Last night I tackled and conquered Mount Playmobil. We bought Angel - who adored swings as a tiny - a Playmobil swing set for Christmas when...

Angel is sitting next to me writing a geography assessment paper in which she has to explain to the European Union Finance Committee in 1000...

A couple of weeks ago I promised a review of Great Tales from English History by Robert Lacey. Originally inspired to love history by the ...

Well that has never happened to me before. Getting dressed this morning, I went to pick up my clothes from on top of the laundry basket and ...

I do try not to covet new gadgets ... but I have to admit I do enjoy nifty little techy things. I have had an iPhone on my mental wishlist ...

Michele Q tagged me for this meme, which is a fun one with simple rules: 1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages). 2. Open the b...

My dear friend and kindred spirit Shari has taken the plunge and started a blog. Please pay her a visit at the Homefront and welcome her t...

My Sunday evening treat for the past two weeks has been the BBC's new dramatisation of Lark Rise to Candleford , an autobiographical sto...

J-next-door appears ... J: Do you have any books I can use for my science homework? Me: What do you need to know about? J: Hydraulic systems...

Last year I bought a boxed set of twenty Usborne Farmyard Tales books very cheaply from The Book People and put it away for Christmas. Afte...

I have been in menu planning mode, and have posted my new 2008 menu plan on my long neglected cookery blog .

My walk to Rivendell has stalled and I have spent the entire week bogged down in Tookland. After last weeks efforts I was confident of reach...

I am a little behind, but I finally got round to visiting Sarah's Loveliness of Planning Fair at Plainsong . As you know, I love plans,...

HT: Everyone. I've lost count of the number of places I've seen this meme over the past few days. 1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ? M...

Why would the nice wintery tree scene I had as a page background suddenly start showing through the posts instead of the plain text backgrou...

Little Cherub now has a very decided sense of order - of what should be where, and what should happen when. She loves to help to tidy her to...

When experimenting with giving a toddler couscous for lunch, do not place the bowl of couscous and a spoon in front of said toddler and then...

Take the Quiz here! You are Elinor Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are practical, circumspect, and discreet. Though you are tremend...

No, not Elmer the patchwork elephant, but Elmer the flying monk of Malmesbury. I am reading Great Tales from English History by Robert Lac...