The 30th March, so Timehop reminded me today, was Freddie’s due date. Tomorrow is the day when I thought he was coming and curled up in bed. Perhaps I should have walked about, maybe he’d have made it then. The 1st April we sat at the table and played with Hama Beads. And then came […]
Like the good old days.
I’d forgotten how much fun it is to just sit and make things with Hama Beads. I think they are still my favourite crafty stuff; I couldn’t bear to not have a shop full of them! I’m clearly in need of a bit of therapy; the breast lump thing has knocked me back badly, even […]
What makes a good craft blog?
As you may know, this year we are sponsoring the Craft Blogger category at the MADs Blog Awards through our own business and in particular CraftMerrily (which is about to have a sparkly and up to date new look!) It’s given me a great opportunity to take a look through the list of craft blog […]
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 […]
For Tilda and her family #MatildaMae
I ought to have some words. If anyone should have some words, it should be me. Everyone else can write a letter and express how much Matilda Mae is missed. Everyone else can say how present she has been in all our lives this year, how much her life and loss has changed them, made […]
Let Down.
When there are a lot of the children in the house, a lot of needs to be met, meals to cook, places to be, abilities to nurture and worries to ease, there is normally something that gives at each stage. Sometimes a hobby goes, or a chink of time together, or a relationship falters a […]
Mostly… nice.
I’ve craved a year that could be called ‘mostly nice’ for the last few years. It’s been a while. Mostly painful, mostly dreadful, mostly despairing, mostly frightening, mostly stressful – those are the ways to describe the years from about 2006 onwards. From torrid times at home, to stressfully trying to maintain a business and […]
Thrifting a little at Christmas.
It’s an in joke that I totally fail to be thrifty at Christmas; I’m hopeless at working to budgets (Max handles the household money for most elements of our life) and hopeless at not indulging my children. I could blame that on more recent elements of life but it isn’t true or honest to blame […]
Family Frolics – finding joy on a grey day.
If this time of year is about anything, it’s about family time. We’ve guarded out time between Christmas Eve and New Year jealously for years as the run up to Xmas is a busy one for us with work anyway and latterly an emotional one. The last two years have been full of panto and […]
Sponsored Post: Simply Be You.
I’ve written quite a lot recently about trying to change my weight and my shape and how I feel about myself. Six months on and 1/6 of my body weight down, having overcome a huge hurdle in terms of how I think about food, I’m so much happier about myself. In truth, the change in […]
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