The Lockdown Diaries

A note from Sarah: "Just two weeks after writing here about my lovely father-in-law, Trevor, on his 87th birthday, he passed away. Today...

On Monday night I thought the arrival of the promised rain the next day would lift me briefly. I felt it would provide a change,...

A new week. Week 4. No, week 5? God, who knows? Time has started to be meaningless. The days now merge into weeks and the weeks have...

I’m pretty sure that when God came up with the day of rest He wasn’t in lockdown with three under-7s. Never mind Sundays, I haven’t had a...

Folks, we have a maverick in our midst. I have long since suspected trouble was round the corner, but wasn’t quite sure how it would be...

It’s now been one calendar month since official lockdown started. I can’t quite believe that as a family we’ve been doing this for five...

I was thinking about productivity today. When I was very pregnant with Xander last summer I was often awake for the day at 5am, so I...

I ran out of steam today. I woke up with rock bottom expectations. I was exhausted and didn’t have the energy to care, quite frankly. I...

Well yesterday’s post certainly provoked a few reactions. On the whole they fell into two camps. The first was from people in the same...

Eurgh. If you’re feeling anything like I am today, you might not want to read this post. It’s unlikely to cheer you up. Maybe I’ve...

When the government extended the lockdown this week we had an extra reason to be fed up: The announcement coincided with us finally...

When we first found out we’d be home-schooling the kids we were horrified. It felt like the most monumental undertaking, requiring...

When I started this blog it was intended to be little more than a diary, a time capsule to remember what we knew would - in any...

There’s much chatter about how lockdown is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge - learn to code, take up knitting, memorise the...

Kids. They never ever shut up. From the second they wake up, at 100mph, they are wittering. Not saying anything specific much of the...

Easter. My absolute favourite time of the year. Forget Christmas, and you can keep birthdays - I look forward to Easter from about...

All this time in lockdown has led to a lot of overthinking. Here's a small insight into the issues that are currently on my mind. (As I...

When all of life’s pleasures are expected to be provided by the same daily routine and interaction with the same four people, we latch on...

I’ve been resisting writing about this because it seems both obvious and a bit naff, but does anyone else feel like they’ve been smacked...

Sausages and TV. The two things I’ve tried really hard not to fall back on these past three weeks. But yesterday was tough. We can blame...