Category: Blogging
Cutting down on screens.
I doubt that anyone has noticed, but I haven’t been online quite as much today. There are a few reasons for that. I was having another batch of trying to get things done; it was swimming lesson day; I tried to say more yesses than nos to questions like will you read this and play…
So hard to find the words.
Yesterday my breath was taken away by a tweet from a blogger I knew, announcing the unexpected death of her baby girl. Matilda Mae was just two months younger than Tigerboy. I found it incredibly difficult to grasp. On the same day my Twitter stream was full of excitement over bloggers travelling to Ghana with…
Saturday snippets 2 February 2013
{Watching} Project Nim. I didn’t realise this was a documentary so it wasn’t a particularly successful family film night choice. Very thought provoking though and lots of good discussion afterwards. {Eating} freezer food in the form of tagliatelle bolognese. Meal plan called for stew but we were out of pearl barley. {Pondering} blog awards and…
Saturday snippets 26th january 2013
{Watching} MegamindSurprisingly successful, I was expecting Small to say he liked it, but taken aback when Tim said he enjoyed it too. Definitely a good family film night choice. {Reading} still life after life. Didn’t realise I’ve been trying to read it for a week. May have to pause and read a couple of other…
Saturday snippets 19 January 2013
{Watching} nothing. The media centre has expired. No family film night, we could have hooked up a laptop but with several sick children we decided a quiet early night was a better idea. {Reading} life after life from Kate Atkinson. Not very far in yet but it’s promising so far. {Eating} spaghetti bolognese. Quick, cheap,…
A movie, a book, some time in the pool.
The movie: Hop. Better than you’d expect, not actually good enough to watch three times back to back unless you’re a three year old with screen withdrawal. The book: finally finished How To Be a Woman, Completely failing to identify with the experiences described, though some conclusions on abortion chime with my gut feeling. The…