My word of the year is FAMILY.
Lots has happened for our family in 2009. More recently with Anthonys job, Katie has taken up alot of headspace this year with her behaviour etc, Robyn has been superb at school, my sister and nephew moved here, my mum is going through an exciting and challenging time and my dad [...]
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Best of 2009: Word or Phrase
Posted in Best of 2009, Family, tagged #best09, Family on 18 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Best of 2009: The best place
Posted in About me, Best of 2009, Family, tagged #best09, Home, place, Taizé on 18 December 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had to think about this one. We have been lucky enough to go to my parents seafront apartment in Morecambe lots in 2009. We love it there but I’m not sure it is the “best” place.
I’ve been wanting to go back to Taizé in France ever since I went when I was a teenager [...]
Best of 2009: Restaurant Moment
Posted in Best of 2009, Celebrations, Family, tagged #best09, Family, Restaurant on 8 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The combination of not much spare money and the fact that I am married to a chef mean that we havent really eaten out much this year. Going to a restaurant with a chef is like a busman’s holiday. The thing is most of the food Anthony can cook at home and for a fraction of the [...]
Think Positive
Posted in Anthony, Family, Katie, Marriage, Robyn, Stress, tagged believe, Stress, job, unemployment, injustice, positive thinking on 1 December 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today has been pretty horrible. Anthony’s job is under threat. For regular readers of my blog you will know he was out of work for over 18mths until September. To say this is bad news is an understatement.
A wise friend of mine told me this: “Try to concentrate on what you want rather than what you don’t want!”.
On [...]
Katie: An update
Posted in About me, Anthony, Family, Katie, Stress, tagged Behaviour, children, parenting, patience, portage, Stress, support on 24 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yet again I have copied this from an internet forum where I have lots of wonderful, supportive friends. I need to document the progress that is being made with Katie and it might be of interest to others.
Today was pretty horrendous
It started with attempting to get her to playgroup this morning. She screamed as [...]
My favourite things
Posted in About me, Anthony, Family, Katie, Photography, Robyn, tagged Camera, happy, hobbies, Photos, Places on 12 October 2009 | 1 Comment »
On my photography course this week I am asked to take two pictures of someone, somewhere or something that you really like. This has really got me thinking. I have been trying hard to think which two things are worthy of being at the top of that list and of course which two things are good to [...]
The other bit of autumn
Posted in Family on 6 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I blogged about how I love autumn. It was a lovely crisp autumn day yesterday.
This morning I woke up and it was the other kind of autumn day, the one where you look out the window and see rain and dull skies. Where we live, in the Calder Valley, we are surrounded by the [...]
Patience is a virtue
Posted in Anthony, Family, tagged believe, hope, job, patience, unemployment on 4 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are currently waiting on some potentially very exciting job news for Anthony. If he gets offered this job the last 18 months of unemployment will be all worth it. All the failed interviews and applications will have been for a reason. It is a job that doesn’t come along very often. In fact, it’s [...]
Let’s go fly a kite
Posted in Family, Memories, tagged happy, holidays, Memories, Places on 5 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the weekend we decided to get away. We’re very lucky to have access to my parents lovely apartment in Morecambe. It is situated right on the seafront and being on the 4th floor (there is a lift, thank goodness!) means that the views across Morecambe Bay are amazing.
We can be there in an hour on [...]
Cousins
Posted in Family, tagged future, happy on 23 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the last week my sister and my 11 year old nephew have moved up to live in the same town as us and mum and dad. It’s wonderful to have them close again. Robyn is chuffed to bits that she has her beloved cousin living so near. He is with us alot at the moment [...]
