Adele - Lovesong (Album Version)

For my gorgeous husband - because this sums up how I feel about you. Sarah x

Mr Secret Housewife bought me a Kindle. Yippeeeee!!!

Mr Secret Housewife surprised me today with a romantic gift - the gift of a Kindle! I am so thrilled and have been enjoying playing with it. I am partial to a gadget as you may know and this means that I no longer have to go on holiday with the majority of my weight allowance taken up with books!

It is sleek and lightweight and clever Mr S.H. has also bought me a nifty case for it so I can carry my library around in my handbag.So far I have downloaded the Complete Works of Charles Dickens for an astounding £2.15. Yes - you read correctly - £2.15.

If only I didn't have a 2000 word essay to write I would be on it browsing Amazon right now for like bargains!! I even found the Mysteries of Udolpho, a nineteenth century gothic novel mentioned in Northanger Abbey.

I am so excited and so grateful.I do however have an essay to write so I must get off here and write away. You will be glad to know that I re-wrote my entire essay plan last night in an attempt to reach clarity and enthusiasm. Wish me luck!!

And as an after thought... my lovely husband and I have now been with each other for more years ( 24 ) than we were without each other (23 ). And I have loved every moment.

I thought you might like this, my love ...

You are just not going to believe what my husband did for me today... He popped out to the shops or so I thought  and came back with a package... Then he gave it to me and said that he had bought me something because he was proud of me. He said he had watched me work on my Open University course all year... watched me write my blog.... and he said that he knew how frustrated I got with our wind up clockwork computer...

And he had bought me my very own ... laptop!!! Blimey O'Reilly!!! I just burst into tears! You could have knocked me over with a feather and I shook as I unwrapped it.It is just beautiful.

I cannot believe he has done this.He didn't need to, but he did.He is so kind and so thoughtful. There have been times when I have not been able to get to the computer because he is in bed ( he works nights ) and I have needed to write an assignment, so this will be a massive help to me this year.

I feel thrilled to have it, but also a bit embarrassed and uncomfortable. I know this is silly, but nobody has ever bought me anything like this before. It seems so massive...

I am so grateful and so touched that he is so proud of my efforts. It spurs me on to work really hard. There will be no stopping me now!!! Thank you my darling.

Life is not always a picnic....

There are times when the old biorhythms of life just don't seem right. This morning I awoke,after a lovely sleep, to find my household in a state of abject misery. My usually perky husband was the proverbial bear with a sore head and his foul, dark mood spread like a virus over the rest of the house. Both boys were miserable and the air was thick with tension.


It is at times like these that I pride myself in coming into my own. I am, and yes, it may sound a little arrogant here... but I am very good at turning people round, getting them out of their funk and lifting the cloud of gloom from over their heads.


There was no real cause of the misery, just a general feeling that today life was no picnic. After swearing quite a lot, in my head, about my husband's misery, I left the house with child#1 to buy the things my Man needed for a meal he is cooking tonight and had been unable to find. By the time I came back he had had time to himself and was a little better.


Then I made lunch and spread my love around a bit. I took son#2 out quickly to get equipment with which to wash the car. So, son#1 happy.... son#2 happy.... husband on the way... After a lot of praise and a serenade from son#2 on the trumpet, plus free range poached egg on toast and a mug of tea, husband appears to be on the mend. He is now out with 2 boys, 2 girls and a big bucket of water, cleaning the car. This may sound like a chore, but is more like one big water fight in the sunshine...


I am about to go and make lemon syllabub for tonight, but may well go and indulge in a bit of car washing just to keep them company. I just hate it when my family is down. And usually all it takes, as today, is some care and attention, some love and occasional playful punching, to sort them out. If that fails, which it usually does not, I may have to resort to drugs .......