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Showing posts with label thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thoughts. Show all posts
Saturday, 27 January 2024

Word of the year 2024

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 Hi friends, A belated Happy New Year to you all.   I love the new start that the new year brings.  I know some people feel that winter is t...
Sunday, 23 August 2020

Let's go fly a kite

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 This week we had one lovely, blustery day.  I took the boys up to the local playing field with a few kites and the intention to fly them.  ...
Friday, 20 March 2020

Corona Virus days 1-3 Social Distancing

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On Tuesday I received the message that our weekly Forest School was cancelled due to Government advice regarding Corona Virus.  I cried.  No...
Sunday, 22 September 2019

Welcoming in the Autumn

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I do so love this time of year, it's not so hot so as to leave you sweaty and puffing and yet there isn't quite the chill in the a...
Sunday, 26 May 2019

What I learned when I quit social media

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The first day I was constantly picking up my phone then putting it down again, the habit of looking at my phone was so strong it was like a...
Saturday, 13 January 2018

Distraction Vs Immersion

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Well hello 2018, we didn't get off on the right foot did we.  Let's start again! Let me explain; The house of mama began this year...
Sunday, 18 September 2016

Revelations en France

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Yesterday I returned from a week’s holiday in France with my husband and our boys.  There are many things that are really great about going...
Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Men do it better

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Not often you would hear me say that a man could do something better than a woman, I don't mean this is any competitive sense, there a...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Why and How we decided against Pre-School

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Original painting available in my shop 15 x 18" mixed media on canvas About a week ago the final day passed where I could hav...
Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Learning and Listening

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I have been learning loads and feeling very creative these last few weeks.  I am feeling like I am much more able to focus on my goals and w...
Thursday, 10 March 2016

Much needed holiday

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We went for a much needed weekend away last weekend.  I was desperate to get away for a weekend before this baby arrives and there are so ma...
Monday, 18 January 2016

Happy New Year!

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Well what a year 2015 was.  Unlike some of my friends I can't honestly say it was an amazing year. My word of the year last year was ...
Thursday, 3 December 2015

I opt out

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I used to pride myself of being reasonably knowledgeable regarding current events.  I enjoyed listening to radio 4 and would watch the news ...
Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Gratitude

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Sometimes I get a bit down in the dumps.  I feel like I am losing my way with the boys, shouting, getting frustrated and impatient all the t...
Wednesday, 17 September 2014

I Diverge

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Do you remember how I recently read Divergent by Veronica Roth and how I felt I identified with the idea of being Divergent, especially th...