Monthly Archives: March 2008

Haven’t done very well with the MarBlo thing at all – well, actually started off brilliantly, but seem to have tailed off a bit over the last week or so. Will do better in April! Especially as the theme is … Continue reading →

Cold, very windy and downright unpleasant. Snow in spring is not a good thing (ooh, that rhymed!). It keeps melting a bit, going all slushy and making the fields we walk Izzy through a nightmare of mud and puddles. And … Continue reading →

Do you think it might be a Bad Idea to have applauded with delight every time Henry pulled out the plug while we were vacuuming today? Because now he might think that that is a good thing. Which obviously it … Continue reading →

A list! Of some of my favourite illustrators:   Lisa Evans   Francisca Bustamante   Helen Rhodes   Laura Freeman   Mary Claire Smith   Lucy Grossmith

Or not so good, as I’m still feeling rather unwell (we can add unbelievable dizziness to the usual blocked nose, sore throat and cough, which sort of makes things a bit more interesting). But, it’s Easter, so of course I … Continue reading →

too. tired. to. post. must sleep. [sound of eyelids gently closing...]

For some stupid reason we have had no internet connection for the last three days. Words have been exchanged with our provider. They were not the kind that you would use in front of children. Anyway, I’m back online now – … Continue reading →

Whenever we get visitors from the UK, there are certain things I always ask them to bring over. This time, I got: marmite extra mature cheddar cheese a ham (to be baked for Easter breakfast) Sainsbury’s Magazine (collected for me … Continue reading →

Currently visiting: my parents, my sister, her partner and their daughters (aged 5 and almost 1). Add this to our household of: me, my dh, Henry and our dog, and you get quite a lot going on.

Walking along today with the dog and an empty buggy, I kept wanting to stop every person we passed and explain I hadn’t lost my baby, I was in fact borrowing a buggy for my niece who is coming to … Continue reading →