If you’ve been at home with children on a completely full time basis for as long as I have (13 years and rising), then you’ve probably developed a number of coping mechanisms by now. One of mine is tuna, mayo and sweetcorn pasta. Lunch, very quickly, with all the most important food groups in it, […]
Archives for November 2011
Maxi Hama Bead Giveaway
It’s been a while since I’ve had a child in the house who wants to play with Maxi Hama Beads (3+), more is the pity, but we keep a box of them here anyway, for visiting small people or because just occasionally they hit the spot for one of the big kids in some indefinable […]
Circles
The hospital I would prefer to give birth in (actually the only one I’m prepared to give birth in) is about to be taken over by a company called Circle; in fact, it will be taken over in the same month (quite possibly the same day) that Marmite is due to be born). This is […]
Some things change, some things don't.
I’ve been using the internet for something like 12 years now. I remember the very first time I sat down to try it out. My brother in law had a PC connected to the net and I asked to have a go; I sat down in front of whatever search engine he used then and […]
Felted Remembrance Day Poppies
Last year we did a lovely art day on Remembrance Day and spent some time discussing the meaning of the day with the girls, reading an appropriate poem and marking the 2 minutes silence. It was a particularly poignant day for me last year, having so recently lost my own son and I found it […]
Cuddle Proofed Crochet Classes
I love this little you tube crochet class on how to make a baby hat, something I’m hoping to have a go at in the next few weeks. I’ve learned lots about knitting and crochet by using video clips and the girls have used them too. I’m left handed and for some reason, I just […]
Edit: Erase: Airbrush
People don’t mean to be cruel. They don’t mean to hurt me, or us. What they want is to save us pain. It’s easy to be accidentally tactless of course, because what was like a barrel of boiled oil poured on ready flayed skin to me, is to every one else just ordinary every day […]
Fun Firework Craft (yes, late to the Bonfire Party again!)
My children spent the afternoon doing pre-school crafts. Yes, yes, I know. But the advantage of letting big kids do little kid craft is that they don’t mess it up and I don’t have to stand over them being all control freaky and wishing they’d do it properly. Besides, I had stuff left over 😆 […]
Corolle Doll Giveaway Competition
Back in the mists of time, my very first supplier was DKL, who trusted me with a £300 credit limit and let me explore my idea of selling Hama Beads in unusual mixes and kit forms. Kai’s trust in me led to a total change in our life; I set up a business which we […]
Josie is Seven
It’s a bit of a given, if you have a birthday on November 5th, that your birthday will include fireworks. If you happen to be Josie, your birthday will also include penguins, which it did in various forms, from handmade ones from Maddy to purchased ones from various people (and one she wangled on a […]
