16 years ago I watched my new husband give up smoking for good on the arrival of our first baby daughter. It seemed to be easy for him to do so, perhaps because he has a very black and white personality that doesn’t seem to argue with it’s own decisions internally. If only I could […]
Dipping a toe in Victorian Britain.
Victoria Britain was one of my heart-throb history eras as a child; I lapped up anything that harked back to Dickensian times or just after. I loved stories from when kids were either banged up in the workhouse or an orphanage or held hostage in the nursery at the top of the house. I loved […]
Soothing Stitches: Easy Pretty Fabric Noticeboard
I’ve been wanting one of these noticeboards ever since I saw Jeanette at Lazy Seamstress make one a year or two back. I’ve had the materials ready for months and not go round to it but wanting to try out the Sew Simple glue from Bostik this month was the perfect push to get on […]
It's an emergency! Unexpected Expenses.
Like plenty of families in this day and age, we are no strangers to the irritating habit money has of going out faster than it comes in. With 5 children to buy for – and an increasingly aging car that is beginning to require hospitalisation for things like “a stuck sensor… that will be £600, […]
The Innocent Letter P.
The lady at Innocent said to me, What can you do with the letter P? I asked all the children to tell me a word, They thought of when the letter P they heard. Truly I wondered as they giggled and laughed, If their thoughts were mostly naughty or daft? Then off they all went […]
Visiting Bletchley Park
Last week we were lucky enough to be invited to Bletchley Park by McAfee who have a Cyber Security Exhibition within the main building. I probably spent half my childhood locked in a book that related to the war in some way, romanticising a difficult period of history into something that seemed exhilarating and exciting. […]
Back to school. All change for Puddleton.
Back to school has happened. 3 schools, 4 different uniforms, a school run that takes 45 minutes minimum twice a day, a sixth former for the first time and an awful lot of school uniform. I always leave it late, always. This year I managed to leave it to the last 2 days, which was […]
In a jam – again.
I really don’t cook. I’m terrible at it, with a total disinterest in food and all the things like it. But I do, it turns out, quite like making jam. I’ve made it before and enjoyed it so when Persil sent me a jam making kit, I thought I would try again. It did however […]
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 […]
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 […]
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