Phyl's Blog

We took off the plasterboard walls in the kitchen to replace them this weekend. We had no choice, John Wayne's gang had stuck on the kit...

No sooner do I praise the education my kids are receiving and the school goes and gives them something I have to complain about! Typical! M...

Today is officially my last day employed with Harpercollins. It feels weird to think that come 1pm I will officially be unemployed, or rathe...

Occasionally my kids watch Are you smarter than a 10 year old, another piece Noel Edmonds drivel. I have actually sat down and watched this...

A Sterling ad in Billund airport Originally uploaded by PhylB I wonder if Sterling would have come up with this ad if they'd known they ...

Lethal Duvet Originally uploaded by Rob Watling Am I the only one who hates that lie? You know For reasons of Health and Safety blah, blah, ...

Tesco petrol station 23-11-08 Originally uploaded by PhylB What the hell is going on with the relative prices of petrol and diesel at the m...

How do you know when you've found your soulmate? Maybe it is when you talk and talk and talk and never run out of words. Maybe it is wh...

We have about four weeks to take out the old kitchen, lay a wooden floor, wallpaper and move furniture in before our Xmas guests arrive. But...

I had forgotten this phase of childhood until recently when Charlotte entered it. Marcel skipped it but Lots is much more of a chemist than ...

I know it makes me a sad person but I like to photograph fruit and veg in markets almost as much as I like to buy it! Look at these colours!...

Now here's something not many kids can say these days. I was on a plane for the first time ever with my parents last week. I find that a...

Danish breakfast Originally uploaded by PhylB I guess it is like night owls and morning people, you get breakfast people and non-breakfast p...

Another thing that really annoys me is why stubborn, stupid Britain didn't swap to driving on the right hand side of the road like 90% o...

If you have never lived abroad, this scenario probably has never occurred to you. Imagine you get posted alone to a foreign country - it nee...

People assume children love cuddly toys. All of my kids received cuddly toys as gifts when they were little. I had a large blue teddy bear ...

Ok , I am on antibiotics for a chest infection so I'm not in the best of moods, but even in a better mood I still hate Children in need ...

I am slowly coming to the conclusion that Anna is right handed. That's not exactly newsworthy in itself, but the reason I am so certain ...

We flew over to Denmark for the weekend using Ryanair's new direct Edinburgh to Billund flight - wow - what a difference a direct flight...

I finally got out the stitches in my leg yesterday. I had been looking forward to it because I'd been sewn up so tightly I couldn't...