From experience, if you have three teenagers in the house and you ask them to tidy their bedrooms, they will react in three different ways. One will tidy it four times, because that’s how many times you’ve reminded them all. One will half tidy and promise to do the rest […]
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Cosy – word of the week
It’s been a gingerbread baking and hot chocolate kind of week. Nothing like waking up to find the outside world is covered in a heavy frost. Cobwebs turned into fluffy strings, stretched out from hedges to trees, making you realise how many webs there really are in the garden. (Seriously, […]
Read moreHow to make apple and cinnamon Christmas decorations
This weekend, I found the box with our cinnamon and apple tree decorations. They are still looking good. Unbelievably, they smell just as cinnamony as ever. We made these eight years ago! They are made with three ingredients: apple puree, cinnamon and a tiny dash of PVA glue, although that […]
Read morePreparation – word of the week
Some weeks, it feels like I’m wading knee-high through treacle. Takes real effort to get anything done. This week was one of those. Enthusiasm was waning. Looking back, I couldn’t think of anything remotely remarkable for my weekly roundup. I’d taken one photo all week, which wasn’t a lot of […]
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