geek parenting done right
I know everyone has had one of these. A bad bad day where everything you touch turns awful and nothing seems to go right. One of those days where you just want to go back to bed and rage watch British crime procedurals until its time to sleep. No-one else does that? Just me then. Right. […]
Most of us tend to stick to tried and true Christmas music for our Christmas Day playlist. I know I like Chris Cornell singing Ave Maria dammit and I am sticking to that, but sometimes it’s nice to let something new slip into the music list. Since there’s a plethora of new Christmas albums released every […]
Winter always makes me want to crawl into a cocoon and stifles me creatively, so I use music to pull myself back out. Everything in life needs the proper soundtrack and blogging is no exception. The right playlist relaxes me, helps me think and bumps up my typing speed. The songs change weekly, sometimes even daily […]
It’s a cliche that after you have a child you appreciate your own mum a lot more but its certainly true in my case. My mum used to come over once a week and stay the night while Bear was a newborn. She did all night feeds and comforts while M and I got a […]
One of my favorite musical debates has always been Who Did It Better. You can have hours of entertainment debating Guns N Roses vs Wings because no-one can ever really be right. Covering a song is a delicate balance – copy the original too much and it seems pointless, do something too different and you’re […]
Top Of The Morning To Ye!!!! Ahem. Sorry about that. I do realise that is the Irish equivalent of people saying ‘throw another shrimp on the baaaarbie’. Anyway, in honour of St Patrick, this months mix tape is going green. St Paddy’s Day has always been something close to my heart. With red hair and […]
Bear has always been really susceptible to sound, music in particular. Since he was very little he’s used the sounds of the ocean to help him sleep at night but when we are in the car, he has lullabies instead. I quickly discovered that traditional baby lullabies are either sickly cutesy sweet to the point where I just […]
Vale Davie Jones I’m sure I’m echoing millions of blog posts around the world when I say this but I was truly devastated to hear of his death. If my life had been a movie, he would definitely be the most prominent artist on the soundtrack if not write the whole score. In memory of […]
Again, I’m changing up the topics for the day – I’m supposed to post my outfit of the day, but seeing as I wear a uniform to work I thought I’d move that to the weekend. Instead I’m posting my ultimate Christmas playlist. The Wiggles – Go Santa Go It’s H’s first real Christmas this year […]