London mum and wannabe illustrator. On a mission to find a decent way into motherhood without losing herself. 
I am feeling a bit under the weather. Coming home from a long and sunny holiday does that to me. Plus, I miss my husband. I like spending time together as a family. And as a couple. Oh, and it doesn’t help my mood that we are going to be kind of homeless soon.
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Posts Tagged ‘big M’
Under the weather
Wednesday, Mar 3rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 27 Comments
Filed under: Home, London | Tags: big M, little L, London, motherhood
Filed under: Home, London | Tags: big M, little L, London, motherhood
Where the Iguana lives
Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
Filed under: Gardening, London, Travelling | Tags: big M, family, little L, St Lucia, vacation
Filed under: Gardening, London, Travelling | Tags: big M, family, little L, St Lucia, vacation
Long before the French and the English fought over Saint Lucia (‘ownership’ of the island changed 14 times in between them), this beautiful place was called “Where the Iguana lives”. And if the lizards don’t stop drowning themselves in our pool, they might need to rename it to “Where the Iguana dies”.
Where the Iguana lives
What’s in your bag?
Friday, Feb 19th, 2010 by Met Mum | 27 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby food, big M, little L, St Lucia, vacation
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby food, big M, little L, St Lucia, vacation
Have you ever wondered how often the girls working at the airports’ security scanners really need to check the contents of your bag? And how often they are just curious to know what’s inside? If I were one of them, I’d know how to shamelessly exploit my position of power.
Emily O over at Babyrambles challenged [...]
Dancing on ice
Saturday, Jan 16th, 2010 by Met Mum | 21 Comments
Filed under: Family Day Out, London | Tags: big M, London
Filed under: Family Day Out, London | Tags: big M, London
Ahem. Ok, I haven’t necessarily been dancing, but I didn’t break my legs either. Our lovely babysitter Karin came to watch little L for the afternoon and Big M took me out to Somerset Ice Rink on Strand.
It’s got to be every girls dream: the man you love, music, skates, and a gigantic Tiffany box [...]
A bit of mummy wisdom – part I
Friday, Jan 15th, 2010 by Met Mum | 25 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, big M, breastfeeding, diet, hormones, little L, motherhood, mum, parenting, weight
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, big M, breastfeeding, diet, hormones, little L, motherhood, mum, parenting, weight
I recently came across the blog of Alice, a 24 year old London mum-to-be. Reading through her entire blog, I was taken back to my own pregnancy. Her worries about the baby not being there any more (stop testing, Alice!), her battle with tiredness and the effect a great dose of hormones can have on [...]
Scenes from a Metropolitan marriage
Pillow talk: Met Mum, immersed in a magazine. Big M, immersed in pillows, insistently staring. Rumbling. Harrumphing. “So. Do you know that the day we’ve met is near?”
Scenes from a Metropolitan marriage
Favourite Photo Meme
Wednesday, Jan 6th, 2010 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby, big M, little L, vacation
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby, big M, little L, vacation
If you were to choose one perfect picture, which one would you choose? Forty Not Out invited me to join the Favourite Photo Meme. I have lots of favourite pictures. Pictures of friends, of myself, of food and of places. But my most favourite would need to include my two favourite people, Big M and [...]
Dreaming of a white Christmas
Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2009 by Met Mum | 16 Comments
Filed under: London | Tags: big M, London, snow, Switzerland
Filed under: London | Tags: big M, London, snow, Switzerland
So it’s snowing again in London. Remember last year’s snow chaos? London went into freeze (literally) with no buses and no trains running during a few days. Just like thousands of other people, Big M got stuck on one of trains that were stranded somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
The amount of snow that had fallen [...]
Making the most of it
Wednesday, Dec 9th, 2009 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: big M, family, happiness
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: big M, family, happiness
Not too long ago, my life was far from rosy. I remember feeling being caught in an impressionistic painting: when you looked too close, the whole thing appeared to be quite messy and didn’t make sense at all.
Christmas Rules
Friday, Nov 20th, 2009 by Met Mum | 24 Comments
Filed under: Food, Home | Tags: big M, Christmas, family, grandparents, London
Filed under: Food, Home | Tags: big M, Christmas, family, grandparents, London
Christmas is by far my favourite time of year. I just love fairy lights, the smell of ginger bread, mulled wine and the colourful decorations that brighten up grey winter days. So when John Lewis asked me to contribute my set of rules for a ‘Perfect Family Christmas’, I was more than happy to join [...]