How cross will she be

‘Mum I need to text a friend, would you type it out for me please. You are so much faster at it’

err not sure if being able text fast is an achievement. In any case the mug in me agreed to type it out and just as I was doing so, the lad screamed across with, ‘oh please try not to spell the words properly!’

Wonder what this lady would have done if she’d been in my shoes.

I am turning into my mum, aargh

• Walked into a crowded bar with friends and the first words which came out of me were, 'isn't the music a bit too loud'

• Followed by, 'OMG what are these lasses wearing, they are gonna catch their death in these clothes'.

Not good. Not good at all. One does not want to turn into one's mum, yet.

Victory for mums?

The person who says that rape within a marriage should be acceptable also thinks that long distance travel with a child next to you is enjoyable. Scary

Mums, bloggers and more importantly my return to blogging

I am a mum & I do blog, occasionally. Wonder if that classifies me as a mummy blogger?

Most mums (and dads) can be boring without a doubt (I don’t mean to imply that people without kids are interesting). I could be talking to the most gorgeous guy on the planet, within a few minutes into the conversation the proud mum in me won’t be able to stop talking about the lad. Duh

Years ago as a newbie to blog world a lot of my posts were about the lad and I had numerous photographs of us on the blog, then I got paranoid and it all changed. I started blogging to keep in touch with friends when I left found myself in a new country, the fact that the blog didn’t serve that purpose (email did) but brought me new set of friends is another story.

Getting back to the topic of mums & blogs I really can't understand why they are getting so much stick recently(bearing in mind that I only read two such blogs on a regular basis - 1 mum and the other one dad) Cant help but wonder who decides that eczemas are boring and that your profound thoughts are not?

Oh there is so much more to say to people who are getting themselves wound up over kids in restaurants, kids crying on flights etc, it will all have to wait for another time. Also if you are non working but a blogging mum, start to panic because 'research' has proven that your child will grow up to be a spoilt brat. Got to run now, but I do know that there is one soul who is missing my grumpy morning posts, don’t fret ME, not only do I have plenty of grumpy morning posts involving annoying tourists and arrogant commuters, I also have estate agents who are winding me up right now. More soon.

Playing safe?

If Sachin's 82 was Vayalum Vaazhvum, wonder what that makes Dravid's 12 to be?

Jelly babies and crybabies

As usual so much to waffle about but by the time I get hold of the computer it feels all so irrelevant....

Can someone please explain the fuss surrounding this jelly babies episode please. I am totally with the English press, on maintaining the spirit of the game etc etc etc, but still baffled about the attention a few jelly babies seem to have gained. I am sure the lad and his team would have got on with the game ignoring the poor jelly babies, couldn't the more grown up cricketers have done the same? Its such a shame that this saga along with Sree Santh's beamer seems to have diverted the attention from what was a smashing game of cricket. Talking about SreeSanth, I can't be the only who thinks that he would be perfect to play the villain in the Tamil movies? (Knowing the fan base he commands amongst some of you I wouldn't dare say anything about Zaheer Khan, even though I do think him, the Indian team, the officials and the English press have made a mountain out of a mole hill)

Fingers crossed Varuna bhagwan is not partial to Indian cricket again this week. I was gutted when the match was called off at Lords couple of weeks ago. I sat there staring through my office windows and I swear there was plenty of light for a good few overs. England deserved to win that game. And nope I still won't pass Mr.Tebbit's test, just refusing to support the overpaid superstars of the cricket world thats all.

Talking about Mr.Tebbit's test, we came across a book by George Alagiah yesterday at Waterstone's, I think it was called 'from an immigrant boy to an English man', for some reason that wound me up. I couldn't even bring myself to pick up the book to read the back cover. Is it so wrong for an immigrant to declare themselves English? My head and more so my heart screams out yes. Maybe its just me being judgemental.

Thank you - Women and Child development ministry

Solution at last. All the unwanted female foetuses can now breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no more selective abortion in India.