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How to have the perfect date night after 17 years of marriage #VelvetNightIn

November 25, 2015 by

Yeah. About that. If your marriage has been as prolific as ours has been, a quiet night in probably isn’t something you can remember; lately we feel blessed if everyone has beetled off to bed by 10pm, and that includes the boy, who is not famed for his early nights. Latterly, Max and I have […]

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: #VelvetNighgtIn, family life

Keeping it Plenty Clean ;)

November 10, 2015 by

Anyone who is gradually shuffling off the trappings of early parenthood will know that one of the greatest losses of that time period is the end of baby wipes in the house. The time between Josie no longer needing a bum clean and Bene arriving was a time of drought and desolation in the cleaning […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Reviews Tagged With: #fridaytidy, cleaning, family life, housework, kitchen

Just me and him. A #summerdayout

July 2, 2015 by

It’s been a funny few weeks without time or opportunity for blogging. Somethings shouldn’t be blogged perhaps, at least not while they are happening. In and among all of that, we’ve twitched our working life and Max has gone back to employment, leaving me to run our business and rather a lot of the childcare […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Trips Out Tagged With: day out, family life, Ferry Meadows, making time

Sponsored video: Flavour of Home.

March 25, 2015 by

The new Knorr “Flavour of Home” campaign has got me thinking about how we changed our meals for the better in this house. Not long after milk intolerance hit the household, Max made the bold step into proper home cooked food for the family every day, with meals always eaten together around the table and […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: family life, Flavour of Home, home cooking, Knorr, meal times

4 Box Decluttering.

December 31, 2014 by

I’ve been a bit slow on getting my 4 box challenge underway, though I did actually use the system I was sent a couple of months back. Annoyingly though, I forgot to take my before and after photos. As you can see though, the 4 boxes came in very handy when I did a speedy […]

Filed Under: Home Improvements Tagged With: #fridaytidy, declutter, decluttering, family life, house tidy, organising the home, plastic box shop, storage boxes

The moany one.

November 26, 2014 by

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this blog and what it is still okay to say on it. I was thinking today about voice and lost mojo and keeping up appearances and stiff upper lips and not going on about stuff and being brave and life goes on ish and how, because the girls […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Thinking Tagged With: anxiety, depression, family life, grief, marriage, school refusing, self employment

The Ten Things That Make Me & Us.

March 27, 2013 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Amelie, Being a Parent, Benedict, Family Life, Fran, Josie, Maddy Tagged With: #10wks10yrs, about us, allergies, asthma, baby loss, blogging, bullying, chicken pox, cleft lip and palate, depression, eczema, family life, hypothyroidism, no toes

Mrs MuddlePuddle by Helen Haricot – the tenth anniversary kick off!

March 26, 2013 by

This post first appeared on Petits Haricot, the blog of my lovely friend Helen and occasionally her dh Chris. Helen is kicking off my 10th anniversary with this post, which had me a bit weepy and all glowy 🙂 Thank you Helen – for everything. Merry /Mrs Muddlepuddle, queen of hama, friend and blogger has […]

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: #10wks10yrs, blog is 10 years old, family life

Why I'm quiet.

January 17, 2013 by

There are all sorts of reasons. One is I’m spending my evenings listening to the Wee Free Men books while making this. Another is I’ve been making these. Because I really want to get back to selling handmade things this year and I have masses of plans and not much time. Then there is crawling […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Being a Parent, Family Life, Garden, Home Education, Merrily Empire, Thinking Tagged With: family life, grief olympics, new craft shop, thoughts

Are we lucky or damn near perfect? Teenager rearing.

June 22, 2012 by

I reckon this post will come back to bite me on the posterior. I can nearly guarantee when in fact; I reckon I have just under 2 years before I’m holding my head in my hands and wailing ‘WHAT was I thinking?’ If it happens sooner than that, it is conclusive proof of that unwritten […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Family Life, Fran, Uncategorized Tagged With: 50's family life, Cherie Blair, family law solicitors, family life, funny teenagers, parenting, parenting teens, SNORT at Cherie Blaire, teenagers, The House the Fifties Built, yummy mummies

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