I sit here, as the temperature plummets, with the fire on in the sitting room. The floor is littered with the toys that Dimples, naked from the waist down, has cast aside. So far today she has had two changes of clothes. But I'm fairly relaxed about it, and this has nothing to do with the fact that I have been through this once before, or that I am far more slovenly than I would have you believe. Neither is it anything to do with following a … [Read more...]
Ikea Hack: rug into butterfly meadow
In order to smooth the transition from having a bedroom to herself to sharing it with her little sister, I wrecklessly promised LBG that we could redecorate. In true LBG style she has been giving it considerable thought and decreed that there must be butterflies. And some other stuff, but mainly butterflies. As I have yet to inform the DH of the impending remodel, I thought that I needed to soften the blow by introducing a few small bits and … [Read more...]
Dealing with Toddler Tantrums: a guest post by Joanne Mallon
Joanne Mallon is a freelance journalist and life and career coach, and I've been following her blog Joanne the Coach for a while because she's written a book called Toddlers: An Instruction Manual. The book, available through Amazon and as a Kindle download features advice from over 60 bloggers, and is helping to raise money for the family support charity Home-Start. She very kindly agreed to write a blog post on dealing with tantrums whilst I am … [Read more...]
Super simple Heart bookmarks
Sometimes you need something to distract two small children from pulling each others' hair out. My distraction took the form of a couple of envelopes. I cut hearts out of each corner and got The Girls to colour them in. It would have been easier for The Girls I think, had I got them to colour first and cut second. Either way, the end result is a set of handmade love token book marks for Granny, and two happily … [Read more...]
Simple upcycled spoon plant markers
I've seen quite a few plant marker posts on Pinterest, my spiritual home. Sadly they seem to involved metal stamping of some kind and that, quite frankly, is beyond my threshold of what-can-be-reasonably-achieved-in-my-lifetime. I'm fairly sure that the tools required would throw DH over the edge and may force him to move into his as-yet-unfinished-man-shed and never return. But I am nothing if not inventive. Aside from the fact that our … [Read more...]
My twitter policy: what’s yours?
I saw a post about twitter policy on Laptops and Lullabies, in which Laura put forward her strategy, for want of a better word for using Twitter. I like having a manifesto for how you approach social media. I have come to realise that I know more than I thought, which is thrilling, but I also think that it is worth taking stock periodically and working out how you use the social media sites you frequent, and what you hope to gain from your … [Read more...]
Hobbies and Crafts at Glow, Bluewater
I had a thoroughly enjoyable Thursday morning with Mari, The Great British Housewife, exploring the first Hobbies and Crafts show at Bluewater. We would have been first through the door but we'd have had to elbow a few old biddies out of the way and apparently that isn't the done thing. Fortunately, there was so much space inside that it really didn't matter. Which is not to say that there wasn't lots to see: there was. It is the kind of event … [Read more...]
