The Tale of The Wife and Inflation Going Up

The Tale of The Wife and Inflation Going Up I’m sure my wife won’t mind me saying but she’s not the most astute when it comes to financial issues or politics. She was watching the news this morning where they were talking about the latest inflation rates and that they are the highest for 30 […]

The Tale of The Wife Without a Daughter

Tweet The Tale of The Wife Without a Daughter I’ll start of this post by saying my wife is a little bit socially awkward. It was one Sunday afternoon when she decided to take our little boy (aged 4) and girl (age 9) to our local swings and slides (as our children always referred to […]

The Tale of The Wife and The Very Rare Bird

Tweet The Twitcher – The Tale of The Wife and The Very Rare Bird One of my friends is a keen Twitcher, *bird watcher* to you and me. This evening my wife gave a little shriek and told me to ring Paul as she had just spotted an extremely rare bird that very few have […]

The Tale of the Wife and Mumsnet Translator

Mumsnet Translator Wanted by DH I will start of this post by saying I am not a mum I am apparently a DH with a DD, a DS and a OH who is a MNer Every now and then I like to pop in to Mumsnet to read about what to expect as my children […]

The Tale of the Wife and Dogs Trust Advert With The Doll

Dogs Trust Advert With The Doll We were watching the TV last night when the fantastic Dogs Trust Advert With The Doll came on. It’s the one where the abandoned dog carries a special little doll with him everywhere he goes and at the end somebody comes and claims him who he is the spitting […]

The Tale of The Wife and The Dishwasher

The Tale of The Wife and The Dishwasher I’ve always enjoyed cooking and tend to do most of the cooking in our household. The one thing I’m not quite so good at though is tidying up afterwards. With this in mind I decided to buy a good dishwasher. It’s a Dishwasher NOT a Dish Dryer […]

The Tale of the Wife and the Shrunken Jumper

The Tale of the Wife, the Shrunken Jumper and the Growth Spurt Our little boy has a jumper, it’s a nice jumper, it’s a blue jumper, it’s a jumper with padded elbows – it’s a wooly jumper. I like our little boys wooly jumper, Our little boy likes his wooly jumper – My wife loves […]

The Tale of the wife and the mobile phone

The Tale of the wife, the mobile phone and the cat food I painted the stairwell over at the new house today. If anyone has painted a stairwell before, they will probably agree it’s one of the worst rooms in a house to paint. It’s especially the worst room in a house to paint when […]

The Tale of The Wife and the Potato

The Tale of The Wife and the Potato I’ll start this little tale by telling you my wife is a bit of a hygiene freak. Drop a knife on a pristine floor and you can’t just pick it up, give it a quick wipe and carry on eating – No. it has to go through […]

The Tale of the Wife and The Dog Snatchers

The Tale of the Wife and The Dog Snatchers It was back when I was still working on the building. One of my bosses was going on holiday and asked me to look after his dog. Burdock was a lovely flat coat retriever, but was a bit of a roamer. As luck would have it, […]

The Tale of the Cherries and the Gullible Wife

The Tale of the Cherries and the Gullible Wife We have a lovely cherry tree in our front garden with loads of steadily ripening cherries on it. I love cherries but we have a slight problem – the bloody birds are eating them all 🙁 They’re not ripe enough to pick yet, but at the […]

Yellow Duck

Yellow Duck Inspired by Pee Pee Duck – Not a real duck