You wouldn’t know it, but this photo has all my children in it. When we first came here, all that time ago, 6 weeks after Freddie, I hunted for him. I found him here, by the stepping stones at this river. It’s the only place I’ve ever really felt him, in the swish of the […]
Archives for July 2014
Holidays.
I don’t know how it happened but rugby has become one of the family sports (not me, I refuse to watch it on TV or play it!) but the girls and boy all love it. Last week Fran got picked as part of the under 18 side for the North of England Mixed Squad which […]
Crafty Summer – Hama Bead Mandalas.
I’m setting inspirations for the girls this holiday. I think we all need to reactivate our creative sides. Today I made it about mandalas and our long loved midi hama beads. More details, a Pinterest board and ideas tomorrow but it was a huge success.
The end of (this year's school) days.
We made it. Only just and not without some pain, but we made it. It’s the end of our first full year of schooling all of them. I’m pretty disgruntled about it, as I said before, but there are positives too. None of them want to leave so I suppose that is a positive. They […]
The boy and his bike.
Over the last few months we’ve been reviewing a Little Tikes 4-in-1 Trike for Bene. I decided to put it through it’s paces first before reviewing as to start with he was inexplicably bothered by pedals and it took him a while to cope with it at all. He’s not quite at the point of […]
Prom Day
The very essence of Fran. Beautiful from the inside out with that very fact etched across her face. We spent the day making her ready for prom, thanks to a couple of great friends who did the hair and nail bits I’m no good at. I hope her evening has gone as she hoped and […]
And I thought school was bad as a kid.
People used to say “I don’t know how you do it!” when we home educated. Let me tell you a few things, now, while the “Back to School!” signs prepare to pop up in shops before the kids have even broken up. Here is why school is worse than home ed if you are a […]
Working Mostly Merrily
You may or may not have noticed that we’ve just relaunched our CraftMerrily website (home of Hama Beads and Fimo and currently Loom Bands too) in a brand new sparkly design. It has taken months of our time as we’ve done it all ourselves but has gradually turned into something I’m pleased with. Upgrading e-commerce […]
Me time? When you from Skid Row, there ain't no such thing.
All together now… “Alarm goes off at seven… and you start up town…” Ahem. Last year Max and I gave up watching TV in the evenings. We were suffering from the “87 channels and nothing to watch” syndrome and our internet is so slow that downloading things isn’t an option. Streaming from free online services […]
