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It is a truth universally acknowledged that I am a woman prone to the most fleeting of culinary obsessions. Cravings come and go and I, not in possession of the willpower I was born with, find myself unable to resist them and eat current faddy food until it comes out my ears and I am…
This is an excerpt from my thirty day Christmas Countdown. Enjoy! In my heart of hearts I believe Christmas is for children. Till we have our own we still think of ourselves as kids, but when we are blessed with our very own munchkins the season becomes weighted down with the responsibility of creating the magic we…
Look to the top left of your screen and you will see a little Google box lurking rather prettily. Up until today you have only been able to use this box to search the rest of the internet, but because we now have more than 250 posts on BrocanteHome I thought it was time I…
By Anne Blythe,Courtesy of "HouseWife Magazine, November 1949." Halloween Games For October 31st. Essential ingredients for a good party? A stock of apples, hazel nuts and potatoes, a hearty appetite, candles and pumpkin lanterns for lighting. Games: (better play them in the kitchen or lift your best carpet) Dookin For Apples. Fill a wash tub…
This dear housekeepers, is what you get when you cross your fingers too hard: your worst nightmare comes true… So far all is well. Finley has done his second ever wee on the potty (yey!!), the house is twinkly with candles and fairy lights, there is a chicken roasting in the oven and I am…
And so a month has gone by. A month that began with arms full of hope and ended with the horror of the man I love hurting himself in the dead of night. (I need you to read between the lines here. To read it but not speak of it, nor question its specifics.) “Anne,…
Alison,
I was just reading some of your older posts, the one where you were questiong your choice to be a stay at home Mom is interesting, I guess the grass is always greener on the other side…Some days I feel like I'd give my silkie bloomers to stay at home for any reason and especially to be a Mom (you see what happens when you use hindsight, it was those same wonderful children that made me run desperately to the first business that would allow a frazzled mother to work for them)how quickly time passes.
Now instead of dealing with 6 year olds that want to tell on each other and won't share their toys, I'm dealing with 46 year olds that want to tell on each other and won't share their toys.
Tami