Looking back at my blog for the year: In January I thought about the care and feeding of children , we had snow days , and a new little dan...

Perhaps I should rename this blog The Foodworm. I have definitely done more eating than reading this year, and probably more talking about f...

Cherub to Angel, bouncing with delight at her achievement: "Guess what! There was actually a time when I didn't spill my apple jui...

This is Cherub's princess box: And this is what is inside: Together with: And so on ... fossilised shark's teeth, a c...

Outside My Window  ... the snow that fell nine days ago is finally beginning to thaw. It has been a cold, cold week. It is supposed to be ri...

I didn't have time to knit everything I wanted to make for Christmas, but I did get  four Christmas presents finished. My brother got so...

This has been a strange Christmas. I haven't been well all week, with a flu-like virus that has thrown me for a loop. Pretty much all I ...

I didn't intend to watch the retelling of the Nativity that the BBC showed on primetime TV over the last four nights, but I stumbled ont...

Thirteen things that are making our house look Christmassy: 1. Advent calendar. This one has / had chocolate coins in for Cherub, the olde...

After much dithering, I think I have decided what to knit with the cream aran weight wool I was given for my birthday. Instead of going with...

Every year we try to come up with a slightly different take on the family newsletter we send out with Christmas cards. This year we went wit...

Outside My Window  ... six inches of snow, which came down on Saturday. The matinee performance of the girls' dance show went ahead, but...

I have been meaning to tell this story for a while, and I hope I can still remember it accurately - I think I can, as it is pretty memorable...

1. Cherub world is a very girly place, heavily influenced by teen and nearly teen sisters. Cherub's response to a conversation about goi...

No time for seven quick takes today, so you are just getting one. Our library currently has a selection of biographies on display, and I h...

I'm not sure what got me pondering the various computers and electronic games devices we have had over the years, but once I started thi...

Well, that was an education! I just about managed to check off "be five minutes early for everything for a week", and to my surpri...

It may be a white Christmas, but then again, it may not. We may get snow this week, but we may not. The reason the British obsess on the wea...

Outside My Window  ... warmer than a week ago, though still pretty chilly. We have even had a couple of days on which I haven't had to d...

People in the UK over a certain age have a slight problem with Advent wreaths. We cannot take the phrase "four candles" seriously....