Musings :: Moments :: Memories
Watching :: We are more than halfway through the new season of Upload on Prime. Hilarious and sometimes a little terrifying in its potentially prophetic nature. Reading (physical fiction book):: I have only just started Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs in hardback. It is a beautiful book bought for my birthday by Rich.… Continue reading Currently
Around here we have been attending the Birmingham MCM ComicCon with Roch’s sister and our niece and nephew. Around here we have been taking Harper for a walk in the frosty field near our house where she met a friend for an extended play and chase. Around here we have been finishing off our Christmas… Continue reading Around here
The pros of having an elf: Joy and excitement of the child who believes Family tradition The cons of having an elf: Remembering to move the thing Thinking up creative ways it can get up to mischief Realising you haven’t moved the elf just as you are about to fall asleep Waking up into the… Continue reading She’s back
Today is the last day of November and so is the last day of autumn. This has been a significantly better autumn than usual with so much fall fun. We have been on many woodland walks. We have enjoyed Halloween and our trip to the Peak District. The only thing that I genuinely wish we… Continue reading Goodbye Autumn
As I have already started my festive viewing, I thought I would make a list of all the must-see Christmas movies that I want to watch this Christmas season: 1. The Holiday - I usually reserve this for when I am wrapping presents as I know it so well. Are we ready for Jude Law… Continue reading Ten Festive Films
My bid to be on top of everything this year continues. I’ve already got my Christmas cards in the post – a record for me – and now I have made a start on planning out the rest of December. I’ve taken some advice from the Lazy Genius podcast (you know I love that Kendra… Continue reading Christmas Planning
Dear Evelina It has been such a long time since I have written one of these letters to you. When you were small, I was so good at writing to you every month to tell you what you were up to and how you were growing. Now you are a teenager and you can see… Continue reading Thirteen Years
As it was Thanksgiving over the pond this week, I thought I would list just a few of the things for which I am thankful. Marks and Spencer food ordering - their sandwich platters made hosting today much easier! Costco Red Velvet Cake - so good! Cif cream cleaner- that stuff gets up everything! Heated… Continue reading Five Things I Am Thankful For
We had a sudden panic on Thursday evening when we remembered that it was the Warwick Town Victorian Evening during which they turn on the Christmas lights each year. We have been almost every year since we moved nearer to Warwick so we didn't want to miss it but I also didn't want Austin to… Continue reading This Week
I went to Costco on Black Friday. The annoying thing is that I didn't go looking for a bargain. I honestly thought that it would be quieter on a Friday than it would be tomorrow. I just kind of forgot that it is Black Friday. And that it is four weeks until Christmas. I went… Continue reading Mistakes I Made This Week
Notes From My Day 