It’s almost like clockwork the way that the weekend will roll around, and Nick will say “Hey, let’s go for a drive!” I usually mutter something about needing to get things done around the house, but capitulate pretty quickly, and we all pile into the car for a trip to some previously unthought about destination. … Continue reading
For a long time I’ve been reading blogs and dreaming about the day that I’ll live in a huge house that is always clean, and my work is always all done, and I have children of my own to inspire. Before then, I’ve always thought, there’s no point trying to create provocations. My stepchildren are too … Continue reading
Late last year my husband volunteered our house for a New Year’s Eve party with our friends. Theoretically I was fine with the idea of hosting, but practically it was another story. Our house looked like a bomb site. And I’m not using hyperbole here, the house hadn’t had a proper clean in longer than … Continue reading
Greetings from the long lost land here On The Ning Nang Nong. Uni has finally finished for the year (along with assignments and placements) which means I am finally able to get back to some projects and the blog! I enrolled in a Masters of Teaching (Early Years) this year in order to work towards being … Continue reading
I know that technically today is Thursday, but I did finally actually remember that Tuesday was my succession planning day only by the time I had time to actually do any succession planning, it was too late to take photographs. So instead I just delayed until today, but I’m still totally claiming that it happened on Tuesday. … Continue reading
I am having a terrible run with the The Garden Share Collectivelately. This time I actually knew it was the start of the month but apparently only imaged pressing publish on my post, so it’s now a tad late! This Month: I haven’t really done much in the garden lately. Almost nothing has been harvested, and … Continue reading
Today was World Autism Awareness Day. As you may know, Mr J (7) has been diagnosed with autism. He has recently switched from a mainstream school to an autism-specific school (which is one of the reasons I’m finding less time to blog these days). I thought that in keeping with this I would put up … Continue reading
Lately I’ve been struggling to find the energy to do anything around the house/garden. Ordinarily I don’t get a lot achieved during the week and everything gets left to the weekend, only for some reason lately that hasn’t really been working out. This weekend, however, I had nothing planned so I decided to write myself … Continue reading
On Wednesday Miss H (9 years old) came home and announced that Friday was ‘Harmony Day’ and that her school was encouraging her to wear orange as a result. Orange not being a particularly attractive colour (or at least so we think in our household) we didn’t really have anything orange that she could wear. My … Continue reading
I’ve been having trouble keeping up with the blog lately for a few different reasons. The first is the general malaise I get around now that means I tend not to harvest the plants I’ve spent so much time putting in. The second is that Mr J has just started at a new (special) school … Continue reading
