- I am but a shadow of myself - Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm supposed to enjoy having my kids around aaaaall the time. But you know what? I don't. Much as I love them, sometimes I just need some time by myself. Without constant interruptions. Just me, myself and I.
I was taking my son Piet for his swimming lessons for the umpteenth time, feeling numb with boredom, when he suddenly said: 'Daddy is very naughty!' 'Oh yeah?' I said distractedly, because I was busy feeling sorry for myself. 'Daddy uses lots of naught words' 'Yes, daddy uses lots of naughty words when the other...
I've had a Netflix subscription for about 5 years now. I still think the whole concept of Netflix is a great invention. But after 5 years I was like this woman who's looking into her full closet thinking: 'There's nothing I want in there.' That was me and Netflix. Let's give Amazon Prime a try...
My husband brought home this really ugly plant. My father in law bought it, and then gave it to my husband. So it was a gift. And you know what they say about gifts and horses. Which is why I silently suffered it's ugliness. Sometimes beauty comes out of ugly But then one day it...
I was shopping with my youngest daughter when I spotted them: Really cute shoes. The called out to me. They truly did. Never mind that they had laces and really high heels. Two things I usually avoid like the plague. Trying them on I decided to try them on. Sometimes when you try something it...
I used to greatly prefer réál books to eBooks.But then I discovered the perks of eBooks, and now I find myself using my eReader all the time. However, unlike paper books, eReaders have needs. They run on batteries. Modern day reading One day, while I was out in our garden basking in the sunshine, while...
I'm trying to be frugal, so I'm using our woodburner to keep us warm instead of using the central heating. There's rat in our wood burner! This morning, shivering and feeling like Cinderella on a particularly bad day, I carefully opened the little door of the wood burner to put some logs inside, and create...
Ever since I read Sally Hinchcliffe's book The Year List, I've been interested in bird watching. I'm not saying I'm any good at it, but now, whenever I see a bird I find myself wondering: ' What kind of bird is that?' Birdwatching during the Covid 19 crisis Birdwatching is an activity that's easy to...
Who needs a ladder when you've got a Chesterfield couch and a windowsill! Scary times: finding solace in domestic tasks These are scary times. The coronavirus is wreaking havoc in the world. Apart from keeping our distance from each other, and trying to stay healthy there's not all that much you can do. Some things...
Even though times are tough, they're also kind of interesting. It's like the world has come to a standstill. And even though that's worrying, I also feel it's a chance for all of us to stop and think. To reconsider the way we're doing things. And ask ourselves: Is there maybe another, a better way?...
