Beginning of term.

I feel behind at home.  I long to get a good day in and catch up.  My floors need a vacuum/mop,

Gussy turns 4...

I can't believe my beautiful Gussy (Angus) has turned four. He is such a blessing in our lives. He

Converting our shed....

When we bought this house, we were conscious of a very tight budget.  We bought it because

Our week!

Mornings are often far too early for my liking here.  I have an early bird, who no matter what

Bare with me!

Please bare with me as I learn about blogger and how to add/change things like headers, backgrounds

Part three - Donating/rotating/managing toys

So with the regular influx of gifts for the boys, during birthdays, Christmas and other random times

Part 2- identifying what we wanted our childrens play space to look like.

I noticed quite early on a difference in how different toys were played with and the different vibe

How we manage toys. Part 1 - Gift giving

One of the things I have been working on to find a balance with is toys, both the amount and type my

Pictures from our days...

Grant has been unwell this week so things have been busy here.  He is on the improve now which

Waylaid plans...

This weekend we rushed.  We should have slowed down, we should have taken a moment to stop and

Seasons, we all have them!

When I thought about writing a blog I decided early on I always wanted to be honest and show the truth

Just pottering about...

To the lovely readers who have left comments - I'm so sorry I did reply to them all, just not correctly

Simple Birthday gifts.

Today the weather has cooled and its lovely here now, there has been some nice rain which will have

Renovating on a budget.

We like renovating....mostly.  Well, we do out of necessity.  We own a small country