Wednesday 26 June
I have written my first ever guest blog post!Hop on over to In Norfolk to read all about my cycling adventures in Norfolk.Thank you to Lucy for giving me the chance to post on her blog!
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Tuesday 9 July
Yes, I went AWOL for a little while. Just didn't feel like blog writing. Too much going on in 'real life' to sit down and write a decent post. But I'm back with some sunny and above all, pink...
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Sunday 28 July
This time last week I'd just got back from Latitude, feeling a lot cleaner after three days in hot dusty surroundings, enjoying my second (or possibly even third) cup of tea from a normal mug rather...
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Sunday 8 September
Summer is where the blog gets neglected. With the kids both at home but me still working fulltime and three days of that from home, routine goes out of the window and I just can't find the time to sit...
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Tuesday 17 September
Ten on TuesdayThe kids have been back at school for almost a fortnight now and seem settled in, if the early morning frustration of getting to the bus stop on time is anything to go by. I've been back...
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Wednesday 18 September
With a return to more regular blogging I want to revive my WIP Wednesday too. I make a LOT more than I show on this blog. In fact, it started as a craft blog, but has slowly evolved into more of a...
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Tuesday 15 October
Almost a whole month has gone by without posting anything. It's not that I didn't want to - blog writing just seems to get pushed to the bottom of the 'to do list'. And it's not even something that's...
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Sunday 10 November
It's been ages since parttime dog and I went for a walk. Truth be told, I like life to be busy, but it's a little too busy right now. Time to stop, take stock, consider and rearrange a few things....
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Friday 20 December
Earlier this year I got invited to join a local knitting group. There are several active knitting groups in Bury St. Edmunds, but most of them are held on days/evenings I can't make it, or they are...
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Saturday 4 January
Another day and the Christmas holidays will be all over again for another year. I'm back at work on Monday and 14yo and 11yo are back at school on Tuesday.The run-up to Christmas was the usual frenetic...
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Wednesday 8 January
I'm taking part in the 100happydays challenge. With my track record of finishing photo challenges, we'll see how far I'll get with this one, but I like the principle behind it!Here's photo 1 for...
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Monday 13 January
Catching up on 100 happy days: Day 2 - a reduction in my electricity bill - the 19 pounds per year made me laugh Day 3 - my yoga DVD. 14yo found this DVD in a charity shop a few months ago. The first...
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Wednesday 29 January
Another catch-up on my 100 Happy Days photo project. As I suspected, I fell off the wagon on days that I'm actually in work. I leave home before it's fully light, I come home in the dark, and no, I...
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Monday 3 February
Day 12 of 100 happy days - travelling cables on my knitting. I'm knitting Coal Cardigan by Veronik Avery, one of my favourite knitwear designers. Simple, stylish, chique, oh so clever. Day 13 of 100...
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Tuesday 25 February
Just before our annual February half term trip to Lyme Regis, my camera lens broke. Again. The first time was about a month ago and it was my own fault - the camera was in my bike bag, which fell on...
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Sunday 2 March
Camera lens still broken, not heard anything yet. In desperation I charged my little old compact camera, which was on its last legs when I got the DSLR, to take on my bike ride today. I lost count of...
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Tuesday 1 April
To my kleine mannetjeToday is your 12th birthday. Twelve years ago today you were born at home on Easter Monday on a lovely Spring day after a pretty straightforward pregnancy. You gave us a bit of a...
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Saturday 5 April
To mijn grote meid,Today you are fifteen. FIFTEEN. Every time I see it written down, I have to blink. I have a FIFTEEN year old daughter. It seems so big, so grown up.Fifteen years ago today you were...
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Tuesday 22 April
We spent our Easter weekend at the National Vintage Tractor Road Run in Shropshire. It was touch and go whether we'd actually make it this year, as we found out quite late that the lorry's MOT had...
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Today is supposed to be my first post for Blog Every Day in May, which I did last year and enjoyed very much. But I've been at work all day, had two nightmares of a commute, have a slightly sore throat...
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