Covid got me!

Did you know that the colour of your dinner plates influences how much you eat? Let me give you an example! Apparently the more your food contrasts with your plate, the less you will eat. Simply because the contrast makes you more aware of your food. So do not eat spaghetti carbonara from a white...

There's just so much you can do on the internet nowadays. Like dumping someone. 'Kirk dumped Stephanie today by email,' my thirteen old daughter told me. And she added: 'That's the third time she got dumped by email already.' I smelled a great parenting opportunity to teach them some high morals, so I said: 'That's...

Are children expensive? It depends. If you deck your baby out in the Armani Baby range of clothes, then sure: kids are expensive. Kids are as expensive as you you make them But there's a lot to be said for the argument that kids are expensive as you make them. For example, when I had my...

My youngest daughter had to do a special assignment for school. She had to re enact the image of Amor and Psyche. And it came out beautifully! The original The reenactment My son helped them with the wings, by photoshopping them in later. The girls had made real wings, but they were too big to...

When I first became a mother, it was like this whole new world opened up to me. A world I hadn't even known existed. A world with words like: onesies, babyjogger, bedrails, slings and babywipes. It's a whole new world. A new, nót so fantastic point of view My kids are all older now, so...

I love gerberas. They're nice and simple. They're simply flowers on top of a stalk. Unlike roses who come with lots of leaves and even thorns! You can enjoy gerberas for a very long time. Here's how! Anyway, there's another reason I love gerberas and that's you can enjoy them for a very long time....