Stuff to sort

Socktober Day Zero

Well hello. It’s September 30th and I’m supposed to be getting ready for bed. But I saw someone post a fabulous rainbow sock as like a “kicking off Socktober today” post and that was it. Brain on a tangent.  Having... Continue reading →

Maternal Mental Health

Four years ago this week, I finished my job. My birthday celebrations at work had been combined with my leaving work celebrations too. I finished work on the Friday before the Bank Holiday weekend and that was it. I woke... Continue reading →

Mummy’s Adventure in London

I wrote the post about Jaxon taking on the Piccadilly Line and I think the confusion was that I was going with him on the second part of his adventure but actually I’m not. I had my own adventures to... Continue reading →
Thomas Tower

Today, Call Me Meanie Mummy

Today, just call me Meanie Mummy. This morning we went to the NCT Nearly New Sale organised by our local NCT group. Mum and I have been to nearly everyone since before Jaxon was born. Usually getting the next age... 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 →

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 →

January’s Favourite Post Link-Up

Hosts Ashley from Hello Nature, Lexy from Crazy Cass Life, Nicole from a la Maxfield and Hannah from Hannah Says My favorite post from January: My favourite post would have to be Jaxon turning six months. It’s crazy to believe that... Continue reading →

Goals for 2015

I’ve never been one for making resolutions. Doing Slimming World this long and losing weigh has been about the only one I’ve properly kept. I’ve got a lovely group of friends encouraging me to get to that goal. I decided... Continue reading →

Mary, Did You Know?

It’s Advent and I’m sure nearly every Christian blogger is somehow writing about Christmas and I’m joining them for now. It’s 3am on the 1st December. Why am I writing this now? Because while feeding Jaxon I was starting an... Continue reading →

March 4: WIPs

I nearly always have a project on the go – especially at the moment as I’m trying to clear out my yarn stash and finish up on the projects that I’ve started but not finished. These are the current two... Continue reading →

February 10: February Goals

Technically it’s the 10th February which means a good third of the month has already gone. I decided that I needed to be a bit more organised if I could manage it (especially as this morning the house is really... Continue reading →

January 26: FB – Friend or Foe?

As you all know because I keep posting about it I’ve been reading a book called #SpeakLove by Annie F. Downs. It’s really inspiring and often gets me thinking at really random times like 5:45 on New Year’s Eve morning... Continue reading →

December where did you go?

Hi there. 3 posts later and December is almost done. It’s the 30th and I’ve spend most of the day in bed. I did get up and go to the supermarket on my way to work in the hope that... Continue reading →

brushes and paint

About two weeks ago I went to The Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace. I was blessed to be given complimentary tickets by my friend Kathy who had a stand at the show (have you seen her work?!?! This... Continue reading →

lately…….

Reading Crochet and Knitting patterns mainly outside of work, inside of work it’s emails and spreadsheets. I’ve been reading penpal letters and replying to them too. Other than that I’ve not really been reading, I want to read some more... Continue reading →

not a #30daysoflists post…….

It’s doesn’t technically fit in with #30DaysofLists as it’s not one of the official prompts but while we’re making lists I wanted to share some of my favourite tunes at the moment. First up I have a Medley from Danni’s... Continue reading →

getting healthy pt 3

With a wedding and holiday club between this week’s weigh in and last week I knew it wasn’t going to be a pretty picture. I was hoping that running around like a headless chook for most of the week would... Continue reading →

this weekend i…

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious.This Weekend I… finished up a bunch of stuff for my Mum. It was either this evening or another evening that my brother and I had a whole conversation... Continue reading →

dear christopher…

Allow me to wax lyrcial about my husband for a moment – I promise it won’t take long and you can always hit that big red button and close the window if you can’t be done with the romantic pukings... Continue reading →

five minute friday

I found out about Five Minute Friday from my friend James’s blog. So it’s not technically Friday any more and I’m not even sat at my own desk. At least I wasn’t at my desk when I started this post.... Continue reading →

this weekend i…

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious.This Weekend I… went to a yarn and fabric sale at Christchurch. Monster Yarns were there (yes, they are my favourite yarn people ever! and so passionate and excited about... Continue reading →

this weekend i… #twi

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious. This Weekend I… went to take part in a sponsored bounce for the CF Trust that my friend Dave, his wifey Emma and JD organised. Dave and Emma’s... Continue reading →

friday questions #8

I’m going to do my best to get Friday Questions going again on a regular basis. If you join in leave your link in a comment or send me a tweet – I’m @girltaristhan on Twitter. 1. What book are... Continue reading →

st. george’s day

Back in January, after I had been to a Burns Night party. I asked complained about celebrating St. George's Day. Something along the lines of this: I’m pretty much completely English and there doesn’t seem to be any traditions where... Continue reading →

eightyfour: this weekend i…

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious. This Weekend I… got a crash course in some accounting software that my Mum uses – hopefully it’ll come in handy and be helpful when I cover Mum’s... Continue reading →

bloglovin and google reader

I have more to write and talk about but tonight I need to sleep. Tomorrow is a long day for now here is a link to follow my blog on BlogLovin, given that in a few months Google Reader is... Continue reading →

seventyseven: this weekend i…

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious. This Weekend I… attended the yarns and fabric sale at The Lane hosted by Monster Yarns and School of Craft with my Mum. We chatted lots about various... Continue reading →

this weekend i

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious. Saturday Eventually once everyone in our house was up the boys went to purchase new bike pedals for Our Sidekick’s bike as it had got to the point... Continue reading →

thirteen: recently….

Reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes – I keep flicking between the two as The Happiness Project keeps giving me so much inspiration that I have struggle sleeping as I want to take on... Continue reading →

318: Wednesday Wondering (on Sunday!)

CFS One of my friends has had a confirmed diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue so I was reading about it to see if there’s any non-medical things that can assist like eating different things or doing more exercise etc. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Chris,... Continue reading →

310: This Weekend I…

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious. This Weekend I….finally went to Bletchley Park and it was awesome!! Dad, Our Sidekick and Me set off for the train station at about 9am to catch the... Continue reading →

305: Wednesday Wonderings v.4

We live in a world where we have a bunch of information at our fingertips – we unlock our phones and Google to our hearts content, but what about all those random questions, why was I looking and what did... Continue reading →

298: #WednesdayWonderings v.3

We live in a world where we have a bunch of information at our fingertips – we unlock our phones and Google to our hearts content, but what about all those random questions, why was I looking and what did... Continue reading →

291: #WednesdayWonderings v.2

We live in a world where we have a bunch of information at our fingertips – we unlock our phones and Google to our hearts content, but what about all those random questions, why was I looking and what did... Continue reading →

272: Fill In The Blanks Friday

Joining with Lauren from The Little Things We Do 1.  My first memory is I remember being about three or four and climbing out of the dining room door (which used to lead directly into the garden. I tripped over... Continue reading →

271: Recently….

Reading I finished Awaken by Nina Soden last night – well this morning at like 1am when I should have been asleep but I couldn’t wait to find our what happened to Alee and that was that I had to finish... Continue reading →

261: Dear Monday

Joining with Megan from Happy Day. Dear Chris, we’ve had disagreements this weekend but Saturday night’s mammoth chat unwrinkled some of them and will hopefully sort out the rest in time which is good. Thank you. Dear Our Sidekick, we’re... Continue reading →

256: The C(hristmas) Word

I know I know. The schools have only just gone back and therefore it’s too early to mention Christmas but I wanted to share what I’ve been upto. I picked these little kits up when I was at Hoobycraft with... Continue reading →

229: Had a Bad Day…..

Ever had one of those days where the wind just gets knocked out of you and you just need time to recover. It’s not as simple as getting up and rejoining the race. That was Monday. I felt like I’d... Continue reading →

226: Dear Monday

Joining with Megan from Happy Day. Dear Our Sidekick, we had a bit of a falling out yesterday and I really scared you once again I’m so sorry. Dear London 2012 Olympics, Yesterday was the closing ceremony. Everyone kept pointing... Continue reading →

198: I’m Moving

So you have to think a bit lateral and out of the box for the picture to make sense – get it? My blog as been here at this URL for a few incarnations but when it was called Journal... Continue reading →

126: Overwhelmed

I think the weather is sending me a bit loopy. It’s been so dark and grey that I think my brain thinks we’re heading towards Christmas quicker than we are or something. My colleague at work was on holiday for... Continue reading →

120: 26 Before I’m 27

1. Finish The Host by Stephenie Meyer. 2. Read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. 3. Complete The Sketchbook Project 2013 (by January 2013) 4. Read 30 books in 2012 (Ends December 2012) (10/30 at present) 5. Take a photo everyday... Continue reading →

117: FB Flash Back

Christmas 2006 Clearly I thought having my photo upside down was really cool! February 2007 I wanted to prove that I could do it so I did – shortly after this Chris chimney climbed the whole doorway. April 2007 Birthday... Continue reading →

116: 25 Before I’m 26 Pt 2

13. Read 3 of the 6 Jane Austen novels (In Progress) I started this one of with the aim to finish it, I started Pride and Prejudice and I’m part way through – my phone has it at about 16%... Continue reading →

106: Dear Monday

Joining up with Megan from Happy Day Blog.   Dear Weekend, you were far too short! Having spent like 6-7 hours of the weekend in the car going to and from Stockport you vanished right before my eyes. On the... Continue reading →

092: April Fools!

I got pranked. Our Sidekick had been discussing with me how he was going to play an epic prank on Chris he just had to think up one that would be “LEGEND*wait for it*DARY”. Oh Grasshopper you have *so* much... Continue reading →

074: Randoms

One plus point of having a cold is that I spent a bunch of time thinking over stuff because I have very little energy to actually do anything physical (or at least too much physical stuff), usually at silly o’clock... Continue reading →

061: Review: February

February Books Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Blogged about here.) Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg (really close to the end!) Places Visited Milton Keynes – for my friend’s birthday Films Seen Howl’s Moving Castle... Continue reading →

056: Birthdays

Source: google.com via Jane on Pinterest       Two of my friends are celebrating their birthday’s this week. I thought this was kinda appropriate as one of those friends is turning 18! How exciting. It’s then about 2 months... Continue reading →

053: Wednesday

I was reading. Then I remembered that I hadn’t blogged and my brain got all on a knot. So I’m lying in bed writing this on my phone. I’m listening to Ed Sheeran singing Lego House but before that it... Continue reading →

046: Kindle, Chicken and Friends

Look what arrived yesterday. So exciting!! Our Sidekick was super grown up and signed for it, for me while I was at work – he took it upstairs and put it somewhere (I’m not entirely sure where) but when we... Continue reading →

039: Outfit Post

They are rare but sometimes they happen – if you follow me on Instagram you will have already seen these. Christmas Jumper – AsdaCamera T-shirt (underneath) – ThreadlessBrown Pinstriped Trousers – Tesco (I think)Boots – AsdaParachute Trousers – Next (via... Continue reading →

033: Review: January

January Books Read The Cause Within You by Matthew Barnett Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Places Visited Ikea at Milton Keynes The Lyceum in London – The Lion King Films Seen Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows The Iron... Continue reading →

032: To You, Me, We and They.

There was a plan and I broke it so this post is winging it. I spent this evening discussing music with about 5 or 6 different people on Facebook – our thread was about 100 comments long in the end... Continue reading →

Where You Been Girlie?

It’s nearly two weeks since I blogged and minus a small moment in the middle I didn’t miss it. Is that good or bad? I even questioned if it was time to give up properly. Then again I think I... Continue reading →

Honest Blog Posts

I’ve been working my way through my RSS Reader as there were seems to be a crazy number of posts at the moment – I think it’s because of the weather changing. One that pinged up was by Crystal from... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 13

Your Favourite Travel Book I don’t actually know lol. I tend to get a new travel guide each time I go to another city. I have a Paris on by Moleskine which is more of a notebook with maps and... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 12

A Book You Think It Should Be Compulsory For Everyone To Read This is a tough one because something I like isn’t necessarily every one else’s cup of tea. So I would suggest The Diary of A Young Girl by... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 11

A Book You’ve Been Told You Should Read But Never Will I love reading – I’ll try anything once so within reason I’d read anything once. I guess there are books out there that I refuse point blankly to read... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 11

100 Word Challenge: Week 11 “I’m sorry I know you wanted to hang out but I gotta look after my little sister, Mum got called into work” Eli said “You can still come over but we might have to play... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 10

Your Favourite Classic I’m not sure I really have one to be honest. I keep trying to read Austen as if it would make me brainier or something lol. Then again Austen is the 1700/1800s answer to the modern day... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 10

100 Word Challenge: Week 10 Clearly being in a field works better for the inspiration because I’ve got killer writers block lol. The picture above is the prompt for this week’s 100 Word Challenge from Julia. “Are you honestly sure... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 9

Books I Am Currently Reading This is seriously a bad question. At present I have the following in progress: For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn (Chris suggested it after one of the talks at Grapevine this year), My Life in... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 9

Oops! I missed a few weeks – where did the time go? Mary thought “If I sneaked out now while Dad was at the store, I could be back in time before he noticed.” Mary knew that if she kept... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 8

Your Favourite Non-Fiction Book I’m going to say that The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom is my favourite non-fiction book – it’s not a happy story in what happens but at the same time it’s inspiring and somehow that... Continue reading →

Review – August

August Chris’s birthday was at the beginning of the month – as two of our friends celebrated their birthday’s at the beginning of the month we had a group get together which was fun. We met at the new Pastor’s... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 7

Your Favourite Fictional Hero In my eyes the person I am going to pick isn’t fictional – she’s actually non-fictional but there are atheists out there who would disagree with me and would say that she is fictional and that... Continue reading →

Cooking: Apple Crumble

Chris tends to do most of the cooking in our house, so for me to cook it’s a bit of a blog-able event. A few weeks back Chris was given an epic bag of apples – I don’t know if... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 6

Your Favourite Genre of Books I don’t think I have a favourite one. I read alot of Crime/Mystery and Fantasy books so I guess those two would become my favourites. I think the main reason I like the Crime/Mystery ones... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 6

You can find this week’s prompt here. The sun shone but there was a chill in the air as Sooz headed for the tube stop, it was August but she needed her woolies. It was 5:30am and it was the... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 5

So I’ve seen this challenge posted both on Ian‘s and Sally‘s blogs but never got round to doing it – but this time I did. It took me a few attempts as the first attempt was about 160 words and... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 5

The Last Book You Read I am the worst person for reading 2 or 3 books at once – I think the most I got to was 4 and then decided it was taking the mickey so I needed to... Continue reading →

Blog Love

This evening (well at least it’s evening in Australia), my lovely friend Ruby posted her first blog post today (then again with the coming soon it’s really a second post – but that’s not the point!). She’s started blogging and... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 4

The Book You Have Re-Read The Most Often Okay so here I’m going to quote a film and it’s because it always springs to mind whenever someone asks me about re-reading the same book. (Then again I couldn’t decide which... Continue reading →

July

There goes another month lol. Why does it feel like the whole of July just sprinted past when I wasn’t looking?! So highlights of July (They didn’t necessarily happen in this order) • My cousin got married to his lovely... Continue reading →