If you’ve been reading my blog a while (and, um… if so, well done!) you’ll know perhaps that the last few years I have had the great fortune to be at the finals of the MAD Blog Awards. It’s been a highlight of the year. I’ve been a finalist (3 times a bridesmaid, never a […]
The Daffodil Boy.
The heads of the daffodils in the garden are already turning yellow; they’ll bloom in a matter of weeks, they’ll be over before March has ended. Daffodils are Freddie’s flower. I don’t want to do April without daffodils. Seeing them nodding and bobbing on the 2nd April is one of the things that keeps me […]
Soothing Stitches: MyBoshi Beanie Obsession.
One of the things I really love is reading about a quirky and unexpected business growing up out of a quirky and unexpected scenario, featuring unexpected people.I read about the MyBoshi Boys in a Simply Crochet magasine a while ago and then the fates collided to bring me near to not only one of the […]
Promoted Post: The Hidden Costs of Having a Baby.
Having a child is one of the major milestones in many peoples’ lives. It is both stressful and rewarding, a source of endless joy and occasional frustration but above all it can be rather expensive! A recent UK government study suggested that the average cost of raising a child to adulthood is now in excess […]
The one where we get lucky.
It’s not 3 weeks since Max remarked on how relaxed and happy I seem these days. Happy. A release from fear, anxiety, distress. Then. My fingers walked a habitual walk, as they do, as all our fingers should do. Then. Found a lump. This time. Quite hard. Quite painful. Quite… lumpish. Very much not where […]
Soothing Stitches: Crochet Mandala
An indulgence that I should probably give up but don’t want to is a subscription to Simply Crochet. This month I have achieved making two things from it, which is little short of miraculous. I may be more productive without so many blankets to make. My sister asked me what a mandala is; I said […]
Sunday Stitches: Amelie Crochet.
Amelie had a bad spell of asthma this week and had to have a couple of days off school. She was really too breathless to do much beyond sitting on the sofa and was quite down too for various reasons so I thought I would try and inspire her with my own therapy methods and […]
Happy Birthday Maddy.
A school day birthday, early morning presents and a more rushed tea time than expected mean I haven’t managed to get a single picture of the newly 14 year old Maddy. I’ll settle for the artwork she brought home from school today. I love this. The girl who used to weep on our art etc […]
Sponsored Video: You're so fake.
I have a vivid memory of starting to trade on the internet. Like much of my life back then, people were full of doubt that it would ever work. If people weren’t questioning whether home ed would work, whether it was legal or could be trusted, people were wondering what on earth I thought I […]
School Perks.
I find myself quite conflicted about our schooling life lately, even more so than I was at the beginning. It has been imperfect for the younger two girls in some ways (as we expected it would be, that’s why we didn’t used to send them after all!) and although Josie is settled and Fran is […]
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