So yesterday I had a spare moment to myself and I thought, hmmm now might be a good time to do a couple of jobs on my laptop, printing invoices, maybe even some nanowrimo words – living large! as I do – but as I walked into our walk-in-robe/work nook I saw this:

Let’s not forget either the floor where the cat was eating some of my clothes – as she does…

And it then became clear what I would actually be doing in that time… fighting my way through papers and books to a clean desk.

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity