A grim incident occurred involving one of the pupil's at Matilda's school this week. A young boy was stabbed to death on his way to...

Another evening at home for the two boys alone with Loki babysitting daddy. It's easier to get him to sleep than when he was younger,...

We may be at a turning point with disciplining Loki. There was a moment on the weekend that opened up a new world of possibilities in...

Loki is becoming a danger to himself. He sees a road and his immediate thought is to run across it. And given his Romanian mum is full of...

Finn has left us after a fortnight to head back to Warwick University. It was nice to have him round the flat and Loki really enjoyed...

When I started work 30 years ago, it was expected that you would be bullied. As a Gen X graduate, you assumed right from the start that...

When you get a duff weigh-in, the temptation is to stand on the scales again the next day. Maybe a day's grace will take away the pain?...

There is very little time in the day at the moment. Lot of stuff going down. Having repercussions.... I've figured out that quality time...

I think I dissected an eyeball at school as part of a biology lesson, but increasingly I’m beginning to doubt the reliability of my...

Last weigh in for the quarter today - reads a little like a financial report that line doesn't it? But it's true - 3 months of dieting...

We're beginning to see and feel little signs that we're on the right path. I can see my cheek bones for the first time in quite a while....

There are an awful lot of young brunette women in our office of a certain age, and certain height, who wear the same clothes, and have...

Today at work I sat down on one of the specially procured ergonomically designed chairs in the open plan area, carefully thought through...

The light in the eyes glints differently. There's slightly more white too. And it comes with the occasional shudder. When you see it, you...

March 8th is a big day in the Balkans. A day to celebrate mothers and women. And for the men in these women's life, a treacherous...

For a long time I've avoided looking at myself in mirrors. I particularly hate going into flashy shops with extravagant reflective...

I used to be good with names. Not of people I knew, but of people I don't know, like Timothy Spall. Or Clint Eastwood. Or a truck load of...

There are signs that you're getting bigger. They pop up all over the place. On this ski trip one of the most obvious signals was revealed...

This is the sort of post that if your other half reads it, then all your privileges get cut off, sewn up in a tight velvet bag and thrown...

The day of truth arrived. And slapped both Iu and I on our flabby arses. We've gone backwards weight-wise. There's no hiding from your...