My month of selfies is over! At the start of the challenge, my plan was to get so used to posting selfies, I would be less petrified of having photos of myself published. Until December, I did occasionally post selfies… but they were usually the result of my taking Read more…
2014 is nearly over. A little while ago I wrote a post about how easy it can be to get caught up in what’s going on right now, and forget that the end of the world is not upon us. It’s safe to say that right now I am Read more…
Rosie Hill blogs at Eco-Gites of Lenault. She and her family have lived in France since 2007, and opened Eco-Gites of Lenault, a family-friendly holiday cottage, in 2010. Her blog covers a wide variety of subjects from parenting to France, green issues, animals, gardening, cooking and life on the Read more…
This morning, the above photo came up on my Timehop. It’s from two years ago today. The below is the story of what happened on that day. It’s raining. When we woke up this morning, the roof had leaked again, and I had to call the council repairs department. Our Read more…
My challenge for December is to post a selfie on social media every day. I’m three weeks in now, and nearing the end of my challenge. This week, I’ve been ill all week… as you can probably tell from the photos. I promise I’ve not been wearing this scarf Read more…
AB InBev’s SmartBarley℠ enables UK Barley farmers to lower their environmental impact The SmartBarley℠ Initiative established by AB InBev will allow farmers to compare their barley production with other growers around the world, enabling them to tweak their production using other farmers insights. Although this will be the first time Read more…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about how since we moved, S has been a lot closer to Ted than ever before. I was worried that she was relying on him for comfort so much. I felt that I must be failing as a mother, that she Read more…
Alison Cragg blogs at Messed Up Mum, a lifestyle and beauty blog. She is a twenty-six-year-old, recently single parent of one. Josh was born in May 2013. This is a day in her life… I’ve agreed to do a guest post about how my usual day goes as I did Read more…
Suddenly, seemingly from nowhere (for nowhere, read probably nursery), S is pointing out letters and numbers. She’s been able to recognise the number 8 for a while, and enjoys pointing it out wherever she sees it. I thought that was a one-off though, because it’s kind of distinctive. The other day, Read more…
What do you do in case of a financial emergency? In my pre-S days, an emergency tended to go along the lines of “omg, I’ve had such a bad day, I absolutely must go shopping immediately.” Or perhaps, “wow, I really need a holiday…” The days, my financial emergencies are Read more…
I had a really hectic week this week; I had appointments and general gubbins to attend to every day, as well as trying to get some actual work done – not to mention Christmas shopping, housework and other such duties. I was feeling overwrought and fed up. On top Read more…
When a relationship breaks down, parents often try their hardest to do what is best for the children involved. For me, that meant removing S’s father from our lives completely. For a lot of parents, it means biting your tongue and trying to be pleasant to your ex, for the Read more…
I figured since I am asking other people to write about a day in their lives, I should probably write about my own day! I’ve written a few of these posts before, but since the last one a lot has changed in my life… So here is a day in Read more…
Last week, I went to parents’ evening at S’s nursery. I talked to her keyworker about how she’s getting on at nursery, how she gets on with the other children, all the usual things you talk about at these things. Then I was given S’s Learning Journeys to Read more…
When I had the opportunity to review the Breville Halo Plus Health Fryer my first thought was, oh, sure, I like chips! When I was a kid, my mum had one of those deep fat fryers; I remember it making loud bubbling noises in the corner of the kitchen, the stink Read more…
Lisa blogs at Mummascribbles, and lives in Hertfordshire with her partner, her toddler Zach, and a cat. This is a day in her life… 5.45am The dreaded alarm goes off. Most of the time I tend to wake up before the alarm and lay there waiting for it to Read more…