We are now one twelfth of the way through 2026, which means that I have now been publishing monthly life updates to the internet for two entire years. Mad shit. (If you want to read my other monthly updates stretching all the way back to January of 2024, you can find them all here). As I mentioned in my December
January 2026: New year, same old me I’m afraid Read More >>
Welcome to 2026! 2025 is officially old news. December was, predictably, a lot. It started with good intentions and a vague sense that I would ease gently into the festive season. It did not end that way. I was ill for approximately three quarters of the month, and somewhere between school deadlines, end-of-year admin, dark afternoons and a frankly ill-advised
December 2025: In which Fran watches far too many awful Christmas movies Read More >>
And just like my washing machine eating my favourite pyjamas, December arrived with zero remorse. November in my experience is largely rubbish – cold, wet, dark and uninspiring. But this one was alright! Let’s get straight into it, shall we? It’s long, but you can skim it if you like. I won’t tell. (If you want to read my other
November 2025: Theme parks, music and people that don’t get the joke Read More >>
October has been and gone and now – without wanting to sound too negative – we’re being launched headfirst into the worst months of the year. It’s cold, it’s miserable, it’s too dark to do anything after 4pm apart from get ready for bed, and every other bastard you come across is trying to kill you by coughing a new
October 2025: Day trips, comedy, gigs and best of all: A new vacuum cleaner Read More >>
And that was September. It’s taken me almost a week to get around to writing this one through a combination of time constraints (who knew that getting a job would mean less time to write nonsense?!) and apathy, because it hasn’t been the most thrilling of months. That is of course always the risk of doing monthly round ups; sometimes
September 2025: In which I almost got scammed, and had a nice dinner Read More >>
So… August. It’s flown by hasn’t it (do I say that every month? I do, don’t I)?. We may not have had a stream of house guests like we did last year, but we’ve packed a lot in in the last four and a bit weeks. Please bear in mind that I’ve totally fucked my back so I’m writing this
August 2025: Beautiful Barcelona, wet Weymouth, and flag nonces Read More >>
After a ridiculously busy June, comparatively July has been fairly quiet. With the exception of three solid weeks of end-of-term fun I mean – but I pretty much covered that in this post. The weather hasn’t been anywhere near as glorious as last month, but that’s OK. All together now… “The garden needed it“. For the last week, I’ve been
July 2025: Wet Chessington and no dippy eggs Read More >>
June has been, in two words, sweaty, and busy; particularly the latter part of it. Today the weather has broken a bit and I feel all motivated after – and I’m not being dramatic here – feeling like it was all entirely impossible due to the heat for at least a week solid. I’ve phoned two tradesmen to fix various
June 2025: Slushies, stadiums, Shoreditch, sand & sunburn Read More >>
May’s done already, which feels slightly illegal. I swear I only just wrote April’s post. Actually it was written over a week late, so maybe that’s why this month felt like it turned up, downed a pint, and bolted. May is often one of my favourite months of the year. The sun occasionally makes a guest appearance – actual sun,
May 2025: Sunshine, a terrible waitress and many pot plants Read More >>
*This post contains affiliate links. May got off to a belting start; I started typing this from the midst of a heatwave! I then completely forgot to finish it. I’d offer apologies for the fact that this update is now over a week later than it should have been, but I’m exhausted and I don’t have many to offer so
April 2025: House stuff, and not a great deal else tbh Read More >>
