It’s not been the best year. I started 2010 housebound, trapped inside by snow, pregnancy and SPD. I was in unbearable pain, resenting the baby I was carrying, frustrated with myself for feeling such resentment and self-pity. Even when Dimples arrived, the pain didn’t stop, the resentment didn’t go away, the frustration lingered. And so [...]
When you take Regal Ice and a few hours of your life to turn it into the tastiest Brussel Sprout you will ever eat. Take a small blob of light green and squash onto the chocolate. This is the centre of your sprout. [...]
There were so many photos I was going to post, so many things I was going to write about Love today. But my Gran, a grand old Dame, died at 1.50pm this afternoon after a short battle with cancer. [...]
It’s been snowing on the Kent Coast, though not to the extent that it has in other parts of the country. The DH and I have decided that a journey back to the Big Smoke is not necessary, particularly when The Little Darlings (aka PD and Dimples) have dreadful colds which keep them, and [...]
Pop over to Mocha Beanie Mummy to see other entries for Silent Sunday and, while you’re at it, say hello to Karin and the other Christmas Challengers. [...]
There’s nothing like a bitterly cold day to make you glad that you are inside. And I do love being inside when it smells as fabulous as it does when I am making Cranberry Sauce. It’s very easy to do, even for a beginner, and you’ve still got a week to go, so why [...]