Despite having lived in Cambridge for 15 years, I’d never visited the American War Cemetery. I’d thought about it but felt a bit strange to be honest – was it appropriate to go and visit? And then I saw Nickie O’Hara had visited Auschwitz. The way she described her experience made me want to […]
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Hosting international students in Cambridge
Cambridge is an incredible city for families. It’s an even better place for tourists – and international students are a huge part of that community. We’ve been hosting international students in our Cambridge home for the last year so I thought it might be useful to do a Q & A round up of the […]
What’s happening? Snot. Lots of it.
I first felt meh on Friday 27th December. I know this because it was the day between Christmas and New Year when I worked. I didn’t feel right at all, but felt I couldn’t not go in because it was the one day I was working! Since then I have lurched from one cold to […]
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2 years on…
So, today is two years since my Dad died. I’d intended to go to work this morning and then take the afternoon to go to an important meeting for the boys at school. Life had other plans. I got very little sleep last night. Because one of our angels was unwell – and of course […]
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Disclaimer: This is not a formatted post. I’m in a write and run mood. Some images will be centered. Some won’t. It’s ok to do that on a personal blog, isn’t it? Hi. I’m Liz Weston. Remember me? The Cambridge Mummy. Married to Lovely Bloke. Mother of Two Boys. Food Provider to Scout, the untrained […]
September 2019
I feel like Victor Meldrew. If I had 50 pence for every time I think “I don’t believe it” I’d be a wealthy woman right now. Things I can’t believe: We have two boys at senior school. Bigger is settling in with a shrug and God, here we go again. Slightly Smaller is loving life […]
July 2019
Oh my days. I am struggling for words to reflect accurately on the last few weeks / months. It’s July. William is moving to secondary school in September – the same one as Elliott. That’s great because we won’t have any more school runs for Lovely Bloke to juggle alongside Hope House Press and renovating […]
What was I saying? Yes, March 2019…
It’s Saturday, 6am. I’m here on the sofa because Scout needed to go out for a morning wee. I could have hit the sofa with a blanket but I wanted to write an update. Why? BECAUSE WE MOVED HOUSE!!!!!! BECAUSE I STARTED A FULL TIME JOB WORKING FOR BELBIN HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS!!!!!! “Look at my, […]
What is life really like with a dog?
So this is a share (with permission) of a facebook conversation I have had with Rachel, who thinks she may want to add a dog into her family life. There’s no grammar. There’s no structure. There’s no nothing – because, well, you’ll see why soon. Anyway, here’s the conversation… .. Hi – wanted to pick […]
February 2019 – what’s new?
I was going to write “what’s new pussycat?” in the title – but I can’t, as a) I don’t like cats and b) I own a dog so it feels disloyal. Anyway. On with the show. It’s February 2019. The third of February. Where are we at? – E has turned 12 today and had […]
The healing power of a hair cut…
15th December 2018: I am ashamed to tell you all that today, when I had my hair cut, it was for the first time this year. My hair was very long, past my shoulders and without Kate Middleton’s hairdresser on hand, it didn’t look very Kate esque. So I booked in with Jon at Phillip […]
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