This post has been contributed by Eric at The Thoughtful Beggar, I'll let his own intro do the talking because I love the ethos: ... an online magazine dedicated to thought, and the sharing of it with like-minded people. Like-minded in the pursuit of a deeper, more fulfilling existence, not in a lockstep agreement of … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 10: Show’s Over
What Is The Golden Bloggerz Award? It’s an award made to motivate and reward all these amazing bloggers that work daily to serve their audience and they deserve more recognition. Their priority is to do their best to help their readers solve their problems & reach their goals! Rules Place the award logo on your … Continue reading Golden Bloggerz Award 2
Instagram was something I knew nothing about when I started blogging. I'd been deliberately steering clear of it - all the chat about "insta perfect" lives really put me off. I thought I would end up looking at other people's pictures and feel like I didn't live up to some imagined standard. Facebook competitive parenting … Continue reading My Instagram Favourites
I started writing this post in response to a comment on my post about throwing a lockdown birthday party. I wrote a couple of paragraphs and then decided that it was a bit overkill for reply to a simple "the kids have missed out on so much" sympathetic comment. Here's the thing, COVID is shit. … Continue reading Keep Adapting
I'm kind of jumping on the bandwagon here. I've seen some cool posts from Tom, Michelle and Em lately, giving a lowdown about them using a nifty alphabetic categorization. You can see their posts here: The Doubting ThomasBoomer Eco CrusaderEchoes of Em So, I thought that I'd give it a go, not least to provide … Continue reading A to Z of Me
This post has been contributed by the wonderful Lindsay at Live, Parent, Teach, Repeat. She's just hilarious, reading her posts I feel like I'm a fly on the wall in her house. Her series' of lockdown diaries from both 2020 and 2021 are an absolute must read - waiting for her daily updates is honestly … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 9: Cherishing a Link
I wrote a post a year ago with some symptoms of the running bug, but my case has become more severe so here are some new behaviours that might indicate affliction with the runner's bug. 1. You thought you had all the gear, but discovered that many more things are needed. 2. You start reading … Continue reading You know you’ve got the running bug when… Part II
Over the years we've done all sorts of birthday parties for the boys. From a local village hall to rugby in a sports hall, from a house full of small kids to a day out with friends at the Natural History Museum, from a transit van on the drive with Xboxes to playing Scalextric in … Continue reading How (not) to throw a kids birthday party in lockdown
Last year's cocktails post seems long enough ago to start a new separate one with this year's recipes. I love a cocktail, but I rarely follow recipes though and enjoy making things up a bit as I go with little or no planning. So here are a few of my recent inventions... Rosalie I tried … Continue reading Making Stuff 17: Cocktails 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 How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin Delphine is just a normal girl, she befriends a lonely boy called … Continue reading February 2021 Reading
