“I work at a 17th century elm table. I sit on a William Morris Arts and Crafts Chair.” Jeanette Winterson, 2015 It would be nice to think we were just a few well-chosen antiques away from writing that first novel, but there’s possibly a bit more to it than that. Which doesn’t stop writers giving plenty of credit to their creative space as a source of inspiration any chance they get. Judging by the number of open studios scattered around the world, artists aren’t shy about opening doors either. And don’t get us started on show-off designers. You can’t turn …
Blogging resolutions | 2016
After having a few impromptu blog breaks last year, I have decided that I am going to at least try and up my game a bit this year. I know, I may just have to take a break at some point again but I hope to be more organised this time, if need be. Blogging is still mostly just a hobby for me, but all bloggers have to admit that people reading their blog is an amazing feeling and so promotion, regularity and consistency is important for that. With that in mind, I decided to write myself a little list …
Slimming World weigh in #45, #46, and #47 – the one with Christmas & New Year…
I thought I had posted an update for weigh in #45 – i.e. my pre-Christmas-hoping-to-lose-enough-to-stay-above-3-stone-loss-update – but it seems not! Well I can’t quite remember that far back anyway, though I will give the stats update at the end as usual. I must have been pretty good though as I had a 2lb loss giving me 2.5lb to play with, to stay above 3st loss. After my pre-Christmas weigh in I wasn’t actually too bad, then starting on Christmas Eve it just all went out the window. I’m not going to beat around the bush, I was an absolute pig. …
When you just can’t do it | Depression
It’s been months. Months since I felt black like this. I suppose life can be described in a spectrum of colours, and people will almost always generally know how you are feeling. And right now I am feeling black. Like a black hole of despair. Despair. Despair at myself. At life. At everything. You know when you consider the worst possible thing that could happen. Is how I feel right now. People ask, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling a bit low?”. No. No I’m not just feeling low. I am depressed. And it’s repeatedly hitting me hard in the face …
Book Giveaway: The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep (CLOSED)
If you are a regular reader of this blog then you will know that we have had major problems with Jacob’s bed time routine in the past and though it has improved, we still have a great deal of trouble sometimes and he delays it as much as possible. This is now rubbing off on Noah and I have a feeling we will be going through the exact same ordeal at some point! They do have a staggered bed time; Noah goes half an hour earlier than Jacob – one of the reasons for this was so that Jacob had …