As you may recall, during the winter months DS did not like wearing wellies one bit. He'd take them off his feet at every opportunity! Yesterday I took him shoe shopping in the hope of getting him some canvas pumps suitable for wearing on a Scottish beach. No joy, none of the shops had DS's … Continue reading Happy Feet →

So there was me earlier blogging about the fact I had nothing to blog about! Oh, look, another photo of DS playing with his trains, but ... who is that in the photo where DS is looking decidedly blurry? None other than one of DS's Godmothers, the only one who lives locally. She popped round … Continue reading Tuesday →

We're off to Scotland at the end of this coming week and I know that between now and then there will be very little time for scrapping. With that in mind, I finally scrapped 2 photos for DS's London Landmarks album; they've been on my desk for about a month!

Now, those of you who know my DH know that DIY isn't his forte. He knows what to do in theory and he so wants to be good at the practical aspect as well. This weekend he's re-roofed the shed and replaced and painted the facias and I have to say that he's done a … Continue reading Mr DIY →

The death was announced today of Harry Patch, the "Last Fighting Tommy", age 111. The news comes just one week after the death of Henry Allingham, age 113, the last survivor of the Royal Naval Air Service. The Great War was supposed to be the war to end all wars ... we will remember them.

So here's what happened ... DS went for his nap round about 12.30pm today but had difficultly in settling. At 2pm I went into him, checked his nappy for poop and tucked him up in bed. By 2.10pm he was asleep. At 3pm I took the ironing upstairs and all I could smell was the … Continue reading The One With The Exploding Nappy →

The challenge this week is to scrap your independence. Inspiration struck me this afternoon ... a LO in homage to my feet! A spot of thinking outside the box, maybe?