It’s time for this Domestic Executive to take a holiday – yes a proper, get away from it all – break away from home. We’re taking Fortnum and Mason back to their first home to live with another 7 basset hounds for the week whilst MT, I and parents head... Mike and Andrea’s house is growing but I regret to say not every day. We had a spurt of framing and then nothing. Now the roof rafters have gone on but the builders seem to only work every alternate day. The roofers were due on site last week and now... I ventured back to the smoke yesterday to see a couple of clients, one for coaching and the other consulting. It was weird to be back into smart clothes (which the puppies promptly chewed on their journey from outside pen to be locked in the house).Although you have... Today is the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary. There has been wall to wall media coverage since he died last week. An icon of New Zealand, a national hero, has brought 10’s of thousands to walk past his coffin in Auckland before the state funeral today.One of... It’s been a tough day today in a family sense. My parents left today to return to the UK. It’s been a wierd couple of days knowing that time was running out before they left but nothing as painful as the final goodbyes.Can you spot the family resemblance... 