Southern Spring September Edition

Welcome to the September edition of Urban Venus and to the gorgeous season that is Spring! The flowers are blooming, the bee's are buzzing and the cockroaches doing limbo under your door. And speaking of all things busy, some people (one) have asked how on earth I manage to do this newsletter whilst simultaneously doing motherhood and holding down a part-time job. Well, dear reader, one look at the state of my house should fully answer your question. I mean it's all about prioritising isn't it? Therefore and quite naturally, the things you enjoy doing most go to the top of the list and the horriblest, if not ignorable altogether, go to the bottom. And thus part of our usual household landscape includes 'Ironing Mountains'. Actually, the truth be known my house always looked a bit that way as I make sure I always have some form of distractive fun on hand.
Speaking of housework ( blasphemy aside ) it is traditional to herald in the spring with a spot of jolly old spring-cleaning. However my own attempts at spring-cleaning, indeed all cleaning, are a bit like that of 'Mole'at the beginning of that wonderful classic 'The Wind in the Willows'where he begins (his cleaning) all hustle and business and end it by throwing down his apron and exclaiming "Bugger it, that enough" or something like that but more suitable for young readers, and heads off into the bright Spring sun to investigate the world and anything that doesn't involve housework. And to you I would suggest the same. You've spent enough time indoors over the winter. Follow you senses outdoors and let spring take you where it will...
URBAN VENUS DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS READERS REMOVING CLOTHING, SINGING LOUDLY OR DANCING/SKIPPING IN PUBLIC. OR FOR SHED-LOADS OF HALF COMPLETED HOUSEWORK.