Musings :: Moments :: Memories
Tomorrow, I will be forty years old. I thought for sure by the time I got to this ripe old age, I would feel more grown up but maybe that's the big secret that no child knows: there is no one moment when you feel like you have it all together. I wrote my list… Continue reading Almost Forty
For someone who is usually only too happy to share her thoughts and feelings, it always catches me off-guard when I realise I have been bottling things up. I can always tell when I am feeling stressed because it shows in my face. Not in my expression. In my actual face. For a few days… Continue reading Currently
Yesterday was the first day of documenting the every day and ordinary which is A Week in the Life, run by Ali Edwards. Last year's was in August and I managed to get my album finished on Sunday. Watch my scrapbook slideshow here A Week in the Life 2015 by Slidely Slideshow I am now… Continue reading A Week in the Life
Over the Easter holiday break, we went away as a family of four for the first time. I had put off making the decision about whether or not to go since I wasn't sure what kind of baby Austin was going to be and I am still not sure about this - people ask me… Continue reading Our First Family Trip as Four
When I was preparing to leave to go on maternity leave just before Christmas, I had a lot of teaching colleagues make a lot of envious noises about how lucky I was to go for my 'year off'. If I were doing any other job, I would have been incensed by the implication that having… Continue reading Mama vs Teacher
Dear Austin How has it already been 7 weeks? And yet what was life like before you came? I can hardly remember. We are still in the 'getting used to it all' phase still with us all getting to know you and what makes you tick. I think you are still trying to work out… Continue reading 7 Weeks
Things on my Sky Planner which are ridiculous but I keep watching: Dr G: Medical Examiner Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta Say Yes to the Dress - Bridesmaids Hoarders 24 Hours in A&E Things I've done today Took Evelina to Stagecoach (drama, singing, dancing classes - she loves it); Raced back to get… Continue reading Saturday Lists
My emotions have been a little bit all over the place with wonderful, excited highs and snappy, grouchy lows. Going from an all-consuming job to having so much spare time (and so little energy to use it) is an adjustment. I am now 37 weeks pregnant which is classed as full-term. I could do… Continue reading Adjusting
As a stationery fiend, I have been eyeing a lifestyle planner for 2016 that I could use for to-do lists, home admin, appointments and anything else that will help me remember what is meant to be happening around me once the new mama haze sets in. I loved the look of Elise Blaha's Get To… Continue reading My New Planner
Notes From My Day 