Author: Hannah

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

Blogmas: Day Two

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

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

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

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 →
WIPs Wednesday

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 →
Caketoppers

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

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 →
The Brimbles Box

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

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

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

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 →
Dirty Shoes

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 →
Currently

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 →
Smiley Bath Jaxon

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 →
Currently

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 →
Currently

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 →

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 3

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! Monday... Continue reading →

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 2

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! Sunday... Continue reading →

Catalyst Festival 2016 – Day 1

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!  The... Continue reading →

Currently…23rd May

Watching A lot of catching up really. Some how I’d ended up a few episodes behind on a couple of shows so had a mass catch up. Jaxon still loves Thomas so we’re working our way through episodes on YouTube.... Continue reading →

#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 →

#BedsHour – Tweetup (May 2016)

I’m sure I have other things that I *possibly* should be doing at 11.15pm on a Thursday night but instead I’m sat here in bed with Thriller playing on Spotify (Thank you Throwback Thursday again. Some of the tunes today... 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 →

Saving Bletchley Park 

When I was younger, my Dad would tell me about Bletchley Park and I think I would pretend to listen but really my brain was off elsewhere but the thing is I think something must have sunken in and got... 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Happy New Year, Let’s Start Here

In November I had attempted to do NaBloPoMo but between one thing and another, procrastination and other more urgent things took priority. I’ve decided that I’m going to attempt to get something out there into “the wild” at least once... Continue reading →

Currently – 7th December

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 Grey’s Anatomy – I’ve watched almost from the beginning all the way up to... Continue reading →

BEDN: PremDAC15

Blog Every Day in November is a blogging challenge for you to write and publish a blog post every day for the entire month of November. It’s as simple as that. You can find the prompts here. PremDAC15 Today, I... Continue reading →

BEDN: A Grateful Heart

Blog Every Day in November is a blogging challenge for you to write and publish a blog post every day for the entire month of November. It’s as simple as that. You can find the prompts here. I’ve spent the... Continue reading →