Time …
Is something there isn’t an awful lot of around here at the moment. As Christmas approached I suddenly started to become very aware that March wasn’t all that very far away and with it our wedding....
View ArticleSo near
It is a matter of days now until the wedding and I can’t believe that it is almost here. I can’t believe that Gareth and I actually, after nine years of being together and six years of engagement are...
View ArticleThe One Where I Got Married
Many months ago, on the 19th March to be exact Gareth and I finally got married, nine years almost to the day that we got together. A day that I loved and was worth every single second of stress and...
View ArticleCrisp
So the clocks have changed and perhaps it is time for a change here. Lately I’ve been feeling I’ve lost the joy of the small, the interest in finding the nugget of my day that was worth waking up for....
View ArticleCraft
I don’t think I realised quite how much I missed it. A few months ago I picked up a sampler kit from a shop, cross stitch, pattern, all silks and colours predetermined. Not a free form project, no...
View ArticleFear
Yes folks a gym and I am frightened! I initially mentioned it to Gareth as a cheap showering option whilst the bathroom is being remodelled, sadly he was more keen on the actual working out aspect of...
View ArticleTiny Steps
I got suckered in … This proves that although my posting has been absent from blogland I certainly haven’t been! I’ve been waiting for a project to take my fancy and when I found the Beekeepers Quilt I...
View ArticleTime Flies
So I have been absent for well over a year but I promise you I have a good reason. I joined the gym back in November 2011 to lose weight with one goal in mind, getting pregnant. I’ve posted here before...
View ArticleMummy’s Day
Photo taken by one of my lovely new NCT friends For many years before I’ve used my blog as a way to wish my lovely M a Happy Mother’s Day. And for today Happy Mother’s Day M! Now at long last I can...
View ArticleEaster 2013
Easter has long been a food extravaganza around these parts. In fact looking through those posts I always seem to post the ubiquitous egg and soldiers picture! Although I hold true to my traditions...
View ArticleComfort Ripple
I always make quilts for the babies in the family, and whilst Sausage certainly has his own quilt one of the things I made that he has used the most is his ripple blanket. A crochet ripple using...
View ArticleWashed Out
I know, I know, not a handful of posts since I’ve been back and already I’m complaining! So if you would like to skip my mope then please feel free to skip to the bottom and read the sentence marked *....
View ArticleSmall Things
After my last whingey post I’ve spent the last few days revelling in the small pleasures. Today it’s this the first cold coffee of the year in the sunshine. Sausage was napping in his pram and I sat in...
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Today was the Charter Fair in the village that we live in. You’d think I’d know what a charter fair was, but frankly I don’t and for once I have absolutely no desire to better myself by googling it....
View ArticleNine Months
Dear Sausage, Today you are nine months old. Way back before you were born, in a time I can barely remember, I had these grand plans of writing to you every month. It wasn’t necessarily going to be...
View ArticleKnock Knock
So its been a while! I keep wondering about getting rid of the blog and some part of can’t just let it go, Then I have the days that I sit down to post and I look at it and just think nothing about it...
View ArticleAnother Summer Passes By
I think the title says it all to be honest! I picked up the laptop so many times over the last six weeks. Thinking ahhh G is on holiday I should be able to get this show back on the road, yet somehow...
View ArticleRoutine
I know that somewhere far back in the distant archives of Generally Gemma I’ve posted about how much I love the predictability of my life, both I and it seems The Dude thrive on routine and knowing...
View ArticleLanguage
If you’ve been reading here for a while, or if you’ve been bored enough to trawl my archives, you’ll know that I grew up in Spain, and to a great extent it will always feel like home to me. And whilst...
View ArticleChristmas and Fireplaces
Growing up we were always blessed with houses with fireplaces. In fact I think that one of the things that drew our family to the house in Spain was the MASSIVE fireplace in the lounge. When we first...
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