One thing I wanted to be done this year is a complete clean out of our home. Out with the old, in with the new. Loose papers, junk, plastic, bits and bobs out the door. A preparation for starting 2010 as the year of living simply. Well, I was actually on quite a roll for [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘mama’
November 13, 2009
On Being Single.
Single mother.
Everyday of my life I am a single mother. There is no father here. Has not been for sixteen months. There is very little father in general.
Yesterday at lunch (another post when more time), I actually mentioned the words “finding someone else”, meaning that my heart and mind might be open to letting someone [...]
November 12, 2009
Yarn Contemplation
I can’t knit. Okay, well I don’t knit. No one has taught me yet and I’m not very, well, dexterous. I really want to learn, it’s just mapped out for something to learn in a year or two, this year is the cleaning up and organizing year. I have knitting envy though. So many of [...]
November 10, 2009
Simple Pleasures: Mail From Friends
Nothing makes a long day better to coming home to a card, a note or a package from a friend, especially a friend who is too far away to join for a tea, a coffee or a walk. Nothing says “friend” like a handwritten note in the mailbox. I was lucky enough to have [...]
September 12, 2009
Saturday Morning
Good morning. Not much to say today except…
Thank goodness swim lessons are now pushed back to 10:30 and what is a Saturday without a hot cuppa and a pair of comfy ripped jeans.
There’s something smelly in my kitchen, but I don’t think it’s anything dead. (If you live in the country as well, you [...]
September 10, 2009
Paring Down: Photography
One of the things I accomplished on my vacation was to clear my head and look at all the ways I could pare down my life and kill off some of that darn monkey brain (and no, I don’t know what monkey brain means, and it certainly isn’t meant as an insult to monkeys, though [...]
