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Feb 7, 2012, 5:28 am
I’ve been pondering my style of parenting recently – historical and present – as my lovely, beautiful children grow.
I always felt that I had something to prove as a pregnant 18 year old and subsequent mother at 19. I was never quite sure if it was because of my age or because I felt that my ... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2012, 5:17 am
When Garden Games contacted me way back in October to ask me to review their ‘Giant Jenga‘ game, I laughed and laughed and laughed before replying, “You know I live in Scotland where it rains 364 days of the year, right?” by way of a response. I mean seriously, who in their right mind would ... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2011, 1:28 pm
It’s the lack of eggs that give it away. The leaves turning my garden orange, yellow and brown. Being unable to do the school run without a coat. How on earth is it almost October already? My children are all windswept hair and ruddy cheeks, bottomless pits. Little fridges. I barely have time to u... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2011, 10:28 am
The new garden is nothing like the old garden. Where we used to have grass and plants and problems with rain and clay we now have concrete patios, monoblocked driveways and red ‘chuckies’ where you’d normally find a flower bed.
I honestly don’t know where to start.
We salvaged Erica’s si... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2011, 10:01 am
I could regale you with sob stories regarding redundancy, repossessed homes and a winter so cold my chickens didn’t survive no matter what I tried to do to keep them warm. But I won’t.
In the last two years we opened our own craft boutique in Glasgow which took up way more time than we would ha... Comment - Like
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Sep 4, 2011, 3:58 pm
Took me 1h40m, but I did it!
Before
Starting off
My loyal support
The final stretch
Me, having noticed my friends & family at the finish line
Nairn and Erica found the magic chimney which makes clouds
Bonus: I got interviewed for STV news as I came through the finish line, ended up sobbing. V... Comment - Like
Vonnie C. posted an article on
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Aug 28, 2011, 4:23 am
I know I’ve been out of circulation for a long time.
Big changes are happening, have been happening with us.
I want to write about it but I find myself struggling to form more than basic sentences. And even if I did write, would anyone read or comment?
Nod if you can hear me.
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Aug 7, 2011, 6:04 pm
Proper post coming soon, I promise.
In the meantime, I have been laughing LIKE A DRAIN at this for a significant amount of time today. Check it!
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May 20, 2011, 3:42 am
My favourite crafting forum in the UK has always been the fantastic and friendly Crafteroo. Unfortunately because I have been so busy at work, my crafting has not really been a priority (a terrible admission for a craft-business owner!) and I miss it!
Anyway, the lovely Vintage Violet has recently ... Comment - Like
Vonnie C. posted an article on
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Apr 20, 2011, 4:28 am
Dear Lord.
First off, a bit of back story. You lot will probably already know (or have worked out) that I was super young when I had Findlay. I was 18 when I fell pregnant with him and 19 when he was born. I’d lived independantly from my parents for three years by that point. On the day that I m... Comment - Like
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Mar 28, 2011, 7:29 am
So unless you live under a rock (or in foreignlands) you’ll be aware that on Saturday, an estimated half a million people took to the streets of London to protest against the cuts enacted by the coalition government. The “We’re all in this together” line doesn’t seem to have worked terribl... Comment - Like
Vonnie C. posted an article on
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Mar 23, 2011, 5:33 am
I’ve been knitting A LOT recently, having completed three hats (me, Nairn, Erica) and a cardigan for Greer since January. I’ve got two secret projects on the go right now too. I’m really enjoying it again! I’ve been experimenting with knitting in the continental style but I’m still struggl... Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2011, 7:04 am
I’ve been doing the 30 day song challenge on Facebook over the last few weeks and it’s got me listening to some music that I haven’t listened to for a long time for various reasons. The challenge gets you to select a song that represents events like your wedding, your funeral, happy times etc ... Comment - Like
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Feb 19, 2011, 12:09 pm
There are an estimated 100million women missing from the world today.
There are an estimated 100million women missing from the world today.
There are an estimated 100million women MISSING from the world today
Doesn’t that figure make your stomach lurch? Because when I heard it, it make me physi... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2011, 12:41 pm
They say that every medication has a side-effect, but I don’t think anyone prepares you for mental illness having side-effects too. Ever since I was first diagnosed with depression I’ve second guessed my reactions to everything. If I was particularly upset or angry with Bob; Was I being reasonab... Comment - Like
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Feb 2, 2011, 5:03 pm
Ally bally, Ally bally bee,
Sittin’ on yer Mammy’s knee
Waitin’ for a wee bawbee
Tae buy some Coulter’s Candy
Coulter’s Candy a penny a lump,
That’s the stuff to make you jump
and if you jump you’re sure to fall
Okay dokey that’s it all
Poor wee Jeannie she’s awfy awfy thin... Comment - Like
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Jan 31, 2011, 4:31 am
I don’t know where to start. Where do you start, when it feels like your life is an episode of a particularly bad & dramatic soap?
A few years ago someone that I considered a close friend said to me, “You thrive on the drama, Vonnie” because there was always something going on in my life. I l... Comment - Like
Vonnie C. posted an article on
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Jan 23, 2011, 7:00 am
Over the last month or so, with so much going on I’ve taken refuge in my knitting. Any of my friends on Ravelry will possibly have noticed from my project page that I’ve knitted more since the start of December than I have over the last year. I’ve finished two “Owlet” sweaters (one each fo... Comment - Like
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Jan 21, 2011, 6:11 am
My lovely chum Amanda from Uniquely Snowflake has tagged me to do this meme. I’m actually quite amused by it because I suspect I’ll struggle to find seven things you lot don’t know and indeed, this is something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently.
I know that there are some people out t... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2011, 11:15 am
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Jan 5, 2011, 5:37 pm
I promised that in 2011 I was going to be more positive.
I promised that 2011 was going to be the year where I looked to the future and celebrated the good in my life.
At 9.30pm last night, the police turned up at my home to tell me that this story about a man dying in a house fire was my father.
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Dec 30, 2010, 5:17 am
I seem to have found my knitting mojo again, having completed more projects in December than I think I have done all year. It’s become almost a challenge to see what I can do and I have to admit I’ve enjoyed it, albeit at the expense of my housework. Let’s face it though, the housework will st... Comment - Like
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Dec 28, 2010, 6:33 am
I was flicking through the papers this morning and read this article in the Telegraph (note: I am not a Tory) which states that it’s Mothers who mostly decide on baby names. Food for thought!
I have to confess that I picked all of our children’s names. After a few hours spent in a bath reading ... Comment - Like
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Dec 21, 2010, 2:41 pm
This is a review post.
When I had Erica, a good friend of the family made her a cross-stitched sampler which I thought was a beautiful and considerate gift.
and it made me feel envious of her patience and skill! I’ve always liked the idea of cross-stitching but let’s be honest here most of the... Comment - Like
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Dec 19, 2010, 6:41 pm
My Nana’s funeral was on Friday and as emotionally charged as it would have been anyway, my lovely sister Stephanie – at 15 days overdue – went into labour before the funeral. She sat through the funeral having contractions, came back to the social function celebrating Nana’s life and eventu... Comment - Like
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Dec 10, 2010, 3:53 pm
My Nana taught me how to knit when I was about the same age as Nairn is now, after years of me playing with her scrap ends and making textile sculptures which she – or my Grampa – would invariably have to clean up. Many a garter stitch scarf was cast on for me to practice with over the years bef... Comment - Like
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Dec 7, 2010, 5:50 am
I keep writing paragraphs about my experience but I’m too cold/exhausted to elaborate so here in bullet points for you, my day yesterday:
One of our staff – Claire – texted me to say the roads were grim and she’d be late.
I called the kids’ nursery to see if they were open. They were, but... Comment - Like
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Nov 30, 2010, 7:14 pm
I’m not really sure I should be writing about this in the public domain, and indeed this post may very well disappear over the coming hours/days but I have an urge to get this out somewhere. Here goes.
Bob went into hospital on Thursday night and do you know my main emotion wasn’t worry or fear... Comment - Like
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Nov 26, 2010, 4:23 am
My children have had a banana and a cupcake for breakfast. Last night’s dinner dishes are still strewn across the dinner table, licked clean by the cats overnight. I’m wearing the same clothes as I had on yesterday. Where did it all go wrong?
Well, you may know that I had to sell the “battleb... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2010, 9:35 am
I’m knitting again! Oh frabjous day etc etc, I am back in the land of the crafters!
I genuinely thought that when I started up my own SUPERCOOL crafting business I would have loads of time to knit and sew and craft. Why didn’t anyone warn me about admin and accounting and all of that kind of st... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2010, 4:19 am
Look at this face!
I stare at this face (when he’s oblivious) at any given opportunity. It’s like watching a butterfly emerge from a chrysalis, all of a sudden I can see my adult son where a baby was oh so very recently. How did this happen? How is it possible that my tiny small son is so big t... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2010, 8:25 am
This is a sponsored post
So a few weeks ago, the folks over at Johnson’s approached me and asked if I’d participate in the Johnson’s baby bedtime challenge with Greer.
One of the most magical moments of motherhood is watching your baby sleeping … but we all know that getting to that moment... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2010, 5:00 pm
I haven’t written here properly for a long time, and it dawned on me tonight that there are a plethora of reasons for that. First and foremost the fact that I am SO BUSY with the shop that I barely have time for anything outside of it. Secondly, I have been worrying that by posting the realities o... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2010, 6:58 am
This is a sponsored post
We got that letter the other day advising parents to be extra vigilant as there has been an outbreak of head lice. Ick. I personally have never had nits and would like to keep it that way, but I have all too many memories of my Mum dragging a bone comb through my (extremely... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2010, 5:14 pm
This is a sponsored post.
If you’re a regular reader of these here ramblings, you’ll know from this post that we have a sodastream which I LOVE TO DEATH. Seriously. My kids love fizzy drinks and I’m wary of most of it because their teeth are so beautiful and I’d like to preserve that, but k... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2010, 3:56 am
My blog has been on my mind a lot recently. I feel like I was just getting to a point where blogfriends were actively waiting for my updates when I got SO busy with the shop that it ceased to be a priority, but this place has been a part of my life for almost three years now. THREE YEARS. I’m extr... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2010, 3:10 am
Every Monday night at The Life Craft we have a knitting & crochet group on called “Purls of Wisdom” and it’s a great laugh. Lots of knitters & crocheters from across the ability & age spectrums get together and share a cuppa and a chat whilst ploughing on with whatever they’re working on at ... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2010, 3:58 am
I have had the honour of working for Who Cares? Scotland on two separate occasions over the years and it’s an experience I won’t forget in a hurry. The aim of the organisation is to support, advise and advocate for children and young people who are or have been in care – something that has bee... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2010, 3:47 am
Hello worthy friends!
I feel like I owe you all an apology. It has been weeks since my last update and I don’t see me getting much time to update more before the weekend so you’re getting a short and snappy one today. I have a couple of giveaways to organise, some product reviews, updates on w... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2010, 2:47 pm
It’s been nice to spend some quality time just with Nairn recently with him starting an intensive block of swimming lessons last week. Findlay goes away to his Dad’s at the weekend, Erica goes to her dancing class with Bob on a Saturday but Nairn is just generally content to plod along and go wi... Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2010, 2:18 pm
I’m a Mum to four kids who seem to migrate towards brightly coloured plastic tat, so the Early Learning Centre has been a frequently visited shop for us over the last ten years. I’ve always been relatively impressed by their range of art supplies like air drying clay, paint and suchlike ... Comment - Like
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Jul 19, 2010, 5:54 pm
I’m getting to that stage in my life where I can never quite remember what I have done or not done recently so I’m going to assume that I haven’t told you much – if anything – about The Life Craft so far.
Way back in November I posted this entry explaining that due to ... Comment - Like
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