A meme needs to be created succinctly depicting the irony of attempting to launch a parenting blog but being too busy with the day job, not to mention keeping two children alive, to actually populate it with content on a daily basis.
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Top Tips for Travelling With Kids
Sometimes, before an article is written, I casually ask the Mammy's Whatsapp group for additional pointers regarding a certain topic. The first bit of feedback received was off a mammy of three, who kept things typically succinct with the following nuggets - "Assume your partner is an imbecile. Check the dates on the passports." If only… Continue reading Top Tips for Travelling With Kids
What’s the Story with Generic Antidepressants? Aren’t they All The Same?!
But first, some housekeeping. You may (or may not) be thinking; why bother going to the bother of bothering to build a website, launch a website, and then not populate that website with any new content for three whole days? Well, dear reader (hopefully there's one of you still reading), I'm knee deep in excel… Continue reading What’s the Story with Generic Antidepressants? Aren’t they All The Same?!
Mammy’s Mini Roast in Minutes
Yep, minutes. Not in like 5 minutes or anything, I'm not Donal Skehan (and there's salmonella to consider), but if yous have a bit of extra time of a Sunday and want to magic up a roast out of... 1) Chicken Breasts 2) Potatoes 3) Whatever veg you have languishing about ... this is for… Continue reading Mammy’s Mini Roast in Minutes
Five Kids’ Films To Get You Through The Summer…
The original title was "Five Kids' Films That Don't Make Me Want to Claw Out My Own Eyes and Stuff Them In My Ears (yet)", but you have to think of Google rankings. Last summer, it was Frozen, Barney, various Dora DVDs *smacks head off desk*, Bob The Builder, Frozen, Toy Story 3 (apart from… Continue reading Five Kids’ Films To Get You Through The Summer…
Memes Of The Week: Cats, Psych Meds, and Keira Knightly…
The 'Happiness Engineers' of WordPress are finding the aforementioned bug fix rather tricky, so they've advised me to crop the images and link to Facebook, which isn't a pain in the hole at all. The aim is to have near never-ending scroll of mirth, merriment, hilarity etc. However, in the interim, here's a mere smattering… Continue reading Memes Of The Week: Cats, Psych Meds, and Keira Knightly…
5 Aims for This Week: Leftovers, Laments and Laziness
As the learned people at CBeebies say every week: "Give it up for Monday, OOOHWOAH-HOHO-OOH, Clap your hands for Monday, OOOHWOAH-HOHO-OOH!" And so on. In other words, Monday is a new start. True, it can be a major pain in the hole - and it usually is - but let's seize it as an opportunity to start… Continue reading 5 Aims for This Week: Leftovers, Laments and Laziness
Veg Smuggling 101 – Vol 2: Versatile Marinara Sauce in Minutes.
'Mammy's Marinara' Marinara sauce makes it sound really authentic and fierce fancy, but really it's a basic tomato sauce that can be used as a base for a multitude of meals: Pasta sauce; pizza base sauce; lasagne sauce; mediterranean casserole; chicken and chorizo stew with roast potatoes... have some sauce left over? Chuck in some croutons,… Continue reading Veg Smuggling 101 – Vol 2: Versatile Marinara Sauce in Minutes.
