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3.08 years old today!!
- This post is brought to you by the letter 'G'... I hung it up one night, and the very next morning she looked at it hung on the window and signed 'sun'. Making the connection between the abstract and concrete is one of the essential tools for good communication (for example, knowing that an actual cat, a picture of......
- Oh, the weather outside is frightful... ... so a new scarf-like object is in order! I've been wondering what to do with the leftover Lion Brand Homespun I got for a previous project (no, of course I didn't buy extra on purpose! How dare you!!) and thought that maybe I could make something for me. Having......
- St James Update For those of you who know our church, St James, Finchampstead, you may also know that we've been working on raising £500,000 for a conservation project for the last few years. And we've done it! As of the end of July, the church was closed and the conservation work that......
- Minor Defection... I decided this morning in the early hours as the cat sat on my head (don't ask...) that what I needed to promote my Etsy shop some more was a blog to go with it. A dedicated blog that would only feature the stuff on Displaced Moose!, a blog with......
- Yogurt Eating 101 So, we've progressed to using a spoon by ourselves. And it's going well so far - Mummy hasn't worn any yet (although Daddy did decide to beat a hasty retreat at the breakfast table this morning...) So, a short tutorial: 1. Lick the spoon. 2. Stick the spoon in the......
17 months old today!!
And very serious about his cake…
Possibly Related Posts- Wedding Cake nerves over... Ok - if you want to know more about the wedding, you're going to have to talk about it somewhere else - I'm here to brag about the cake! Seriously, yesterday was one of the nicest weddings I've been to - and Richard and I have been to quite a......
- 'Wash, and be clean.' A Sermon for Matins, 8 July 2007 You can listen to my sermon by downloading it here. (9MB) Text: 2 Kings 5: 1-14 I’d like to speak to you today about two things that often get in my way and are troubling to me – misunderstanding and pride. One typical......
- Flickr and an impromptu trip to London... I'm just plugging Richard's photo in the new Flickr book, 24 hours of Flickr! (It's on page 64, btw!!) I'll let you read his comments on the event, and just add that although you've missed the chance to get free stuff from Flickr, it really is worth it to see......
- This post is brought to you by the letter 'G'... I hung it up one night, and the very next morning she looked at it hung on the window and signed 'sun'. Making the connection between the abstract and concrete is one of the essential tools for good communication (for example, knowing that an actual cat, a picture of......
- iPad vs CBeebies - Media platforms and small children Yesterday and today have been indoor sorts of days - lots of rain, and with two children under the age of 2, there's not a lot to do indoors, especially since I'm stuck to the sofa quite a lot feeding the baby. So, sometimes against my better judgement, I've been......
3 years old today!
I heart you baby girl!
Mummy
- Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.... * According to Google Images, this is what a Sleeping Child should look like: Isn't it lovely? Isn't it wonderful? Isn't almost like there should be fairy dust and twinkly stars around their beautiful little head?? Currently our wittow angel is snoring, (I can hear her through the baby monitor) but......
- A.Word.A.Day... ...keeps the doctor (probably the psychiatrist...) away... I used to subscribe to this when I was teaching in Canada, but cancelled it when I came to the UK. This week's theme: words that seem risque. Today's word: turdiform (TUR-di-form) adjective Like a thrush (any of the songbirds of the family......
- iPad vs CBeebies - Media platforms and small children Yesterday and today have been indoor sorts of days - lots of rain, and with two children under the age of 2, there's not a lot to do indoors, especially since I'm stuck to the sofa quite a lot feeding the baby. So, sometimes against my better judgement, I've been......
- This post is brought to you by the letter 'G'... I hung it up one night, and the very next morning she looked at it hung on the window and signed 'sun'. Making the connection between the abstract and concrete is one of the essential tools for good communication (for example, knowing that an actual cat, a picture of......
- I miss... Getting a bit homesick, probably because fall is my favourite time of year at home in Canada. So, I miss... Wunderbars. Been on a peanut butter kick lately, and they're odd, but good... my mom and dad's sunroom, which is weird since they built it after I moved here, but......
Silent Sunday
- Rant. There is a yarn in my stash that I have A Relationship with. And not in a good way. Things started so well with us. I had an epiphany moment of a design and An Occasion on which to wear it. The yarn fairly leapt off the shelf at me......
- This post is brought to you by the letter 'G'... I hung it up one night, and the very next morning she looked at it hung on the window and signed 'sun'. Making the connection between the abstract and concrete is one of the essential tools for good communication (for example, knowing that an actual cat, a picture of......
- Minor Defection... I decided this morning in the early hours as the cat sat on my head (don't ask...) that what I needed to promote my Etsy shop some more was a blog to go with it. A dedicated blog that would only feature the stuff on Displaced Moose!, a blog with......
- Displaced Moose is open for business! So, I decided that since we had to spend over £500 for a new fridge freezer today (to quote the repair man, ours is 'cream-crackered'...), I thought maybe I'd try to make a little extra money, so I've stepped up the opening of Displaced Moose - to today! Come in......
- Oh, the weather outside is frightful... ... so a new scarf-like object is in order! I've been wondering what to do with the leftover Lion Brand Homespun I got for a previous project (no, of course I didn't buy extra on purpose! How dare you!!) and thought that maybe I could make something for me. Having......
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Tagged crochet, Halloween, hat, Silent Sunday, SilentSunday
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16 months old today!!
… and very close up!!
Possibly Related Posts- I'm still alive... Just a quickie to say that I'm still here, although extraordinarily busy... Why does EVERYTHING happen in September?? I've got something on every weekend, and now... an OFSTED Inspection this week. Luckily, it's just a one-day thing instead of the four-day trial that happened four years ago... And to be......
- Oh, the weather outside is frightful... ... so a new scarf-like object is in order! I've been wondering what to do with the leftover Lion Brand Homespun I got for a previous project (no, of course I didn't buy extra on purpose! How dare you!!) and thought that maybe I could make something for me. Having......
- Flickr and an impromptu trip to London... I'm just plugging Richard's photo in the new Flickr book, 24 hours of Flickr! (It's on page 64, btw!!) I'll let you read his comments on the event, and just add that although you've missed the chance to get free stuff from Flickr, it really is worth it to see......
- Nostalgia It's odd sometimes, how a chance comment can bring it all back to you... Our friend Meli called this week, and a chance comment by Richard about horse-drawn school buses drew a hoot of laughter from her. 'You've got to be kidding!' she said. 'There's no such thing!' she said.......
- And life goes on So, as of the end of this month, I will be officially unemployed. I resigned as of the end of August, and my last paycheque will be coming through then. (I love that I live in the UK and my computer just corrected my spelling of paycheque...) I've been surfing......
Posted in Friends and Family, Kids 'n' Stuff, Photos
Tagged 16 months old, photo, Sam
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2.92 years old today!!
… in her harvest hat!
Possibly Related Posts- Things to do at 4 am... Listen to the cat whinge for an early breakfast. Check the news 'back home' on the CBC. Be shocked and appalled at how Canada has changed since you left. Ruminate on what life might have been like if you'd stayed. Update classes on the VLE. Freak out colleagues by......
- I miss... Getting a bit homesick, probably because fall is my favourite time of year at home in Canada. So, I miss... Wunderbars. Been on a peanut butter kick lately, and they're odd, but good... my mom and dad's sunroom, which is weird since they built it after I moved here, but......
- I'm still alive... Just a quickie to say that I'm still here, although extraordinarily busy... Why does EVERYTHING happen in September?? I've got something on every weekend, and now... an OFSTED Inspection this week. Luckily, it's just a one-day thing instead of the four-day trial that happened four years ago... And to be......
- Cake comin' outta my ears... ... at least that's what it feels like. I've been experimenting with fondant icing on cakes recently, as my friend Jo has asked me to make her wedding cake for this coming Saturday. About a month ago, I made this cake for a neighbouring church, as they were welcoming a......
- Oh, the weather outside is frightful... ... so a new scarf-like object is in order! I've been wondering what to do with the leftover Lion Brand Homespun I got for a previous project (no, of course I didn't buy extra on purpose! How dare you!!) and thought that maybe I could make something for me. Having......
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Tagged 2.92 years old, harvest, hat, Lucy
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15 months old today!
- Yogurt Eating 101 So, we've progressed to using a spoon by ourselves. And it's going well so far - Mummy hasn't worn any yet (although Daddy did decide to beat a hasty retreat at the breakfast table this morning...) So, a short tutorial: 1. Lick the spoon. 2. Stick the spoon in the......
- Displaced Moose is open for business! So, I decided that since we had to spend over £500 for a new fridge freezer today (to quote the repair man, ours is 'cream-crackered'...), I thought maybe I'd try to make a little extra money, so I've stepped up the opening of Displaced Moose - to today! Come in......
- Home So, we're back. We've been in France for a week, at Taize and other places around Burgundy, staying in La Petit Maison, a cottage owned by this guy we know, and generally having a relaxed time with rather a lot of wine consumption and other stuff. As I've now......
- Oh, the weather outside is frightful... ... so a new scarf-like object is in order! I've been wondering what to do with the leftover Lion Brand Homespun I got for a previous project (no, of course I didn't buy extra on purpose! How dare you!!) and thought that maybe I could make something for me. Having......
- iPad vs CBeebies - Media platforms and small children Yesterday and today have been indoor sorts of days - lots of rain, and with two children under the age of 2, there's not a lot to do indoors, especially since I'm stuck to the sofa quite a lot feeding the baby. So, sometimes against my better judgement, I've been......
2.83 years old today!
- Audioboo / "The Water Hole" by Graeme Base, read by Lucy Listen! via audioboo.fm Posted via email from Tahbepet ......
- For the memories... So last year, I got hooked by the idea of Knitting for the Bees. Seasalt shops in Cornwall were asking for donations of knitted (and I assumed crocheted - that's what I sent!) items to sell and raise money to help save bees. I sent along some scarves: This year,......
- Oh, the weather outside is frightful... ... so a new scarf-like object is in order! I've been wondering what to do with the leftover Lion Brand Homespun I got for a previous project (no, of course I didn't buy extra on purpose! How dare you!!) and thought that maybe I could make something for me. Having......
- This post is brought to you by the letter 'G'... I hung it up one night, and the very next morning she looked at it hung on the window and signed 'sun'. Making the connection between the abstract and concrete is one of the essential tools for good communication (for example, knowing that an actual cat, a picture of......
- Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.... * According to Google Images, this is what a Sleeping Child should look like: Isn't it lovely? Isn't it wonderful? Isn't almost like there should be fairy dust and twinkly stars around their beautiful little head?? Currently our wittow angel is snoring, (I can hear her through the baby monitor) but......
A Gift
Today – today was full of puppets and food and WAHHHH and argh and ‘Mummy…’ and cake and outside and yarn and oh no not again and broken glass and quick quick and slow down and can’t you put your own toys away?? and don’t bite that! and dishes and cuddles and being afraid of Thomas the Tank Engine (???) and finally, sleep.
Tonight – tonight is a gift. 
There are no sounds but the sleepy sighs through the baby monitor, the ticking of the clock, and the tapping on the keyboard. There is silence and peace and reflection and Facebook and blogging and a sneaky biscuit or two and all the things that bring sanity and calm. There may be tea later, but there might also just be a squooshy duvet and sleep sleep sleep.
I’d like more of these, please…
- Writing Workshop - I Believe This post is in response to Josie's amazing Writing Workshop prompts on her blog Sleep Is For The Weak. I have to say that I'm not sure I'm going to publish this post - I feel all personal and squirmy just thinking about this topic. And it's not because I......
- Read much? So, I'm kind of freaking myself out a bit, as I just finished a novel that my brother-in-law gave me for my birthday, which he delivered last night. And I started it at 6.30 this morning. Actually, I finished it about half an hour ago, which means it took me......
- Last Minute Gift Box Tutorial If, like me, you need some small gift boxes at the last minute, here's a quick idea! You will need: A Christmas card - I'm recycling old ones! scissors clear sticky tape a pencil/pen a ruler 1. Cut the card in half so you have separated the front and the......
- P x 3 = AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I'm scared. I'm preaching at this morning's service, and I'm very, very, very nervous. It's the different audience, I think - I get up in front of people and talk every working day, but it's about stuff I can blag about I guess what's getting me is that talking......
- Ooooo, inaugural posting... Well, here 'tis. I've started a blog of my own in order to give my writing a chance to breathe, as my bitty poems were getting lost among the larger postings on Exigency in Specie. This did take place after great discussion with my husband, and I've promised to keep......
