January has passed by in a blur of illness from practically all parties – only Toby has survived unscathed so far – some work and not a lot else.
One thing I have done though is take a picture on my iphone of something each day and I’ll be putting them up here tomorrow.
Mary Jean Iron: Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One [...]
New year’s eve. Not my favourite night of the year:
It pretty much marks the end of the holidays (although this year the weekend has the good grace to extend it by three days)
Everything is expensive, taxis are impossible, and there is a pressure to be out, you get in late and the kids still get [...]
That’s it. I’m done. I’ve bought every last thing on Amazon and stuffed it into boxes, bags and sacks. The kids have their own Santa sacks but for this year hubby and I are settling for pillowcases for our little gifts. I’m going to try and find a new and nice one each years until [...]
… about to find out if people in M&S, 3 days before Christmas, are naughty or nice.
Yes, I have a few things left to do:
move the tree in from the conservatory
wrap the remaining gifts
buy food for us to eat from today up until the 27th, excluding Christmas dinner (hello, Cook!)
tidy up all our bedrooms and [...]
Leaving aside the ‘religious festival crowbarred onto a pagan celebration’ argument for a moment, it seems to me that Christmas falls at the wrong time for us Northern Hemisphere people. The Aussies and Kiwis have got this one down right for sure. There is of course the option of surfing on Christmas day, spending time [...]
Late Thursday night, Mother Nature decided to dump about 8 inches of snow over Brighton. A snow day was declared, although the snow was found to be too fine and fluffy for good snowmen building, and it was a fun Friday. Right up til about 4pm when it became clear getting a taxi to the [...]
There is nothing big I ask for this year, just a simple list:
1) A lie-in for my and the husband together. Simply a day where both kids don’t wake before 8am would be *bliss*.
2) No arguments on Christmas day – my husband and small son not to be at loggerheads over what constitutes ‘enough’ dinner. [...]
The trouble with being at home for Christmas with just the four of us is that just two of us eat adult portions and another one of us isn’t really tackling anything with lumps yet while Mr. Finicky will no doubt request salmon or fishfingers or gingerbread.
This means that my Nigella Christmas hasn’t seen me [...]
This year’s gifts include, in no particular order, most of the Fisher-Price singing plastic available for the under ones, a copious spread of Peppa Pig and Toy Story for the under fours and a metal robin watering can, a packet of lavender, two glazed tiles, two crocheted cakes, 3 packs of chocolate, a boardgame, a [...]
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