Monthly Archives: February 2011

I Cannot Imagine Parenting Without…


The theme for this months’ carnival of natural parenting is “I cannot image parenting without…” At first I thought it was an easy answer, but a bit of investigating brought me to a totally different conclusion. Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting Essentials This post was written for inclusion in the monthly…

Tuiss – Energy Saving Blinds


*This is a sponsored post* Our last house in London was a lovely place. It was large, by London standards, and it was light and airy. Unfortunately in the winter, that was also it’s problem: it was very, very cold. Considering how cold it has been this winter, I was very glad we weren’t there…

Dear Ameli- Letter To A Sixteen Month Old


Dear Ameli Sixteen months, little girl. Sixteen months. We’ve had quite a hard month, really, and it’s been more about me than about you. I’ve been on this hormone treatment to try to sort things out in my very messed up hormones, and besides that I had a great case of food poisoning that knocked…

Pic Of The Week 52-04


I had a rough week. It started with what I firmly suspect was dodgy calamari – I thought it tasted funny, but everyone else said it was fine, and then I was the only one that had a reaction to it. And by reaction I mean I was sick for two days, then couldn’t eat…


I had a rough week. It started with what I firmly suspect was dodgy calamari – I thought it tasted funny, but everyone else said it was fine, and then I was the only one that had a reaction to it. And by reaction I mean I was sick for two days, then couldn’t eat any red meat for a further four or my throat would swell up and I couldn’t swallow! Barring the meat thing, it was all very reminiscint of my pregnancy where I threw up for 20 weeks. Yuk!
None the less, Ameli had a good week.

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