This week, I have been at home with my children, while trying to cram in other bits when I could.

You know how it goes – we always wish there were more hours in the day, but even then I do not think we would get what we wanted accomplished.

I have had a couple of trips to the hospital, nothing serious, but once again Kingston Hospital were brilliant.

I worked one morning (Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose, on Channel 4, tune in if you can), had a day of meetings on Tuesday, a friend popped round for tea, another for a play date, and I even had a night out with girlfriends in Surbiton.

I have some great friends and do try my best to keep in touch, but it is difficult when juggling family, work and chores.

Now, I am not a massive fan of Facebook, but I do like it as a way to keep in contact with close acquaintances.

When one of my friends popped round this week, she started flicking through Facebook, stating that someone had 150 comments and 300 odd likes on their status update, so they really must be popular.

I was a little taken aback. Do we now judge popularity on how many likes someone has on Facebook?

I bumped into another friend at work who I had not seen in a while.

She told me her ex-boyfriend had dumped her on the same said social network site, so she closed her account.

I am not surprised to be honest, but, because of this, she had missed two weddings and a birth announcement.

We talked about how getting in contact the old-fashioned way was much more personal and if friends really wanted her to know what was going on, they would have told her.

It really got me thinking, especially with the run-up to Christmas. It is a time to really cherish our loved ones and also look out for those who may not have lots of people around them to make them feel popular.