Pitch for a live action adaptation of Burglar Bill, Stephen Graham as Bill, Jessie Buckley as Betty.

Any recommendations for nice (kid friendly) places to eat in Southampton? Will need dinners and lunches! Please and thank you.

Well potty training has been a deeply humbling experience. I *think* that going back to work tomorrow will be restful in comparison.

Did a softball today, was good for my sad brain and body. I scored 4 runs in 4 games. Mum was there too, and our pitcher is kid of mum’s best friend from school. All the small humans hanging out together was good for the souls. Plus glitter.

More house spam. Will miss the morning light in this bathroom. Still love the effect of the matt paint above vs the slight gloss below.

In a bid to spend less time doom scrolling I made a plan to read more in 2025 and picked 100 books as my wildly ambitious aim. I expected to fail. But, having spent a good chunk of May/June/July being really sad and hiding from my own brain I am now 77 books down and feeling a tiny bit smug.

Getting the house ready to (hopefully) sell. Photos being taken tomorrow so I am tidying and dreaming of being someone who was this tidy all the time 😂.

The Ballad of Wallis Island is just charming isn’t it 🥰

Don’t know who made this but thank you

Gave the kid a harmonica we found when clearing out. She is besotted. We are slightly deafened.

Danko on University Challenge is channelling more of the FFS energy I would like to bring to my life.

Need to find some kind of support group for people who have tried the Mango Melt iced black coffee from Formative Coffee and are now ruined and cursed to spend £5.20 whenever they pass.

Working in Edinburgh today and it was doing its best to make me really enjoy it!

A total long shot, but is anyone moving/driving a van from either Edinburgh to Glasgow or Edinburgh to London/Brighton and have space to transport a wardrobe in return for some £.

Monday quizzes are back and it is doing a lot for my general wellbeing tbh.

For various reasons hadn’t felt able to finish Big Boys Season 3… until now. And I am a wreck. What beautiful television.

Come on Eileen came on the radio earlier and the small human lost her shit. Squeals of joy, hand waving, knee slapping and covering her whole face as she laughed in absolute joy. Never seen anything like it. What a treat 😍. What a tune 😂.

1 year of active work on it 2 years of making the case before that Overall, 7 years of engaging around and arguing for a strong #ServiceStandard for the German public sector. I am proud and glad servicestandard.gov.de is there. Public sector design work can be a drag at times. But it’s worth it.

My sister is sending me diagrams of where best to cross Leith Walk and offering to collect me from Waverley. Is this how it starts, 40 less 5 months and I am 100% Gran-like from here on in?!?

The Magnum Affogato, you are welcome

Hey if this issue is something you are dealing with: you can get an early and additional MMR shot for any baby over 6 months of age if you live in or are travelling to a region with measles. Just call your local public health! I did. Taking control like this has eased my worry a lot. Make the call!

Rustic but delicious. Nigella’s Quadruple choc cake, raspberries, sour cream/double cream. The small human is 2, we went to the zoo, I am a wreck and Martin is too. 😂

3/3 Are you worried about making a portfolio? A portfolio is just some examples of your work, and there's lots of advice out there about how to make one. And if you've been offered the job, ask for more money. Apply for the job. The under-qualified white men already have.

2/3 Please, apply for the job anyway. 1) sometimes requirements are more flexible than it seems 2) if you don't get this role you might go on a shortlist for the next one 3) if you do an interview, you get to practice interviewing and also meet some people

Job hunting advice for women and people of the global majority: apply for the job. - You're worried that you don't quite meet the requirements? - That your experience doesn't exactly match what they're looking for? - The conditions aren't quite what you need (part time, location or remote)? 1/3

The view when the small human the cake is for will not just go the fuck to sleep 😅

The Quilters on Netflix, about inmates in a max security prison making quilts for kids in foster care , is a lovely wee 35 minute watch. Would recommend.

Kiddo called me “Harriet” yesterday when I didn’t immediately acknowledge their plaintive “Mummy” . NGL mught be worse than when my mum FullNames me.

Kid is obsessed, I mean OBSESSED, with Ernie from Sesame Street. Exposure leading to this passion…? Seeing him on cover of my childhood Sesame St dictionary. Bought her an Ernie stuffed toy for Easter, never has the name “Ernie” been bellowed with such joy.

Well the Flatpack episode of Bluey doesn’t pull its punches does it?! 😭

Just having a lovely time on our holidays.

This story is well worth your time 👇

Happy Burns Day!

Colin Meloy at Union Chapel tickets purchased 😍🥰😍. Ma Kennedy babysitting secured. Dreamy gig plans to look forward to.

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Took the kid to the zoo at the weekend. When I showed her this picture afterwards she gasped as though aghast at my reckless parenting. Reader she ran here and roared (quietly) at the lion and was not to be persuaded not to.

Zara, u ok hun?

Was very nice to be in an actual office today. Obviously didn’t dare an actual waistband but tomorrow’s a new day!

Got the tiny human to do some wallpapering with me today. Lovely job on the joins.

Not Christmas with my mum and sister this weekend. The small human has a toolbelt now and I am really fucking jealous tbh.

Shrinking is just the best thing on tv right now.

Going to Palma next week for a few days with Ma Kennedy and the Tiny Human. Any top cheapish eats? Any cool things to see? Went to the cathedral last year when staying in Soller. The wooden train was obviously the greatest thing ever.

Cinema is brilliant isn’t it… tiny humans + Paddington = joy.

Iona was a lovely, weird, spot. Mull is a delight.

St James’ Park looking particularly lovely today.

Little Trains & Big Names with Pete Waterman, in which PW and his famous pals that like model trains go a-modelling, is probably the greatest conceit for a tv show ever. No notes. 10/10. Absolute Partridge.

At Mum’s in East Sussex tonight and quite beside myself!

Turns out the thing that turns my incredibly friendly street hostile is a neighbour hosting a wedding reception with DJ. The street whatsapp vibes are not pro this. Assuming they are largely jealous of the ambition of squeezing 70 folk into a 2 bed terrace 😂.

Listening to this album of Pop Punk covers of Disney songs most of the time now. Not because of the kid, through my own free choice. youtu.be/8vZy3Sf4vAw