I have a poorly child at home today. So while he naps I've hit the blog, opening it up for a Thursday chat. Since becoming a mother I have found that guaranteed blocks of time, where you can focus on doing a specific thing, are few and far between. Now that both of mine are in school there is definitely more time to devote to certain things, but as ...
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Open House / What Friends Are For
It was the Hubby's birthday yesterday. Every year, for every birthday, we bake a cake. After all, I am a huge advocate of making your own birthday cakes. See the recipe here. This year, however, baking a cake was off the menu. With my lack of mobility, and reliance on doing everything one-handed, even with the Kids assistance it would have been a ...
Open House / Have A Little Patience
It's been a while since there's been an open house. The timing felt right today. It is Thursday after all. A week has passed since my hip surgery and I'm feeling pretty good, although immobile - hobbling around on crutches. 1 week down, another 3 to go. I keep reminding myself that one day at a time is being ticked off, slowly and surely heading toward ...
First Open House of 2015
I've had posts planned all this week. Then for one reason, or another, they haven't been typed up well enough to publish. As I'm a Type B personality, rather than Type A, it isn't the end of the world when I change tack and do not accomplish something I have set out to do in a timely fashion. (Type B are 'more in touch with their creative side and usually ...
Open House / Getting Christmassy
**Please note I have decided to edit today's open house blog post. I didn't think carefully enough about it - it's my error. Thank you for the 2 previous comments (it's appreciated you popped by! thank you! I read them and they contained great advice - if you'd like to comment again please do) but I've started from scratch. Thank you for ...
Open House / Giving Thanks
It's Thursday. This means the blog is open. I'm here waiting for you to pop by for our virtual chat. I can't offer you an actual cup of coffee (or tea - after all I'm a Brit), but you can grab your own and take the weight off. But it's not just any old Thursday. It's Thanksgiving Thursday. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK. This is ...
Open House / I’m Christmas Shopping
Open house is a little early this week because tomorrow (Thursday) is my one and only Christmas shopping day this year. I'll be out early. Literally hitting the town centre at 9am. It's my one (self-imposed) opportunity to purchase anything non-handmade. I've made my list, and checked it twice! It's not a huge list, as I'm sure you'd expect. And it ...
Open House / Time To Slow Down
Come on in - the blog is open y'all! My thoughts this week are very much about slowing down. Although it may seem productive to try and get lots of stuff done, quickly, I find that the faster I go the more errors I make. I've been very busy for the last 6 months. There are various reasons why, and all are very important reasons. ...
Open House / Do You Have A Menu Board?
I'll kick off today with a subject that's very close to my heart - or rather my stomach. As an obsessive meal-planner, a menu-board is an essential bit of kit in our home. This is ours: ...
Open House / A Book & Cake
It's Thursday Guys. The blog is open, and anything goes. I'll kick off with a few of my own ramblings today. ...