In the words of Queen, “Mama, ooooooooh”, in the words of the Spice Girls, “Mama I love you, Mama I care”, and in the words of Kanye West, “Turn one page and there's my mommy”. God knows what Kanye’s on about, but the point is that there are thousands of songs about mums because, no matter who we are, we all put our mums on a pedestal. Even the toughest rappers can’t deny that they are mummy’s boys and girls. We all are. As today is my mum’s birthday I thought it would be fit

Sometimes when you are given completely free reign with something you find it difficult to know where to start. You have to come up with something completely new it’s it’s hard to get the ball rolling. Coming up with something to write a blog about each Sunday is a very good example of this. Like an artist, you are faced with a blank canvass with no idea what to paint. This is something that I have come across with people looking to buy from Silly Cushions. They love the idea

This year is flying past. One minute we’re preparing to go back to work having over indulged at Christmas, and all of a sudden we’re half way through February. You blink and 6 weeks have gone by without you even noticing. Now that I think about it, this has been going on for a few years now. I’m almost certain that last week I was in my early 20s. The only explanation is that there has been some sort of governmental cover up and the calendars have been fiddled. We’ve all been

Birthdays, Christmas and Valentine’s are the holy trinity of present giving. With Valentine's around the corner I'm currently going through the tri-annual anguish of trying to come up with a good present idea. Our anniversary is a week later and neither of us can actually remember which day it's supposed to be on so, to save any embarrassment, we celebrate it on Valentine's instead. While this is is convenient, this double whammy of a celebration definitely adds to the pressu