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I have woken this morning feeling dementedly domestic. The sun is shining, there is potato and leek soup bubbling on the hob, one child despatched on a school trip to Castle Beeston, and one Mummy, footloose and fancy-free in her bestest pink pinny. And so in celebration of a day abundant with home-making potential I…
The cover of "Moving On" has been released, as has a description of what it is to be about on Amazon… "Building on the success of Sarah’s previous books, Moving On expresses a new-age inclusiveness that allows people of all faiths and belief systems to enjoy her positive outlook on life. Inspired by her own…
It’s official. My marbles have rolled under the bed. Or the dog has chucked them out of the window. Today I did something I have never done in eleven years of blogging: I accidentally posted something I have posted before. (Blink and you would have missed it). After a morning of dog walking and carrot…
One of seventy five (seventy five!) 1950’s home D.I.Y magazines I found in a box at the back of a charity shop a while ago. Glittering star attractions of this particular little gem include "making loose covers for profit", "creating claw jewellery!", "Instructions for creating "Revolving Silhouette Lampshades", "Novelties from Dowels" and my favorite…"Mushrooms- A…
Housekeepers I have had an epiphany. Not a religious one I’m afraid, but an epiphany all the same. Here’s the thing: if you do things, things get done!! Life get’s lovelier and you live to fight another day safe in the knowledge that by taking a holistic approach to your world you will find the…
We would not be British if we didn’t complain about the weather. We may be a country in waiting for a Royal baby now overdue, but it remains our duty to revolve every conversation we have about the terrible torment that is the sun, rain, hail or fog. Today, dear England is slow and hot…
This link reminds me of an old movie I saw on the Classic Movie Channel here in the US. It was called Bachelor Mother and it was so delightful!
Raising kids is hard work that leaves little time or energy for anything else. The people who amaze me are the ones who maintain an unruffled facade while holding down a full-time job, raising three kids, running a household and make it appear easy. I only know one or two women like that — and no men, really. Me, my facade's always a mess.