Stage of quarantine: Got mad at my sourdough starter. (It's ok. We made up.) A deep cleaned the fridge and the shower and cleared his desk (a very Big Deal). I did a mountain of mending. C has not yet rearranged her room again, but she really really needs to. Oh, and although I've been… Continue reading That productivity thing: 5 things 20.4.20
Category: 5 Things
Kind of a little bit completely knackered: 3 things 23.4.18
The interviewing process has brought a very unpleasant experience of viewing myself through outside eyes. I keep looking in the mirror and seeing this awkward middle-aged dumpy woman with weird greyish blotchy skin and puffy eyes. (OK, that last part might be just this past week, I was a bit under the weather.) You're supposed… Continue reading Kind of a little bit completely knackered: 3 things 23.4.18
I’m having a lot of Feelings right now: 5 things 16.4.18
Every year the suddenness of spring – whether it comes early or, as this year, weirdly late – makes me think, constantly, of Dylan Thomas's "force that through the green fuse drives the flower". Or leaf. Because the tiny new leaves pushing out are so amazingly urgent! There's such huge energy curled up in those little… Continue reading I’m having a lot of Feelings right now: 5 things 16.4.18
My get up and go got up and went: 5 things 9.4.18
Spring has finally, definitely, absolutely sprung, and it is glorious. It even happened on the weekend, cunningly timed for Pfadis (scouts) and lakeside wanderings and such. Very nice. Very nice indeed. I am, however, decidedly lacking in springtime bounce. Mostly, I think, because of all the great uncertainty hanging over me. Which is silly, since… Continue reading My get up and go got up and went: 5 things 9.4.18
Growing up reluctantly: 5 things 2.4.18
Although the kids are by and large delightful these days, M has a fun new phase of throwing major tantrums any time someone does something he even slightly doesn't like. Usually that's me, telling him it's time to go somewhere. One night last week it was C, quite reasonably saying she could go away if… Continue reading Growing up reluctantly: 5 things 2.4.18
Happy birthday to me! 5 things 26.3.18
Once again my good intentions fall victim to the proximity of my birthday to C's birthday, and I have totally failed to make myself a cake. I deserve cake! I want cake! I have no energy to make cake. Maybe at the weekend. You'll note there has been an echoing absence of #52recipes for, um,… Continue reading Happy birthday to me! 5 things 26.3.18
Now the fun starts: 5 things 22.1.2018
I DID IT. I survived the first birthday of the year! Which of course is never just one day; it's FOUR celebrations all in all, three of which require baking (the other one is breakfast), three of which (not the same three) require assorted planning and preparations, and all of which are definitely Work. I… Continue reading Now the fun starts: 5 things 22.1.2018
So far, so good: 5 things 8.1.2018
Back to school today! I'm looking forward to getting back to work, and getting the kids back into their routine, but for maybe the first time, I'm not actually desperate. It gets better, people. It really truly does. The year is off to a good start. New Year's Day was unexpectedly gorgeous: clear skies and sunshine… Continue reading So far, so good: 5 things 8.1.2018
Less is more: 5 things 1.1.2018
It's New Year! I love New Year! I especially love New Year on a Monday, because TIDY!* But I don't really do resolutions or goals or similar; I am far more interested in self-acceptance than "self-improvement" and while I love goal-setting, it's more like mapping out my work tasks, and not part of what I… Continue reading Less is more: 5 things 1.1.2018
The home stretch: 5 things 25.12.2017
I love the last week of the year so much. Christmas is nice – having Christmas over with is maybe even better, though. And that little pause before New Year. That feeling of reaching the finish line, even though you're likely to be right in the middle of any actual projects you have going. The… Continue reading The home stretch: 5 things 25.12.2017
Woolly thoughts (and fuzzy logic) 