Musings :: Moments :: Memories
As with most aspects of my life, I go through seasons where I am on top of meal planning and seasons where it is a shambles. I do not know why I am unable to maintain any form of regularity or routine but after years of trying to make myself stick to one, I have… Continue reading Using a Meal Matrix
The artist's date that I was so looking forward to did not happen today. I got a call from Austin's school to say he was still in pain so I had to collect him and bring him home. This then led to me getting back in touch with our private medical insurance company to see… Continue reading Change of Plan
Tonight we are all going to see The Box of Delights at the Royal Shakespeare Company. It is a little early for Christmassy things but we got a great discount on the tickets meaning we have some of the best seats for half price. The show has been advertised as follows: A magically festive production… Continue reading Going to the Theatre
What a fun day which included pumpkin carving, pumpkin soup making (and eating!), a Halloween dance party, and of course, trick or treating! I especially liked being back home after going trick-or-treating with the kiddos so that I could answer the door to trick-or-treaters coming to ours. We had red lights in the front rooms… Continue reading Happy Halloween
I go through phases of loving to cook for my family and phases of finding it the most indescribable torture to have to think of meals, day in day out. It is a part of adulthood that I did not expect and some days, the burden of providing food is overwhelmingly heinous. Cookbooks, therefore, offer… Continue reading 5 Cookbooks I Love
I used to be so good at recording a lot of the little moments that happened on a dedicated Twitter account but now Twitter is tarnished (thanks, Elon) I need to decide what to do with these so they don't get lost and decide if I continue or move to Threads/elsewhere. Here are just some… Continue reading Tweets from the Past
Huddling under an umbrella in the rain tonight with Rich while we watched Austin's football practice, I thought, so this is love. And it really is. Love looks like hugs and kisses, home-cooked dinners, exciting adventures, a warm and welcoming home, thoughtful gestures, and telling jokes before bed. Love looks like making mistakes and saying… Continue reading So this is love
Around here I am in and out of school while the school closure drags into another week. It is not the start of term I had expected and I miss seeing my colleagues properly. Around here Evelina is coping well with her long days. This year, her bus is so early after her original bus… Continue reading Around here
Another prompt from the book The Right to Write was to write down one hundred things that make me happy. Just making this list made me happy! Autumn leaves Bacon Hugs Harper Dog Laughter through tears Steel Magnolias Running into the sea Blue skies My kids' laughter Mountains in the summertime The purr of a… Continue reading What Makes Me Happy
I am hitting this February half-term with mixed feelings. Whilst I am so glad for it to arrive, I am also wiped out and feeling somewhat anxious about the next few teaching weeks which are some of the most pressured of the year as we barrel towards the exams at an ever-increasing speed. Even so,… Continue reading Five Things for Half Term
Notes From My Day 