Every week for about the last six weeks, I've read Polly's lovely 52 weeks of gratitude post and every week I've commented to say how lovely her post was and how important it was to be grateful for the small things in life.  I've probably even said a few times that I would be joining in and writing my own but I've never got around to actually doing it until today.This is my favourite time of year and I love that the nights are drawing in - we had a gorgeous walk on the beach in the dark one night last week and we loved it.  It turns out paddling in the sea is even more fun in the dark … [Read more...]

Do you take advantage of everything that your local library has to offer?  I bet you don't.Here's ten reasons why you should visit your library more often....Free internet access although you may need to book in your time in advance. Free Word processing facilities - ours has Microsoft Word, Spreadsheet, Excel and Powerpoint that I know of.   The only thing you pay for is to print of any of your work. They often have an excellent reference library with lots of local historical data including things like births and deaths, ordinance survey maps, council meeting minutes and lots … [Read more...]

Well, this last month has been a bit of a strange one.  We've all had tummy bugsm closely followed by colds which on top of the usual tiredness that going back to school brings has meant that we haven't done very much that hasn't included the settee and a pile of fluffy blankets.As a result, I haven't taken many pictures at all and I did think that a lack off pictures of them together would mean I wouldn't be able to join in with Octobers Sibling linky but I've had a look through my phone and I've found a few photos that I've taken over the last month so here I am.I … [Read more...]