Words for Wednesday…

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To combat the Granny and Grandad have gone home blues, we spent Sunday afternoon at the park…unplugged. Relaxing….and escaping onto “den” from Dadda land sharks… …and tempting them with daydreamy, dangling fingers… Chasing brothers… Brothers who were reaching, learning…. …connecting and taking turns. ….asking for help and Dadda cuddles. I love that wherever we are,…
It’s JULY. Household budgeting time. Half the year has gone, passed me by and I’m thinking that maybe I just slept from February to now. I vaguely recall promising myself that I would be more organised as a New Year’s resolution – meal plan, budget,… you know how it goes at ten minutes to midnight….
Surprises are very few and far between when you’re a grown up. So when I read the message from Twinderelmo at 8am yesterday, reading “Huge congrats”, I assumed she was just being as lovely as usual and congratulating me on my Slimming World progress. I wrote back that I was so shocked as I expected…
My “baby” is nearly two. He’s still my baby and there are still so many firsts to experience – such as getting his hair cut. I can’t bear that I might have to change his current Linus [Peanuts] hairdo to a big boy style, or his first real shoes [we’ve been wearing wellyboots and moccasins…
Candles are a hot commodity in my family – my mom has always adored them, and now the love is spreading in my home too. Jensen and Lyoto recently accompanied me on a trip to begin my usual seasonal candle haul for Autumn cosiness and managed to entertain most of the staff in the store…
Two years ago, I had so much fun working on a whole family project with Wayfair. I say “whole” family because it really was a team effort – my mom, dad and sister helped out with the carpentry and painting in the Midlands whilst I was down here in the south, adding some snow and…