How and why did they start? Why do we have mint sauce with lamb, cranberry sauce with chicken and turkey, apple sauce with pork etc? What started it all?
Window cleaner has vanished off the face of the earth, so I’m going to attempt to do the downstairs ones at least myself. Best way to do it? Water and.......??...
Just happened again - third time in a week. House phone rings with an Uxbridge number coming up. Guy on end says he’s from Amazon Customer Services and they’re trying to deliver a parcel to........
This sounds ridiculous I know, but here goes..... Mr Smow and I have been together 13 years, married for 10. But I have absolutely no knowledge of his finances, what he earns etc. I’ve raised the...
Hubby bought me this necklace ages ago. Nothing fancy. A heart on a chain. First time I wore it I developed this red raw rash exactly where the chain lay on my neck. Didn’t say anything as didn’t...
Ok so Mr Smow is absolutely impossible to buy for. He doesn’t have any hobbies, and is a slight workaholic. He works in I.T. so I finally found the perfect present- a backpack with a charging port...
We own a house up north and the tenant and his family have lived in it for 2 years. He was in it when we bought it at an auction. He’s a very strange guy, won’t answer his phone, won’t let...
After years of him in and out of doctors, extreme moods, hyper then sobbing his heart out, depression, attempting self harm...... And just constantly put on various meds, he has seen a new doctor and...
Don’t know what I’ve done, I haven’t had an accident, or tried to lift anything ridiculously heavy, but for two days I can barely move without crying out in pain. It’s right in the middle of...
Teen Smow is on a week long course in Watford , and is going to come home for the weekend. Soooooo which will be quicker? Getting train from Watford to East Croydon, or picking him up by car and...
I’ve just been sorting through loads of old boxes upstairs and I’ve found a really old teddy bear that was left to me by my Nan years ago. It used to sit on her bed. It’s solid, not soft, and...
My contract with O2 ends on 1st Feb. It’s pay monthly and far too expensive so I’ve decided to do a Sim only deal. But it’s a minefield. Currently I have unlimited calls and txts, and 3GB data a...
This year mine was watching my 19 yr old son flirting with ‘Alexa’ on his new Amazon Fire tablet. Hilarious watching him asking her out for dinner and was she single. Yours?...
Come on, we’ve all had one! Mine is probably when I first met Mr Smow. He bought me go karting lessons! So there’s me aged mid thirties, kitted out in an orange jumpsuit and crash helmet, tryng to...
Out of the blue my son has proposed to his gf. They are both early twenties. Within days she has gone into full bridezilla mode. Has already chosen bridesmaids dresses, venue Etc all within 7 days!...
Teen smow is staying for Xmas but due to work commitments he absolutely has to be back at work on Dec 27th. The plan was for him to get thto train home on Boxing Day but we have just realised there is...
Met my best friend last night for a catch up. Had just 2 glasses of wine, then we just talked for ages. Decided to walk home, it was freezing!! Dropped her off at her house and carried on to mine on...
That’s all he wants for Xmas. He doesn’t even want a flash one - as long as it can get the Internet he’s happy. Don’t really want to spend more than £70 as want to get him a few extra bits....
Ok I am truly stumped this year! He’s mid forties, a workaholic with no hobbies. (He is fun really lol). He’s a computer nut(I.T is his company), loves food and drink, enjoys relaxing watching TV,...
Two weeks ago I went to Fuerteventura for a 10 day holiday with family. Had a fab time. On flight home, for reasons unknown still, I collapsed with a massive seizure. Turned blue and stopped...