[Disclaimer: The following is a collaborative post] Most of us grow up with a desire to own our home one day, and when we envision that property, we think of a place that oozes warmth, calmness, and love from every orifice. Finding the perfect property isn’t always easy, but often it’s possible to turn a… Continue reading Injecting Personality and Practicality into a Family Home
Have you heard of the intention-action gap? I have over the years but it only really hit home with me last week when I lifted up a plastic tub of natural yogurt in the supermarket. I switched from individual yogurts to a large tub a few years ago to reduce our waste. Then I switched… Continue reading Greener Living – Closing Your Intention-Action Gap
The first quarter results are in. Its been a mixed one. Ups. Downs. Inbetween times. The big 4-oh. An up. A big one. A frustrating February. A down. Lots of reading. An up. Lots of unfinished, challenging books. A down(er). Learning new skills – conversational French, new crochet stitches, cooking game dishes. Peaks and troughts and peaks and troughs but… Continue reading First Quarter Results Are In
By know you know me pretty well, I reckon. Its been four years since I started this blog and in that time I have been blogging purely about matters that interest me – books, crafts, interiors, diy and family life. Four years on, the ratios have changed, the photos have improved and the frequency of… Continue reading Mad About The {House} Book
At times it seems to me that this blog of mine is one big to do list. A letter of intent to myself, if you like. In various post on various topics I have vowed, hoped and planned. Less rushing, more chilling, some redecorating, more documenting life. I’ve gone on record with goals, aims and… Continue reading Realisation, Fruition and Other Such Words
All I wanted to do was cook the dinner. That’s all. It shouldn’t have been so hard, should it? I mean I made it out of work and into our village with nine minutes to spare. Just enough time to pop into the shop for milk and meat before walking round to the schoolyard just… Continue reading Making the Dinner
It’s the weekend! Hands up who is doing their big shop today? The weekly shop, the groceries, the messages, whatever you like to call it. When do you do yours? Friday used to be my day for it, being my day off work. I say used to because I haven’t done the big shop in… Continue reading The Really, Really Big “Big Shop”
Points of view on home decor when you have a young family differ greatly. There’s the “why bother” camp, firmly rooted in reality, assuming that vases will get smashed, sofas soiled and walls vandalied by the little ones. And there are the parents who lay down rules, are strict about shoes in the house and… Continue reading Pretty & Practical Home Decor For Families
Two years ago, when I was still new to this blogging business, I wrote what has become of my most popular posts to date, How to be lazy and still be organised. Back then I was on parental leave with three children and no pets. Trying to maintain a certain level of organisation involved juggling but… Continue reading Lazy Organisation, Part 3: How To Be Lazy & Still Be Organised
It is Sunday afternoon and we are back at home, stripping off eternal layers and peeling off damp socks. The grumpy boys who didn’t want to get out of bed at 7:30 am are long gone, replaced with happy children, rosy cheeked and full of life. How? Snow. Snow. I don’t imagine they will… Continue reading Sodden Boots & Happy Boys
