I wonder if these come in my size??

Reading through my favourite blogs, I came across one of Dooce’s recent posts. She has received a pair of customised Converse trainers for her baby daughter – I want them!! I’d love to be able to draw and paint well enough to try to do something like that for myself – I love the clouds [...]

Which city do I belong in?

You Belong in Rome You’re a big city soul with a small town heart Which is why you’re attracted to the romance of Rome Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand And gorgeous Italian people – could life get any better? What City Do You Belong In? Fair enough – I’m not going to [...]

Works in progress

I seem to have quite a few works in progress at the moment, and I’m dying to do about twenty other things as well (I’m a Gemini, and have the typical Gemini characteristics of flitting like a butterfly from one project to the other!). In an effort to try to check myself, I decided to share [...]

Cure for a bad day!

My friend Maria showed me this last night, and I defy you all not to at least smile when you watch it! These four laughing babies remind me so much of my boys (even though they were singles) and the effort that we went to to make them laugh when they were this age.   [...]

More Easter bonnets or hats for boys

Well, so many of you right now are coming here after searching for boys’ Easter bonnets that I thought I’d do another post about it. This time, however, I plan on finding people who put more time and effort into their creations than I did last year! This link leads to a very cute top [...]

Dead at your age

I noticed this on the S.E.V.E.N. blog, and thought it was so bizarre, I really have to share it with you! www.dead.atyourage.com tells you which people of note through the years you have outlived! Go and have a go! I found out that I’ve just outlived Ruth Ellis, a woman who was the last to [...]

Fancy apron giveaway!

Apronista is holding a giveaway for a choice of one of three very snazzy aprons over at her blog. All you have to do to enter is to leave a comment telling her which of the aprons from the collection by Mingle Aprons would be your favourite (mine was the Madeline, although I liked them all!) – [...]

Update on handwriting

A few days ago, I posted about a survey type thing that the BBC were conducting into the varying styles of handwriting among different age groups. I submitted mine (as I blogged here) and it has been put on the BBC website! Most exciting! Well, I’m excited anyway! If anyone shares my geek-like excitement and [...]

Cup of cake

GG yesterday pointed out this link to me, linking to an online recipe for Chocolate cake, made in a mug, cooked in the microwave. I had the munchies last night whilst watching TV, and as we had no other form of chocolate in the house I decided to give it a go. It was really [...]

Global warming, and why I’m not moving south anytime soon

Crunchy Chicken today posted a link to, and a blogpost about a very interesting article in the New Scientist magazine, offering an opinion on what the world would look like if the overall temperature of the world were to increase by just 4°. It’s very interesting reading, and makes me extremely glad to be already living as near [...]