Seven years ago, we moved into our house with me stinging badly from the knowledge that the fourth bedroom was not, in fact, going to become a bedroom. It’s been many things since, the proper birthplace of BeadMerrily and all the associated businesses and nearly, so nearly, Freddie’s bedroom, even though I never prepared for […]
Do not say they drive you mad.
If, wearied, you wish the summer holidays to end and peace to reign again at home, I ask you to count. Count the weeks of holiday from now till that 18th year, when examinations stop – and life begins. Count the Christmas tumble weeks, count the raining Easter weeks, count the weeks of trips away […]
Weekend Stuff
This is like blogging in the olden days. I’ve got time just to put ‘stuff’ up here. All the girls are at school, the boy has fallen asleep and I can just put up some photos of a nice weekend in the garden. (Actually I’m having a frightened moment, I have no idea what to […]
A little light crafting.
Ah. back on form with some easy pun titles. I just wrote this post once and it failed to save and left no draft. I’m totally cheesed off now. Here is my pretty little button lampshade. I’m trying a new tack to help keep my 40 day cluttering working long term. Not surprisingly clutter has […]
Note on the Palace Door
As you can imagine, it has been a HUGE few weeks. All the school starting is going okay, with bumps and tears along the way – but mostly okay. Today we bought Amelie’s uniform and got her inducted into her new school for September. At least the school run will reduce to 2 schools then […]
A New Beginning Looms
Having rather looked forward to celebrating PoPs 10th birthday, I was in a forest with not much signal for the big day. So belatedly, aside from the rather fetching new look I gave the blog last week, I bought I should say 'happy 10th birthday, little blog of minThey've grown up rather. Lot, those Puddle […]
Growing Fabulous Teens.
If only there were a manual for bring up the perfectly balanced child. Wouldn’t life be simpler? If only, we all sigh from time to time, parenting came with a manual. Not one of the ones you can buy written by people who never had their own child to care for, but one tailor made […]
On yer bike.
Max and I don’t do a brilliant job of switching off from work; our weekends usually involve something, either sat at a computer in snatched moments between dancing runs or stock uploads or sorting out something or other while passing the unit. I work partly every day if I’m home in the week and even […]
But it was good.
It was a lovely day, despite the tears and the grief. After all the snow and rain and grey, the sun came out. You might even have believed a little boy blue sent us the clear sky and the biting brilliance of a cold spring day. Bene, wearing the shoes all his sisters have first […]
The Ten Things That Make Me & Us.
A person, a family, are far more than a collection of things, ailments, personalities, looks, interests and abilities. What I notice more than anything about having a large family, is how we all alter with each other; each little change brings about something new. With the exiting of Amelie from every day home ed, Maddy […]
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