Life's ups and downs, a personal journey.
This week has been both eventful and uneventful at the same time. I am pretty much taking it easy, just as easy as one can when they have a family. I have done no baking, but I am ready to get back in the kitchen very soon. We have attended a couple of appointments and […]
MoreI bake so much you guys must think I am always eating. I don’t eat everything myself, there’s six in my family plus a couple extras that hang around a lot. I usually have a slice of everything I make and the rest is eaten by everyone else, sometimes I share with neighbours too, sometimes […]
MoreIt’s Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as pancake day, Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday which is otherwise known as the day that Lent starts. On Shrove Tuesday we traditionally use up and feast on all the rich foods before Lent. In our house the children are all brave […]
MoreI guess this post is going to be a bit of a ramble. This week really has been a bit of a nothing week. I did a bit of crocheting, did some errands, worked on a craft project that I will share photos of later (it’s secret right now) and I worked on my shop […]
MoreI don't know if anyone knows what a cold frame is but I wanted one for a long time. Maybe you call it by a different name but basically a cold frame is somewhere to propagate seeds outside under glass. Usually it sits on the ground and is a few inches tall buy a couple […]
MoreI have currently got the best job. I just opened a little store, nothing fancy but everything in it is pretty and girly. It's new, and I have been working hard getting it organised and ready for the opening tomorrow. Previously I sold baby things and was a power seller on eBay and sold privately […]
MoreWe are foodies in our house, there's no escaping it, we just are. We aren't the skinny family, but we are okay as we try to look after ourselves between these lovely home cooked meals. We are rather partial to fruit smoothies which sometimes I make with frozen mangos and somehow manage mimic the consistency […]
MoreIt amazes me how much preparation goes into Christmas. I don't mean our family because we do very little prep, it just seems to happen in our house. We don't get caught up in the frenzy. Last Sunday, as I was leaving church I bumped into someone I knew. The girl, mother of three children […]
MoreWell, we are here. It's midnight, give or take a few minutes, Christmas morning. The children are in bed asleep though I suspect they will be up in the the early hours as they have previous years. They tucked themselves in bed at 7:30pm, all in one room. Well, all except 19yo Mag who is […]
MoreI had my surgery on Monday past, it was okay, I slept through it. I didn't have much pain in the following days, really nothing that left me feeling unable to cope. Recovery has been uneventful and that I am thankful for. However it has brought up a whole new tide of emotions and […]
MoreI've learned a new skill. I have only waited 45 years but I finally learned how to crochet. I always wanted to know how, and knitting just seems too complicated with two needles to contend with rather than a single, harmless looking hook. I have a dear friend who crochets blankets for all her friends. […]
MoreI realise that spend a good portion of my day caring for my family, and quite rightly so . A large proportion of that caring time is consumed by laundry as it is for any other mother. I had a little chuckle when I saw this graphic. How many of you is this true for? […]
MoreSo today is day 3 of clomid! It's a new treatment for me after the last two years of health issues. I've had two surgeries and numerous investigations. Everything came back to internal damage caused by clumsy doctors. Anyways, that is a painful subject and right now I am placing all my energy in […]
MoreSo today is day 3 of clomid! It's a new treatment for me after the last two years of health issues. I've had two surgeries and numerous investigations. Everything came back to internal damage caused by clumsy doctors. Anyways, that is a painful subject and right now I am placing all my energy in […]
More13 is a huge age! Well, actually it's not but if you listen to Toni it is. She looked forward to turning 13 for months! “Why?” Because this newly turned 13 year old girl had asked us every day for almost a year to have her nose pierced. And before you ask we said yes. […]
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