I love growing veggies. I'll never forget the first year that I grew 5 courgette plants in a sun blessed garden and a friend gave me 8 tomato plants. Himself is only just coming back round to considering courgettes acceptable on his plate after 3 months of me sneaking them into almost every meal. Since … Continue reading Veggies progress report 2021 – part 2
Wow, that's it. The last day of school for the 2020-2021 school year. And what a year it's been! From the countdown last September, through an almost-immediate COVID scare, Christmas and another round of home learning, more school holidays in lockdown over February half term, and then back to in-school learning (thank goodness). The boys … Continue reading School’s Out 2021
We had a week in Whitby at the end of May 2021, we got up to loads of fun activities and I wanted to shared our favourite ten (or so). 1. Boat Trip Around the harbour there are several opportunities to take a short trip out of Whitby harbour or a longer excursion to fish … Continue reading 10 Things to do in Whitby
Some time ago I wrote a post about beautiful imperfections. Recently, my thoughts are travelling along a similar path. There are some fairly well-defined traditional ideas about what is beautiful: blondeness, being thin with big boobs, sunny days, lush green grass, orange sunsets, spotless cars, rhyming words, clear skin, a straight nose, big blossoming flowers, … Continue reading Different is Beautiful
So a couple of months ago an exciting but scary opportunity presented itself to me at work. I'd been trundling along with the same general activities for quite a while, there are challenges and long term projects running all the time and I thought I was pretty contented. Then I got picked to spend 9 … Continue reading Exciting and scary: some progress
Some time ago I was feeling upset about the idea of being judged by other mums - you know the way we do sometimes. I told my lovely friend S (I've mentioned her before) and she said something that's always stuck with me: "If they don't like what they see, they should turn away." Her … Continue reading Turning Away
Ever since large boy started school and I discovered the joys of making my own fruit gin (coincidentally the same year, or was it a coincidence?), I've made gifts for teachers and TAs for Christmas and the end of the summer term. I love giving them something we've made at home - if I've put … Continue reading Teachers’ gifts 2021
I've decided to do a monthly round up for everything we've read each month. Himself focuses on science articles and forums and news, so he's not getting a section - books only! Large boy His reviews are getting briefer and briefer. Sorry about that. Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape by Dermot … Continue reading June 2021 Reading
My very lovely friend Lisa from The Procrastinating Mum has kindly shared her thoughts on loss of a sense of self and the impact anxiety has on how she feels about who she is. This is a beautifully raw and honest post, I'm really touched that she felt comfortable sharing it with me and with … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 13: Losing Myself
It's time to look back again and wonder, baffled, how small boy has arrived at another birthday. It was the same last year. The time seems to just fly past so quickly. What's more, he's grown and grown up so much in the last year. He's very nearly 120cm tall, sprouting about 7cm in the … Continue reading Somehow 6
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