Mushbrainedramblings

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• In Reality

  it’s cold and sleeting outside, but we had a wonderful morning at church… Hope emptied a bucket of crayons during children’s church and we helped hand out... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mothering Sunday

  

  Happy Mothering Sunday … Happy Mother’s Day …in England today is Mothering Sunday … a day that’s become a little Hallmark but none the less a day to celebrate... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Just Another Day

  I was about to say nothing of note has happened in the last few days; the disrupted sleep continues (wretched teeth … lots poking through now and a bit of a... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• One Bag Or Two?

  Me to bloke in the farm shop: Morning, how are you?Bloke in farm shop to me: Fine … you don’t seem quite yourself this morningMe to bloke in the farm shop: A... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Further to the Last Post

  I’m doing it … something I haven’t done in over a year … I’m having a whole hour of total indulgence … lolling with my feet up and with a frozen coffee (yes I... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bit of a Headache

  I’ve got a headache and I’m feeling a little shivery. I’m also more in awe of my girl than ever as she’s just eaten 3 fish fingers, 5 pieces of broccoli, some... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Post Script

  

  Reblogged from A Journey to Madagascar Beyond: Thank you - a huge thank you to everyone who sponsored me on the trip to Madagascar a few years back ... I... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• 100 Little Words on Parenthood

  

  I was really delighted to be asked to contribute to Charlie Plunkett’s latest project 100 little words on parenthood back in November 2012 … this morning I... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Teeth …

  Teeth numbers four and five appeared through her top gums last night … poor little soul was beside herself … didn’t want any thing to drink didn’t want to feed... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• with a Little Help from Our Friends

  

  My support network hasn’t been about (she – my incredible mother – has been away on holiday) … it’s been hard work looking after the newly mobile and still... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• and She’s off

  wooo hoooo and aaaggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhOne year, one week and one day since she was born … at around midday on 11th February Hope crawled for the first time! Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Anything You Can Do …

  she can do better!!!Yup Hope is learning fast … words, actions, instructions AND blowing raspberries on my tummy … after she’d had her early breakfast snack thi... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Best Foot Forward

  

  People are talking to me alot at the moment about mothering and motherhood and the whole ‘being an older mum’ thing.The long and the short of it for me is that... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• and Now Spots!

  and so it goes on … 11 days after the event … Hope’s continuing reaction to her MMR jab … now spots … serious spots … all over her front and back … not so far... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Cold Outside

  

  It snowed … at first just a little bit … the promise (or threat depending how you look at it) of snowmagedon never happened … but then, two days ago, slowly... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Never Never Never

  Never have I been so tired …bloody vaccinations …aaaggghhhhh 3 hours sleep over two nights is not enough particularly when accompanied by endless feeding of a... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Movies, Molars and MMR

  Well not molars exactly but toothbrushes … Hope is in love with her toothbrush … she has my toothpaste on it and I brush her two beautiful teeth first and then... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Talented Child

  

  OK OK I know I said that the blog was going to revert to me … I’m rubbish it’s only taken one entry and my utter fascination for my girl to want to blurt out a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Well …

  

  … a rare quiet moment with a little time to reflect … who’d have thought it … not just did I have a baby, I had a baby a whole year ago … we’ve celebrated... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Who’d Have Thought It …

  

  one today … this morning a year ago I woke up (at 5am for a bath) spent the day nil by mouth convinced that I’d never meet The Spaniard … this morning Hope had... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION