Much of the parent blogging world turned their eyes to the funeral of Matilda Mae today, determined to do their bit to support Jennie and David as they said goodbye to their precious baby daughter. Some bloggers went to the service, to support and bear witness for the huge numbers of bloggers who care so […]
Archives for 2013
Out, out… Damn clutter.
So along with building 2 new websites, learning to use eBay and etsy again, crocheting a blanket, bringing up a baby, settling a child into school and facilitating the education of several others, I've been on a bit of. Mission. This is not the current computer based alien killing my husband and children are doing, […]
MADs Outstanding Blogger Award.
I think this is a great idea, really appeals to me. The MADS is doing one extra award for an Outstanding Blogger who makes a contribution to our society online of parent bloggers. So here are the people I would nominate, if I could do more than three. Sian at Mummy Tips for her work […]
Popping with Pride.
Just for once I’m not going to blog about my children. I’m going to tell you about my mum, just for a moment. You might have seen the Channel 4 documentary about the “Bionic Man” are project about seeing how far we can go in reconstructing a human from the inventions medical science have created […]
Big houses, little memories.
When I was little my sister had a friend who had a mum who had once taught a (now famous) ice dancer her O Level English. She told her not to be silly and try to make a living out of ice skating but concentrate on her exams instead. They lived in a huge, I […]
That Panto. Memories for later years.
When I was a child I wanted toi dance in a panto more than anything in the world. Actually, I wanted to dance more than anything in the world but my mum said she would pay for lessons for me (at 10) only if I phones up and did the finding out myself. I was […]
Things (again) that my daughters should know.
The other day *one of my daughters* and I were having a conversation about types of boy. According to her, her year is completely filled with boys who have an unrelentingly active ‘romantic’ life that would make most of us reach for a zimmer frame and be glad of it. In fact, all that stops […]
By the Smurfs! Maddy is 13!
I think I got my cake making badge today. Maddy turned 13 in the week, celebrating it on a day out to the Spring Fair with Max and opening the latest ever family birthday presents at 9pm 🙂 She let me save the cake till the weekend so I had more time (thanks Maddy) and […]
Stuff and nonsense (ie, please vote for me, pleeeeeease!)
Oh… okay. I was really hoping I could let this one go but I love going to the MADs and you know, third time lucky and all that. Would you nominate me, anywhere you see fit? I’ll love you forever. I’m not sure I’ve been terribly good at blogging this year I admit, so if […]
The boy beautiful.
I wish I had learned earlier to just sit on the floor and watch. To just hand bricks over, to just see the learning happen, to cuddle and tickle and never be in a hurry to do more stuff. I wish I had learned how boring a yahoo group, a computer screen, checking for sales, […]
