I probably should have had all boys. It' a long running joke that I am totally inept when it comes to having girls. I can't French plait, I don't wear make up, I own one pair of shoes and I'm fat and don't like dressing up in any way at all. I'm not much of […]
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It's just what you do.
I happened upon a post on Glow that touched the nerve of how I felt this weekend. This bit in particular, written by Kate. “Christ, but some days I feel completely insane with the fucking rage. Then I go to sleep. Then I get up again, and shower, and scramble eggs, and try again. Because […]
Back in a jam.
Obviously you think that is a fabulous title. Does all the things a title should, grabs your attention 😉 and tells you what this post is about. We could title the post 'the one where Merry goes on about being amazing just because she cooked something sticky and didn't burn it.' The other day we […]
Backwards and Forwards: Dartmoor & Memories.
It’s strange that I grew up in a family where it was considered utterly beyond the pale to go back to a holiday destination for a second time. My mum said she always worried that it wouldn’t be so good on the return. Mind you, family holidays when I was growing up were normally illustrated […]
Crafty stuff that was done Simply ;)
We’ve had a pleasant summer, trying new crafts out, making pretty things and working together on projects, most of which have found their own special post on my brand new website, SimpleCrafts. I’m trying to make a place to put together all the nice things we make and do and showcase them, mostly so we […]
Don't leave home without….
Though I shudder to say it, our list of electricals for a fortnight of back to basics holidaying away from home was a bit too big. 3 DS’s of various generations, an iPhone, 3… no … actually 5? phones of various sorts, a iPad, a portable DVD player (disclaimer, it stops Amelie throwing up in […]
Wistman's Wood.
One of the highlights of this years holiday for me was the walk to Wistman’s Wood. We tend to give walks a rating; it needs to be suitable terrain for all o us to complete without wailing, have a river, a view, a bit of a climb, a destination, a myth, x factor and a […]
In the end.
In the end, it all comes back to one simple thing. I was one person and then my world fell apart. I put it back together and it fell apart all over again when my son died. Putting it back together again, trying to pick up the reins of a life that ran away from […]
Right, so that was us, in the rain, on Dartmoor.
It would take far more than a bit of rain to depress us though. In fact, Dartmoor rain nearly managed to be funny by the end of the week. We managed to pitch the girls tent in a short gap in the deluge (I say we, I mean Max and Fran, obviously) and then snuggled […]
The summer is gone before it began.
Suddenly there is only 10 days left before my big girl is back in school. Oh, how I wish she had long private school holidays like I had. We’ve loved having the time together, the 7 of us. Holiday has really brought home how much I miss her in the house. Without her here every […]
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