The Great Gatsby
There are few truly great men in this world. I don’t think Gatsby is one of them. I mean, he’s pretty cool, he has quite a nice place and he isn’t a bad man, but I think ‘great’ is a little generous. That is my assessment of The Great Gatsby. The movie also has a very cool soundtrack and some Read the Rest »
The Hunger Games
If you’ve been following my new health and fitness kick (it’s much more half-assed than it sounds), it will be no surprise that I’m hungry and mainly thinking about what I’m going to eat next weekend, by which time I’ll be so impossibly thin, I’ll be able to eat at least three different types of Read the Rest »
Dear Sun, Please stay. Love, Mabel x
Yesterday was Bank Holiday Monday. I LOVE Bank Holiday Mondays. To me, it always seems clear on these delightfully long weekends, that we should get every Monday off. Mondays were simply not made for early starts, work or anything too pressing. They are a day to be gently eased into and then thoroughly enjoyed. Annoyingly, whilst Read the Rest »
Operation SUMMER
It’s happened. A couple of vaguely sunny days (interspersed with violent showers, not to mention hail) has resulted in the panic finally setting in as to how I am going to get my squidgy, squishy, sometimes-a-little-wobbly, post-baby bod bikini ready over the next eight weeks. When I say ‘bikini ready’, it’s not like I’m going Read the Rest »
Exemplary Skillz
This weekend, at every turn I have felt the overwhelming admiration for people who have got themselves really good at something. Whether it is a ballroom-dancing teenager, an Olympic gymnast, a marathon-runner – the colossal sense of achievement that would come with knowing you are absolutely MINT at a single thing must feel truly wonderful. Read the Rest »
Just another manic Monday.
Today I will mainly be looking at the above picture of Whitby and trying to remain calm. The fact that, at the time that photo was taken, we were freezing our behinds off on an empty pier whilst winging about the weather, is long forgotten. Now the image only represents calm and holidays and happiness Read the Rest »
Sun, Sea, Sand and Scarbs
Never mind ‘No Carbs before Marbs’, it’s all about Scarbs in my book. That’s Scarborough, for those less familiar with the marvelous North East coastal holiday HOT spot. This week we have taken our family hols down to the place where the sun always shines (cough) and the party never stops (more coughing) and come Read the Rest »
Springwatch
Ok Spring, I’m ready for ya. My clocks are changed (actually, that’s not completely true – about ten percent of my clocks are changed. There is one that doesn’t even need to be changed because it wasn’t altered six months ago.) and what I’m looking for now is some sunshine. I’m on Bill Oddie-style ‘Springwatch’. Read the Rest »
An Unconvincing Easter Bunny
It’s officially the run-up to Easter. That means one thing: chocolate. And lots of it. I was actually thinking about Easter eggs the other day. I spend quite a lot of time thinking about confectionary. But this led me to begin dwelling on how unconvincing the Easter Bunny is. I never believed it as a Read the Rest »
This week, amongst other things, I’m mostly liking beards
Not a bad turnout on the fundraising front for Comic Relief, eh?! A record £75million on the night and yet MORE to come in! Probably from your fantastic buns. I think as a nation we can give ourselves a pretty firm pat on the back. ‘Job’s a god’un’, as they say in Yorkshire. WELL DONE Read the Rest »
