Musings :: Moments :: Memories
The summer was a strange one. It was slow and relaxing but with bouts of chaos punctuating it throughout. We had a wonderful holiday in Minorca, which was a blur of sunshine, sightseeing, swimming, and reading interrupted by 'Mum, watch this!' every few minutes - which, to be clear, I did not mind in the… Continue reading Hello September
March has been a busy month. I started the month with a little March Bingo challenge—where I aimed to tick off a variety of experiences and small adventures. I came so close to a full house, but one square remains unchecked: a visit to the Lord Leycester Hospital. Not for lack of enthusiasm, mind you,… Continue reading March Reflections
Evelina chose her GCSE options today and submitted them online. She still has until 30 January to do this but I think she was keen to remove the weight of the decision. We had her parents's evening on Thursday and I think helped her make the final decision. When both her language teachers (French and… Continue reading Decisions
Yesterday Evelina got braces fitted. It has felt like years of waiting and then it came around all of a sudden. She was so brave. Austin's football team played so well together, passing brilliantly and really looking all round fantastic. Such a shame that they lost anyway - luck was certainly not on their side!… Continue reading Around here
Reading: Wintering by Katherine May; The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Various; The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems by Wendell Berry Listening: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K . Rowling; Mediations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; my 'Strummy' playlist on Amazon Music Watching: Silo and Bad Monkey… Continue reading Currently
We refined my new reading spot over the weekend with a chair which is actually comfortable to sit in and so I spent a few minutes there enjoying the new space, reading an old journal. I have so many journals which have just the first 10-20 pages with writing and I was thinking I should… Continue reading Time travel
I had so much fun making my 2019 Project Life album last year so I definitely want to make another one for 2020 this year. I have enough supplies for at least one more year, I think and then after that, I will need to see what size albums and pocket pages I can get… Continue reading Memory keeping in 2025
One of the items on my 24 in 2024 list was to complete a Project Life album. I have so far completed from July 2014 until the end of 2018 and I wasn't sure if I should just start with this year and live with the gap. What I love about this approach is that… Continue reading Family Memories: Finishing Our 2019 Project Life Album
On Sunday, we got out in between showers for a hearty walk at Welcombe Hills. We always manage to leave it too late for conkers, usually collecting what is left some time in mid-October. This year we managed to get there while it was still September and we still found most of the conkers had… Continue reading Hello October
I have written before about my suspicions that my brain is perhaps not neurotypical. I think this is the reason that I have struggled with establishing and maintaining regular routines. This in turn has meant that I have strived for this elusive routine for years, thinking that I was deficient in some way because I… Continue reading Elusive routines
Notes From My Day 