2016: The (Not Big or Fat) Quiz of the Year!

At the end of 2016, I was tagged by Amy at Mummy Fox in The (Not Big or Fat) Quiz of the Year 2016! I had started it yesterday but somewhere between my iPhone and iPad it vanished in the... Continue reading →

My Slimming World Journey: Week 1

Back in August 2013, I decided I needed to do something about my weight. Also, I needed something I could commit to rather than trying to do it under my own power. I chose to join Slimming World as a... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Christmas Blog Tag

Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but I’m doing Blogmas! But in the CRAZEE that is coming over the next few days the idea of trying to film and edit without Jaxon creating havoc just makes me a... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day Eighteen

Blogmas: Day Twelve – Currently

Blogmas: Day Ten

Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but I’m doing Vlogmas! In the CRAZEE that is getting ready for Christmas I decided that writing might be a little easier. Hopefully I might just keep up! Here’s Blogmas! This weekend... Continue reading →

My Favourite Planner Sellers: Stationery Geek

Coming up over the next few weeks, I’m hoping to feature some of my favourite planner suppliers, this includes stickers, ephemera, stamps and other planner/journaling related goodies. Hopefully there will be social media links too so you can head over... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day Six – Planner Love

Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but I’m doing Blogmas! In the CRAZEE that is getting ready for Christmas I decided that writing might be a little easier. Hopefully I might just keep up! Here’s Blogmas! Today, I... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day Five – Currently…

Blogmas: Day Three

Here’s Blogmas! Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but in the CRAZEE that is coming over the next few days the idea of trying to film and edit without Jaxon creating havoc just makes me a bit more... Continue reading →

Blogmas: Day Two

Blogmas: Day One

Technically I think it’s supposed to be Vlogmas but in the CRAZEE that is coming over the next few days the idea of trying to film and edit without Jaxon creating havoc just makes me a bit more stressed so... Continue reading →

{Fostering} Us at Five…

Back in October, five years ago, I went to work with three people living in our house and then I came home to four. Usually the “Us at…” is followed by how many years Chris and I are celebrating along... Continue reading →

Currently…21st November

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’m still waiting for Netflix to add some Christmas films to their collection – we’ve had Arthur Christmas twice this last week. I’ve been working my way through various Christmas films... Continue reading →

Currently…14th November

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… On Saturday, when we got back from Jaxon’s parent consultation we watched Bing. It meant he was distracted while I was having a bit of a wobble about a situation that... Continue reading →

My Favourite Planner Suppliers: EllieBeth Designs UK

WIPs Wednesday

On and off since the temperature cooled a bit, I’ve been crocheting and knitting my fingers off. I bought some wool in a closing down sale and decided to knit a project instead of my usual crochet job. Last week, once... Continue reading →

Photo Cake from Caketoppers

What’s more amusing than watching Jaxon eat chocolate cake? That would have been watching the same toddler get bemused by the fact that his face was on a cake. Then him waving at himself before tentatively eating the cake (or... Continue reading →

Currently…7th November

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… Not so many Christmas films this week. I caught up on a lot of my YouTube subscriptions as I seemed to have ended up quite behind. Also to get back in... Continue reading →

Dear Grandma

Dear Grandma, Eight years ago you left us so unexpectedly. One day you were here then you were gone. I stood at the Harvest Supper this year at Chapel and tried to remember what we discussed on that last time... Continue reading →

This Week – A Summary…

This week – all sorts happened to with the new name etc. I’m attempting to throw in some new blog post ideas and join in with link ups and all sorts. So having seen this one ping up on Twitter... Continue reading →

October’s Brimbles Box

To me, it always feels like October should be calm before the storm that is Christmas. Not this time round! October feels like it’s been more crazy than September was this year. One of my clients sent two big-ish projects... Continue reading →

Currently…31st October

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… In all honesty, Christmas films. I discovered that there are a lot Hallmark Christmas films are on YouTube, so working my way through them. Reading… I’ve been reading lots of articles on... Continue reading →

Halloween or Not?

Growing up Halloween was one of those things that just passed without much notice being given to it. My folks would make a sign to the affect of “you knock and we ignore you” in the hope of deterring Trick... Continue reading →

Currently…24th October

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’ve been working my way through Enterprise this last week and had it on in the background to keep me sane! I’ve worked out that I need to watch 4 episodes... Continue reading →

Bright Future

Even before Chris and I were married, he was always interested in doing his bit for the environment. When we moved into a place of our own, Chris did research regarding energy companies. He wanted one that was best for... Continue reading →

Brimbles Box Unboxing – October

I started this post about two weeks ago before GBBO started but I ended up saving it as a draft and not managing to get back to it! (One of my work clients needed a lot of my time over... Continue reading →

Currently…17th October

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I may have started on the Christmas films this weekend – I watched Christmas Detour and In-Lawfully Yours (not technically a Christmas film but does have Christmassy bits in it). Chris... Continue reading →

Bubble Bath Time!

As parents to young children we are often told how routine and structure is important. But sometimes life doesn’t go to plan and we have to be flexible. We have a structure for mornings between waking up and going out... Continue reading →

Mrs Brimbles Creative Journal and Design Team

Oh I am so excited to share this now! Anna (aka Mrs Brimbles) and I grabbed a coffee last week and chatted about it but I just couldn’t tell anyone! (Actually even Chris and I only just discussed it yesterday... Continue reading →

Currently…3rd October

The image below and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’m still working my way through Voyager. It’s often been on in the background while I’ve got on with other things. I’ve been watching Strictly Come Dancing although I’m not so excited... Continue reading →

Blogtober16: Day Two – An Old Photo of Me

Similarly to previous events like BEDM (Blog Every Day in May). I’m attempting to join in with #Blogtober16. The prompts can be found on Hex Mum’s blog. Day Two: An Old Photo of You I’m sure there are heaps more... Continue reading →

Blogtober16: Introduction and Day One
Blogtober 2016

Similarly to previous events like BEDM (Blog Every Day in May). I’m attempting to join in with #Blogtober16. These are the prompts and feel free to join in. You can find more information on Hex Mum’s blog. If you do... Continue reading →

Currently…26th September

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’m still working my way through Voyager. This weekend while we were away I ended up watching Grand Designs and Red Dwarf. I also watched a documentary about the Ghan Railway... Continue reading →

Haven Holiday 2016: Day Three

Today was mainly about getting on the road and heading home. Travelling in Zoe was going to take most of the day between charges. While Chris and Jaxon finished up breakfast and played, I worked on getting everything packed away and... Continue reading →

Haven Holiday 2016: Day Two

We had a false start to our day when Our Sidekick got up for the loo at 4.30 yesterday morning. Chris heard the door go and though Jaxon was up and wandering round so he jumped out of bed and... Continue reading →

Haven Holiday 2016: Day One – First Impressions

First Impressions of the Haven Site Having an electric vehicle is really handy sometimes. There’s a whole list of benefits that make them worthwhile but the range can still be a real challenge. This weekend we’re staying at the Wild... Continue reading →

Awesome Ladies Project – What’s in Your Bag?

This week’s prompt is… What’s in your bag? No matter what kind of bag you carry around, whether it be a purse, a tote bag, a diaper bag, a backpack etc – the things that you keep inside are a... Continue reading →

Us @ 9 (well 11ish)

I realised that on our wedding anniversary, I forgot to post about us. I think life was getting crazy busy and it didn’t happen. So I’m posting today. It’s the 11th anniversary of you proposing to me. Will we do... Continue reading →

Currently…12th September

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I finished Deep Space 9 and it really crossed my mind to watch something else. Then Voyager sucked me in. I saw a post on Facebook that said the new... Continue reading →

Planner Love: Meadowgate Traveler’s Notebook

I have a bit of a growing collection of planners now. However, I do find that I keep coming back to the traveler’s notebook set up. It definitely seems to work better for me especially as I can combine it... Continue reading →

August in Review (August 2016)

With it being the school holidays and the boys being away, Jaxon and I had lots of extra adventures in August. The boys had their adventure to the Southern Hemisphere. They spent a fortnight at Home of Hope Orphanage in... Continue reading →

Currently…5th September

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’ve been watching more Star Trek: Deep Space 9. I know, I know I’m a bit addicted to it! I’m sure I’ll be finished by next week! The Great British... Continue reading →

Currently…29th August

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’ve been watching more Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and have got to Season 3 now. I’m sure Dad and I must have seen these episodes when they aired on... Continue reading →

Currently…22nd August

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I’ve been watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 along with the Olympics and occasional episodes of The West Wing. I did realise that I’m quite along way behind on #westwingbinge16... Continue reading →

Currently – 15th August

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I finished Star Trek: The Next Generation last week. This does mean once again I’ve watched far too much TV! I guess it didn’t help with the boys being away – saves me... Continue reading →

This Weekend I…

Before I fall head first back into work stuff tomorrow evening. I figured I’d get some blogging done as I seem to be slacking a bit recently! I have the Olympics Coverage playing on the TV. I am excited as... Continue reading →

Awesome Ladies Project – What’s Your Relationship with Sports?

What’s your relationship with sports? Are you an athelete? Were you one in grade school or high school? Do you like watching sports? Either in person or on the telvision? Maybe you don’t really care that much about professional sports,... Continue reading →

Jaxon’s Second Birthday

With Our Sidekick and Chris being away on a residential trip this weekend, it was up to me to hold the fort and make sure Jaxon’s second birthday was celebrated well. It was almost like a warm-up for when the... Continue reading →

Happy Second Birthday Jaxon!

Dear Little One, Happy birthday my special precious. Today you turn two and it seems like the last two years have flown by. I spent the evening with a friend from our New Church yesterday and talked through your birth... Continue reading →

Currently – 4th July

Watching With Netflix adding Gilmore Girls to their playlist on Friday, it was a bit addictive and by Friday evening I’d some how already made it to episode 6 (Admittedly I had purchased episode 1 on about Wednesday from iTunes... Continue reading →

Currently – 27th June

I love these Currently prompts. They are used for Project Life and other scrapbooking projects but I think they work well for summarising my week. The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… In the last few weeks, I’ve started and... Continue reading →

Crochet Bible – Part One (and WIPs)

Back at the end of May, I received a lovely copy of My Crochet Project Bible from Stationery Geek. I had seen it on one of the groups that I am part of and decided that I would take a... Continue reading →

Currently – 15th June

The image above and the Currently prompts from RUKristin. Watching… I finished Grey’s Anatomy amongst other shows so ended up starting Chuck from the very beginning on Netflix. I think I’ve just finished Season 3 – this is not good! Netflix has this... Continue reading →

Mud Mud Glorious Mud!

Earlier in the week I read an article about how kids are getting more allergies and are often sicker because they are spending less time outside playing. When we were kids I used to spend whole mornings or afternoons out... Continue reading →

Hey There…

A long time a go in a galaxy not so far away, I started a blog. Why I started a blog, I’m not 100% sure I wanted to learn web design and I had started with one of those cheesy... Continue reading →

Journal with Me {One}

I often watch Journal with Me videos (usually as a break from Thomas and sometimes because I just want to be inspired) – I love seeing what other people do in their journals and what techniques that they use. My... Continue reading →

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 4

I started this post when we we’re away. It was too gloomy in our tent to crochet, read or journal so I used my phone to get some thoughts down. We’ve back a month not and I’ve finally finished it! Tuesday... Continue reading →

What is a Temperature Blanket?

While away this last weekend I think I answered like 5 or maybe 10 times about what I was making, was it crochet or knitting and what was I going to do with it. I thought while all the answers... Continue reading →

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 3

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 2

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 1

#The100DaysProject: Day Thirty-Five

The beginning of #The100DaysProject didn’t go smoothly. It took three or four attempts to get the first square done in a way that I liked and even then this week I frogged and re-crocheted because I wasn’t happy. Today I... Continue reading →

Awesome Ladies Project – What do You Do Outside?

When Chris and I got married I wasn’t really adventurous. The idea of a holiday climbing mountain or hiking miles was really not my idea of fun. When it came to him doing Land’s End to John O’Groats, I would... Continue reading →

Cover Reveal – Found by Elle Field

You know how some books finish and they make you want to throw the book across the room or snuggle down in bed and stay there until you can read the next one, that was kind of the end of... Continue reading →

Currently…9th and 16th May

Prompts are from RUKristin. I got as far as starting a post for last week but it got lost in the ether and don’t get finished. So here we go double currently…(there are kind of spoilers so be warned!!) Currently…Watching... Continue reading →

Tomorrow is My Birthday

Around this time a few years ago I finally got round to writing a bucket list. Things I wanted to achieve by the time I was thirty. Well some were a bit daring and crazy so when I found out... Continue reading →

Mini Planner Con

I’m a Planner Nerd! Yes, there I said it. This time last year I went to Sherlocked and this weekend a friend of mine is at StorybrookeUK. I went hopped over the county line into Cambridgeshire for Cambs Mini Planner... Continue reading →

#The100DaysProject: Day One

When will I learn that sometimes no is probably the better answer… Yesterday morning a post appeared on a FB group that I’m part of discussing #the100daysproject. My “crochet by FB” buddy Jo tagged me in a comment about doing... Continue reading →

Currently: 18th April

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Watching: Still working my way through Doctor Who but have caught up on Scandal and Madam Secretary this week as well as watching Pixels. Reading: I’ve been... Continue reading →

ALP: Your Ideal Day

Some weeks the prompts for ALP Creative Team are really simple and straightforward. Other weeks I am totally floored and up to the wire because I just don’t know what to do. I headed to our little chat thing where... Continue reading →

Currently: 4th April

Watching: After chatting to the ALP Creative Ladies I’ve been watching Jane The Virgin on Netflix. I think if you like Ugly Betty you’d like it. It also had a real telenovella vibe! I’ve also been binge-watching Doctor Who episodes. I’ve... Continue reading →

The Day We Went to London…

On Saturday morning, Chris woke up and decided that a field trip to London was on the cards. With it being the Easter holidays we had ended up spending a lot of time at home rather than going out to... Continue reading →

Where did March Go?

This post was going to start with how it felt like this week just flew by and didn’t achieve half of what I had meant to do. Then I realised, I think the whole of March was a bit like... Continue reading →

Currently…21st March

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Watching After hanging out at Mum’s last weekend I realised that I was behind on Bones, so while Dad took Jaxon for a walk around... Continue reading →

Tired Mummy and The Hospital Trip

It crossed my mind to snap a picture as Jaxon was hooked up to the heart monitor in my living room last night. But my phone was in the other room in charge in case we were going to hospital. ... Continue reading →

ALP Creative Team

Occasionally you get those emails in your inbox and you think “That’s really exciting but I seriously do not stand a chance”. Well I had an email and a group update like that last week and decided that I was... Continue reading →

Currently…7th March

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Currently…Watching I’ve been watching ShadowHunters on Netflix. It’s based on the Mortal Instruments books by Cassandra Clare. I also started watching House of Cards and continued... Continue reading →

Currently…29th February

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Currently…Watching I’ve been watching various shows this week. Have ended up watching lots of Disney films with Jaxon. We watched Up again this week. I do... Continue reading →

Granny Hexagons

I recently joined a group on Facebook and we we were discussing what to do for a project. I shared that I am working on a project made of hexagons that are made up a bit like a granny square.... Continue reading →

How I Use My Bullet Journal – Part 1

I actually came across Bullet Journaling a while ago but at first I couldn’t see the benefit. I think when I was in a full-time job and it was just Chris and I it didn’t make much sense. Now I’m... Continue reading →

40 Acts (Part 3 – Day 6)

I decided that this year would also be the one when I actively tried to take part in 40acts. I get the emails sent to me each Lent but often for one reason or another I don’t manage to do it.... Continue reading →

40 Acts (Part 2 – Day 5)

Day Five: Quiche? I decided that this year would also be the one when I actively tried to take part in 40acts. I get the emails sent to me each Lent but often for one reason or another I don’t... Continue reading →

Currently…15th February

I love these Currently prompts. They are used for Project Life and other scrapbooking projects but I think they work well for summarising my week. This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Currently…Watching... Continue reading →

40Acts – Doing Lent Generously

I decided that this year would also be the one when I actively tried to take part in 40acts. I get the emails sent to me each Lent but often for one reason or another I don’t manage to do... Continue reading →

Jeans…

Jeans from image above: (clockwise from top left) High Waist Enhancer Boot Cut Jeans, Blue Vintage Straight Jeans, Lift, Slim And Shape Boot Cut Jeans, Retro Blue Smithy Bootcut Jeans and Lift, Slim And Shape Boot Cut Jeans (Dark blue/Inky) Before I was pregnant with Jaxon,... Continue reading →

Currently…8th February

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Currently…Watching The thing with Netflix is that it’s a rabbit hole, I’ve been crocheting a lot this week and so had the TV in the background.... Continue reading →

Currently…1st February

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! Currently…Watching Too much TV! I’m sure it can’t be that good for me! It’s seriously not good! Part of me keeps saying that once the weather... Continue reading →

Currently…25th January

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. Have a good week! It’s the last Monday in January already!! Where did this month go? Already one twelfth through the year! Currently…Watching I finished the Harry Potter series.... Continue reading →

2016 Goals: Stashbusting Blanket & OneLittleWord

There’s a lot going on around these parts at the moment. Christmas has finished and is almost (!) packed away (the tree got missed when Chris was in the loft so it ended up living on the landing for now).... Continue reading →

Currently…18th January

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. You can get all sorts of You can find that here. Have a good week! Currently… Watching The Post-Christmas Harry Potter revision continued this week with watching more of the films.... Continue reading →

Daily Post: Learning Style

Today I’m joining in with The Daily Post from WordPress. You can see other posts written on today’s topic here. What’s your learning style? Do you prefer learning in a group and in an interactive setting? Or one-on-one? Do you... Continue reading →

Currently…11th January

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. You can get all sorts of You can find that here. Have a good week! Currently… Watching After Jaxon loving The Sound of Music the other week I figured we’d try... Continue reading →

Wild Nights By Phoebe Smith

I won this book in a Twitter competition towards the end of last year. This post has been sat in my drafts as I always meant to complete it but in between everything it didn’t happen. I was determined not to read... Continue reading →

Currently – 4th January

This post was originally started using the Currently prompt from RUKristin. You can get all sorts of You can find that here. Have a good week! Currently… Watching Mainly spent the last two weeks ish working my way through as many Christmas... Continue reading →