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The Diary of Kim Hawley aged 48 and a bit…actually quite a lot.
Fuzzy heads and Rainbows.


The Diary of Kim Hawley aged 48 and a bit
Lockdown Day 5 I am in arrears. On 2 counts. This being yesterday’s post I feel I should offer an apology. Due to worldwide pesky...


The Diary of Kim Hawley aged 48 and a bit
Lockdown day 4 Rock’s mission to extricate our Manchild from Uni was highly successful. No roadblocks had been set up, no official papers...


The Diary of Kim Hawley aged 48 and a bit
DAY 3 Lockdown Day A tumbleweed wouldn’t have gone amiss this morning. Street eerily quiet. No cars save for the man in the Porsche who...


The Diary of Kim Hawley aged 48 and a bit
Day 2 Super relaxed start to the day…then had to get out of bed. Downhill from there. First day of home schooling. Start could have been...


The Diary of Kim Hawley aged 48 and a bit
Social distancing Day 1 also Mother’s Day. Feel thoroughly cheated. Annual tradition of having day off: children giving cards and...


Supermarket Sweep
I couldn’t stop myself. It was pure animal instinct, undeniable and profound. I knew I shouldn’t. I knew people would be looking,...


Smuggling Budgies
I love people watching- to sit back quietly surveying the scene before me rather than actually getting involved, which is far too much...


Computer Says No
It has only been a year since I last went on a plane but it’s clearly been a long and fruitful one in the tech dept …. bearing in mind...


Wait! Whaaat?
My youngest has just been discussing her “literacy home learning” with me. My initial thought of “what happened to the simple phrase...


GO ME!!
Its Time For An Intervention Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Pexels.com


How Very Dare You
The Rock (please refer to early posts if unfamiliar) The Rock is traumatised. Having popped to the doc for a little routine check up, the...


Scrap Yard
With my ever increasing litany of injuries, my physio has ordered me to try less physically taxing sports for a while in the name of...


Anus Horribilus
So, it turns out that the things about chocolate being poisonous to dogs is not a scam put about by money grabbing vets. Who knew??...


Lalalalalalala Land
Our world leaders are, seemingly, all a little unhinged, the planet is about to implode and I genuinely know people who lose sleep as a...


Silence Of The Lambs
When our Youngling stated that she "didn't want to eat animals anymore” I promised, in earnest, that I would look into it and talk to...


They’re Not Just For Christmas
“You know that’s going to be there for ever?” Durrrh … really? Having said that, with modern technology leaving no trail unblazed, you no...


Set Lasers To Stun…ning
Review 2.3. Soooo, today I had booked into one of those fancy clinics for a cosmetic facial laser treatment. Not, I should add, the type...


Woah…Wait A Minute Mr Postman
I’m making a prediction. In the not too distant future there will be a litany of law suits against millions of unsuspecting homeowners...


I Am One HOT Mother
Rock (husband has insisted that I refer to him, publicly, in this way) has taken to sleeping in the spare room. Not as a result of...
