Today is the 4th April. Today it is snowing/raining/blowing a gale. Today is not a day for venturing far from my sofa. Today I made a start on my personal challenge. And in doing so, I invented a whole new game that I am going to share with you now. It is called ‘Name That [...]

I’ve never been any good at geography. I can’t even fold a map properly. I blame my the teacher I had at school. We didn’t get on, and I learned nothing other than how to write a 100 word essay on “Why I Should Not Waste My Time And That Of Other People”. I should [...]

Since we started our little family I have wanted to have an advent calendar that we can use year after year, one that doesn’t only give chocolates. Over the last couple of years I have seen a few in shops, but none of them were the one for our family. Hmmm. What to do? I [...]

A few weeks ago I received an email from Photobox asking me to review one of their photo diaries or photo calendars. We don’t have a calendar at home, mostly because we forget to look at/write on it. Mr TOPP and I both have calendars on our phones that are linked to each other so we [...]

Because I have a to-do list three miles long, I am obviously wasting time on t’interweb. Because, y’know, that’s how stuff gets done. Isn’t it? Anyhoo, I don’t know what you’re complaining about, because if I was doing what I was supposed to be doing I wouldn’t be bringing you this little gem. You see [...]

I am a West Country Girl. I grew up in a land of combine harvesters, cider and the wurzels. Actually, that is a total lie. I grew up in a city, haven’t drunk cider since a particularly bad night involving diamond white, and I don’t (and never will) own a wurzels record. But that doesn’t [...]

Last week one of my favourite bloggers Chris from Thinly Spread announced that she will be going with Save the Children to to Mozambique to support their latest campaign: No Child Born To Die. Around eight million children worldwide die every year from diseases that could so easily be prevented. Eight. Million. Next month there [...]

I have been tagged in a fair few memes of late, but the one I really really fancied doing seemed to elude me. Until the lovely fenngirl tagged me. Thanking ye kindly missus The meme was started by Mrs Lister and is based on the Saturday Guardian’s Q&A. I used to get the Saturday Guardian [...]

So there I was, minding my own business when Carole went and tagged me in the latest meme to be doing the rounds and it involves me sharing with you the contents of my fridge. Not literally I hope, because I’m not sure there’s enough to go round. Basically it’s a good excuse to be [...]

Happy Mother’s Day.