Martin Made Me Cry!
Last Sunday (incidentally the first in Advent) Martin made me cry. He had already volunteered to make his lovely Cajun chicken with slow cooked shallots, tomatoes, mushrooms and chips so we already all...
View ArticleMarriage MOT
For the last few years our church has run a marriage MOT around Valentine’s day. We were greeted by a glass of Bucks Fizz and a lovely meal. During the meal we were given a check list of things to talk...
View ArticleWedding Anniversary
Well Martin and I have been married 20 years (a couple of weeks ago – I’m behind with our blogging). We exchanged some small gifts. Martin was very organised and bought these lovely earrings and...
View ArticleGood Friday
We had a really, really good Good Friday. We started with an early (for us) morning and headed down to the church. Then we had an elicit exchange of dairy-free eggs and got ourselves sorted out for the...
View ArticleJune 2013 – Festival Weekend
I’m still catching up on blogging so despite the fact we are half way through August I’m still blogging about June! This year was the first year for ages that none of us was working at the Isle of...
View ArticleBig Things Matter – lessons from a broken arm
I was definitely feeling rather sorry for myself when I broke my arm. The children and Martin were coping but it was definitely stressful for them to pick up the jobs that I tend to do. I honestly...
View ArticleLittle Things Matter Too – lessons from a broken arm
I was definitely feeling a bit sorry for myself and unloved when I broke my arm. I was surprised at just how vulnerable I felt. I spend a lot of time doing things, to be suddenly unable to even bake a...
View ArticleLessons From A Broken Arm
I learnt a number of things, about myself and generally, when I broke my arm. I know it was a while ago but the thing is still hurting and some of the issues are still on my mind. 1. I quite liked the...
View ArticleRebekah is all grown up! – part 1
Well the summer has past and I haven’t blogged about one of our most significant events. Rebekah hit 18 in July. Not quite sure how my first born got that old, it doesn’t seem very long ago at all...
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