Listography – Finals

Kate from Kate takes 5, has taken a break from her weekly top 5 this week. She handed it over to The Reluctant Housedad, who keeps pestering on his twitter feed to join in, so… Read More →

Glittery Jelly

So Saturday was Mini’s birthday party, and you can’t have a birthday party without jelly and ice-cream, can you?  Mini and I had decided that the people to be invited were mostly “big… Read More →

Silent Sunday

Note to self #3

It’s simple, if you do not get enough sleep you cannot function properly! Please remember that you are getting on a bit now, and the days of being able to stay up until gone three… Read More →

Reasons to be Cheerful

Today it is Mini’s third birthday and I am cheerful of that in so many ways. Firstly can I say that I cannot believe my baby will be 3!!  He has become an articulate,… Read More →

Dear So and So

______________________________________________________________ Dear Car Driver on the street outside nursery, Thank you so much for not driving into me when I walked into the road carrying Mini and didn’t see you. It could have… Read More →

The Gallery – My Backyard

I am truly blessed to be able to look out of my back door and have this amazing view of the Ochil Hills.  Depending on the weather they can reflect the light, so… Read More →

Exasperated

Don’t get me wrong, I love my children, they are funny, adorable, full of cuddles, often tell me they love me, intelligent, they make me proud of them all the time and are constantly surprising… Read More →

Silent Sunday

Accepting a compliment

I actually got comments yesterday!  Yes, from people who do not know me!  It was really quite exciting… not only that, but people wrote nice things (no figure.) It reminded me of how uncomfortable… Read More →