Slow ol’ Thursday
Blogging every day of the month is proving to be an interesting challenge. Today, for example, we have had a playdate, a weekly shop at the supermarket, a messy house to tidy before our...
November 2006
Shh
I have just escaped a very noisy dinner table. Oh my aching ears! Amelia was shouting her latest round of nonsensical jokes, Lily was screeching and Big-P was trying to distract her with a...
Japanese Dreaming
For the longest time I have been looking for some fabric to make Amelia some cushions for her room… and tonight I found it on a Japanese fabric site. Only to discover that it...
In November
Yesterday I took my two little girls to Mum and Dad’s for our weekly family lunch. Amelia played computer games and Lily slept. Six months ago I was enormously pregnant and living in a...
Turn it down
I can’t believe that our house has become even noisier – already. Amelia has always loved to talk – big long sentences either staggeringly wise for such a small person or wandering and nonsensical....
Christmas dolls again
Lyn posted her beautiful Ruby doll the other day and I looked at the hair (as well as the rest of the doll) with complete awe! I must admit to being slightly relieved when...
WIP Friday
Ah yes, I really do feel I am getting my spirit back. My Work in Progress for this week is two little dolls for two little girls (mine). I am finally revisiting the idea...
Good pud
It’s raining heavily and Big-P is in the kitchen making Spicy Bean Stew and Sausages from the River Cottage Family Cookbook for dinner. It is one of my favourite dishes and it’s just perfect...
Another blog in the family
After my post yesterday about resolving to update my blog every day in November, Alison suggested I should sign up for National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). What a wonderful coincidence! Once upon a time...