About & Contact
Welcome to my blog. I am the geekmummy, my real name is Ruth Arnold, wife to John (the geekdaddy), and mummy to two geek children. Our daughter, Catherine, hereafter referred to as the geekdaughter, is a delightful, boisterous five year old. Our son, David, known as the geekson is 3. Both kids are highly skilled at operating an iPad and will have a good go at any other technological device they can get their hands on!
I’ve been blogging in various different forms since I started a LiveJournal in March 2005. I still intend to re-vitalise my long-dormant World of Warcraft-specific blog called Permanently Lost, but having two kids means I have a lot less time for gaming these days. John and I are keen podcasters, starting with a show called Just Relax, It’ll Happen, which we used to share our journey to parenthood through infertility (both our kids were conceived via IVF). Now we produce a semi-regular show called Parental Geekery, which is an excuse for us to sit down in front of a microphone and talk about anything that interests us as geeks and parents.
Technology and general geekery form a daily part of our lives. This blog was established in August 2010 as a way to share geek news, reviews and advice that is relevant to parents, as well as family news and milestones that the children achieve. I aim to bring you regular updates on things that interest me, or that I find useful. The geekdaddy might stick his oar in a sometimes as well 
In my “day job” I work part time three days a week for a large financial services company. I keep that very separate from my home and family life, and I don’t talk about it here.
We live in Cheshire, in England, and whilst there is some UK-specific content on this blog, a lot of geek stuff is universal, so I hope this blog will have world-wide appeal.
My attitude to life can be summed up by the following quote:
Work like you don’t need the money,
Dance like there’s nobody watching,
And love like you’ve never been hurt.
It’s still a source of constant amazement to me that anyone other than my Mum reads this blog, but apparently you do, and I’m hugely grateful to have won or been shortlisted for several awards:
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Hi Ruth, I’ve just recently discovered you’re blog on ‘British Mummy Bloggers’ and I have to say, it’s proving to be an excellent read! Gotta go cook dinner for my little munchkins so, I shall resume reading later
I am a science teacher so am also a geek but not in a technology way which is terrible! I love all your graffics and features and have no idea how to do any of them.
Enjoying your blog.
Hi there! You are part of my comment group on BMB. I love the design of your site…
Thank you very much
It’s a joint effort with the geekdaddy – he did all my lovely graphics 
Hi, i know you have a section on Favourite Baby apps and Favourite Toddler apps, have you ever considered having a section for parenting apps?
I have several sections in draft form at the moment, and parenting apps is definitely one I’d like to add. Do you have any apps you’d recommend in that category?
I have just seen one of your pics on the Tots100 Tumblr page. Not only was it taken in the town where I live (am assuming you live here too – small market town in Cheshire beginning with S?), it also depicts my husband’s uncle doing morris dancing. Hub’s uncle doesn’t live here, he lives in Macclesfield, which makes it all the more weird. *mind blown*
Anyway, hello from someone who lives just down the road.
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Hi Ruth,
It’s nice and relaxing to read your blog. Thanks foe sharing all those geek things with us. Love your blog~ P.S. your kids are so cute and beautiful~~~
Anna