??  No?  Oh, well, I am.  And in a bit of patriotism, I would like to highlight a few American Expat [...]

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without

Marks & Spencer has a series of Christmas adverts with the title “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without…”  In a photo essay, here is my attempt:

DECORATIONS

REAL CHRISTMAS TREES

SNOW!

CHILDREN!

FIRST CHRISTMASES!

LOVE!!
Happy Christmas everyone…a [...]

US vs UK Christmas

As our fair Josie at Sleep is for the Weak is taking a holiday sabatical from the Writing Workshop, we here at Cafe Bebe are struggling for inspiration.  I’ve gone [...]

Great New Blog Friday

The first week of December is upon us and again, I have found some lovely new blogs that you really need to frequent.  Some have been blogging for a while [...]

Christmas Worries

The other night I went out to dinner with some lovely Mummy friends of mine.  I casually asked them what they were getting their daughters, all the same age as [...]

1 Pack, 1 Vaccine

BBC’s Children in Need is just around the corner, as is Christmas.  It’s these times of year that we all start to realise how fortunate we are to have the [...]

The Nightmare that was Christmas

In another Wednesday Writing Workshop challenge from Josie at Sleep is for the Weak, I have chosen to tackle writing prompt #2:  Tell us about the worst Christmas presents you [...]