About

I am the mother of two boys (7 and 3).  I also have an Aussie husband of 11 years, a cat called Kiki and a very patient live-in mother.

After living in Estonia, US, Germany and Australia, I have now lived in London for the past 6 years.

I work 4 days a week in a very surreal skyscraper ‘neighbourhood’ called Canary Wharf. Commuting in London takes a long time but at least I can read books while sitting on the tube.

Once upon a time I called myself a born-again Christian. I still go to church quite often, but I think that all organised religions are the same – (often flawed) attempts by men from different times and cultures to try to define the same higher being and/or to control others.

I believe that the most important thing is to be kind to others, to one’s own body&mind and to this planet.

I am learning to hug people more, I recycle my rubbish, I compost my food scraps, I give money to charities, I exercise (mostly running), I don’t eat crap (most of the time ;)  sugar and most processed foods, and I let my kids jump on the bed more often than a bed should be jumped on.

This blog started in February 2005 as ‘crankymonkeys in london’ but I have now changed it’s name and moved most of the old posts about insomniac babies into an offline archive.  I’ve always blogged mostly for myself and people I know in real life, but it’s awesome that more and more people I don’t know are reading this little diary/venting place of mine :)

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You can find me on Twitter as @MrsB_LDN

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You can read more about me in the Circle of Mom’s Top 25 Expat Blogs list and on Mummy in Provence’s blog in a guest post called “The global differences in baby-making: Australia and UK“.

I would love to hear from everyone who reads! :)