Yesterday I didn’t post my updates as I was tired when I got home, I just settled and surfed for a little while. The morning was Sol’s blood test to check her kidney function. She was very brave, we had applied the numbing cream that she had been prescribed and the nurse sprayed her arm …
I didn’t bake today, did that surprise you? I didn’t need to as other half and Maggeo is having a few days on protein shakes. Toni has been sick and there was enough bread in the house to do the rest of us, I don’t eat much bread anyways. Mag is trying to get super …
In Northern Ireland we have a special little language. A lot of our words are derived from Ulster Scots language, and some areas it is used more than others. It’s funny because I lived in Scotland for a few years as a child, and now I currently live in Northern Ireland, I think I’m a …
What a change from yesterday! Yesterday was sunny, albeit cold and today it’s pretty wet and cold out there. I had a hospital appointment today, mainly a check up as it has been one year since my original stomach surgery. However I have had a couple ongoing issues and one is my gall bladder which …
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I 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 …
Today has been a fairly uneventful day which included errands and fuelling up my car. I think these days are boring for a reason, it gives me plenty time to be productive around the house. As I write this post I am noticing that I did indeed miss a big patch of floor in the …
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This just happens to be the calm before the storm. The children are in a pantomime this week, it’s a 2.5 hour show which has four performances between Thursday and Saturday. They have been rehearsing twice a week for months and the past two weeks it has been almost every single night. Despite the tiredness …
So much to share about my day. It’s a Saturday and I had planned on a lie in but other half was wide awake from early. He made us an early cup of tea and that meant we were up! He wanted to go to the gym, but I declined and stayed home while he …
It’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 …
Other half works everywhere with his job and as we are a home educating family we have opportunity to drop what we are doing and travel with him. The children had worked hard all week, they are doing mock papers for GCSEs and revision so it was okay to have a breather for the day. …