Wow! A month goes so fast! Three blog posts later and what have I realised? I have a lot to be grateful for. And I owe a great debt of thanks to a few very special people. So, in no particular order: Thank youMrE for, well, everything! Looking after me, our babies, our house, the […]
The One About 30 Days of Gratitude (part 3)
Day 22 – Stories. Do I choose one from my school days (Animal Farm)? Or one I love teaching (A Christmas Carol)? Or perhaps one I remember from childhood (Each Peach Pear Plum)? Day 23 – At the weekend we made our Christmas pudding. I love Christmas traditions, and Stir Up Sunday is a good […]
The One About 30 Days of Gratitude (Part 2)
A longer post this time! Day 10 – a taste. It’s a choice between the lovely cup of Earl Grey MrJ ordered me while we went out for breakfast earlier, or the homemade millionaire’s shortbread I sneaked a slice of this afternoon! Day 11 – I’ve had a few amazing holidays but I think the […]
The One About 30 Days of Gratitude (Part 1)
So, I’ve decided to split the 30 days into 3 chunks. Part One Day 1 – with a new baby, smells aren’t something I’m often grateful for at the moment! So, I’m going to choose the smell of sausages cooking for dinner, as they remind me that I’m getting over my c section and life […]
The One Starting 30 Days of Gratitude
I saw this posted by a friend on Facebook. It seemed like a good idea for a series of short blog posts over the next month. Not sure yet whether to write a post for each week and share at the end of the week, or whether to write a post every day…. Guess I’ll […]
The one from the Big Smoke
Today, I am playing at being a sophisticated, grown up lady and going to London to met M for lunch at the OXO Tower. I’m not sure either of us fall into the category of sophisticated ladies that lunch, but we’re going to pretend to be them anyway. The rest of the Bank Holiday weekend […]
The one about the Domestic Goddess
That’d be me, in case you were wondering! Yesterday’s work was mostly in the kitchen. I’ve made the most of a bunch of rhubarb from Doddington Hall Farm Shop – rhubarb muffins, rhubarb crumble and then a chicken risotto and grilled home-grown asparagus! I also made a quick loaf of pesto bread with last week’s […]
The one with the holidays ahead
Says it all really! Day 2 of the Easter hols and the sun is shining. Spend Sunday in the garden, planting far too many seeds! Just got to hope that some germinate now. We went to RHS Harlow Carr on Saturday, and there was the famous quote “one is nearer God’s love in the garden […]
The one with the new shoots
Finally time to start phone blogging properly. I’ll explain the title first…. The asparagus planted last year has started to show through the soil at last! Three spears, each around 4cm tall, so far but it’s a start. Spent yesterday at RHS Harlow Carr. A great day out…. The garden was lovely, we had afternoon […]
The one with the Big Pink Heart
I’m not really sure if anyone ever reads this apart from me …. butjust in case, I want to link to this blog post from Big Pink Heart. http://bigpinkheart.blogspot.com/2010/08/play-fair.html Big Pink Heart is, its own words, an organisation taking action towards positive social behaviour and respect in the community. In short, a group of people […]