Google is Watching You

Call me naive, but I’ve always been fairly blasé about online privacy. Aside from not publishing any photos showing my face, I take no real steps towards hiding my identity. You could probably find out my entire life history—including past addresses, education and employment details—with a little nifty Googling and some lightweight stalking. Why, then,… read full entry »

In Blog Limbo

I am in the unfortunate position of being in “blog limbo”. Despite vowing many moons ago never to become a mommy blogger, it became obvious roughly, oooh, 18 months ago that I was a big fat hypocrite and soon to break my one blogging rule. And, while I like to think I put my own… read full entry »

Oops, I Bought a Sofa

Went out today for cat litter, and somehow from there ended up doing McDonalds breakfast (ew, never again) and buying this: We only bought it so that we could spend the next several years making gags about sitting on Amelie, farting on Amelie, making babies on Amelie etc*. Now all I need is a house… read full entry »


I Feel Old

I’ve spent that much time in and out of doctors and hospitals recently, I feel like I should be cashing in a pension. I had to see a dermatologist type doc a fortnight ago for The Suspicious Boob Mole. It’s no longer suspicious, mind you, as it’s completely harmless. Then Tuesday this week I had… read full entry »


I Missed

… jemjabella.co.uk’s 9th birthday, on the 29th April. I don’t think I’ve missed the anniversary of my domain’s birth (ha) in years. :(

No News is Good News?

I hope. We are no closer to getting the keys, or so it seems. Both Karl and I spoke to the solicitor last week and everything appears to be done on their side, they’re waiting on the seller’s solicitors. We’ve both emphasised the fact that we have handed in our notice which probably won’t achieve… read full entry »


This Could All Go Horribly Wrong

Karl had a call from the estate agents/solicitors last week re: the house and they informed him that things are moving along swiftly and they expect us to be in by the end of the month. This month. May. Holy shit. But also, they said we need to give notice for our rental asap. This… read full entry »


Shit You Don’t Need to Raise a Baby

When I was pregnant with Isabel, I used to devour little blog entries and articles on major parenting websites telling me everything I’d need for when my bundle of joy arrived. I even had Amanda write me a list of basics based on her experience working in maternity stores. It’s all bollocks. Every article, every… read full entry »

Mail Form V2.2

In anticipation of the release of my mail form as a plugin for WordPress, I have updated the standalone mail form script. Updates as follows: compressed and optimised badword checking; checking name field too more easily customisable required fields added more known bots to isBots() function disable Send button on successful mail send to help… read full entry »