bigfoodiemama

On Tuesday evening last, the Mad One, the Stunner and myself headed off to the new craze diet class in a local GAA hall. Each of us for many years has fought the flab via various methods ( WW, ignoring it, coffee and fags, the soup diet, grapefruit diet, cabbage diet etc. etc. etc.) We wanted to try something new with the moral support of each other so off we went.We arrived into an oestrogen stuffed room to be greeted by the leader, a Duracell Bunny type, who asked if we would like tea or coffee !? She advised us to sit with the numerous other "newbies", complete the usual form and take a seat as the class was about to begin. Our previous experience of classes has involved a sedate 20 minute general talk, with a "good luck for the week ahead" and off you go.......not so this time. Name by name, the bouncing leader went through every woman in the room and advised us all of her weight loss or gain, congratulating or berating in turn. Excuses were cast forward onto he...

Huge apologies fans. Having checked, I have failed to supply you with an update on my life since January 24th.....disgraceful. I vow to make far more regular contributions, as part of a heavy Lenten campaign. I have simultaneously, for the first time ever (and quite possibly the last) decided to give up the drink. GASP, a teetotaller, obviously think that drink improves my hum our or state of mind, as he is not keen that I desist from my Sauvignon Blanc, and has asked that I reconsider. Needless to say, certain friends of mine......all my friends will have a similar opinion but I am going to have a go, in the knowledge that, Easter Monday, I will be hungover ! So what have I been up to ? I don't think we need to bridge the gap between Jan 24th and now so will go back a mere 72 hours to THE SHOE PARTY. Maxi, friend of the Mad One, very kindly invited me to her house on Friday night last for said party. It has the makings of a great night as it combined girls, drink and shoes....what...

So last night the Caribbean Queen had the generosity to host ( in her MTV cribs style house) a baby shower for the Mad One. A great gang of women gathered, the Stunner, Maxi, Stage School Mum, the Culchie Dub, Andie Mc Dowell, BMM, the Mad Ones MIL and the Caribbean Queen Mother. The Mad Ones daughter got to come along to the girls evening much to her delight and designed a special baby shower card, ie. a picture of her mother in the shower with her head poking above the door and her bump poking out the side !She had announced at school earlier that she was going to a baby shower, which her friends took to mean that her mother was going to give birth that evening in the Caribbean Queens bathroom....thankfully this was not the case. The food was a delight, warm salsa or crab dip, guacamole, sour cream or a heavenly combination of roasted figs, tossed in balsamic vinegar and topped with crumbled goats cheese ! We overdid it a bit on the starters but still managed to devour the stuffed br...

So, we're down in the Ferrycarrig Friday evening with the Mad One's son no. 1 who has his arm in plaster. He has already missed soccer camp and his twin sister has been to Paris so the plan is that he gets to swim with an inflatable splint over his plaster to keep it dry. The Mad One forgot to get it, so on Saturday morning the poor thing had to keep his arm above his head in the kids pool while his siblings splashed away ( but not near him !)The Mad One in a fit of love said she would drive into Wexford that afternoon to Mc Cauleys chemist ( as recommended by reception) to get him the splint. She also needed wipes and Neurofen and Fat Freddie asked for shaving foam. I suggested she thought of the word SWAN, Shaving foam, Wipes, Arm, Neurofen. This was a good idea but the Mad One in her pregnant state was not confident of remembering so she wrote them down on a piece of paper and set off to the chemist "just on the edge of town". Two hours later she returned, presente...