Are you on the dreaded hunt to find that perfect gift for the hardworking farmer? You want to surprise him with something original, thoughtful and practical to fit in with his day-to-day needs but you aren’t quite sure where to start. We get it, it’s not easy shopping for a man’s man, a farmer, a workhorse…
Baby J is now a month old and, before baby brain takes over my head forever, I thought now might be the right time to share my birth story. We last left off with my 37 week pregnancy update. Like I said previously, my local hospital now gives any mother who is due to give…
My first two pregnancies resulted in a vaginal birth and a caesarean section (due to a breech baby) in that order so, with number three, when I found out I would be having another section, I wasn’t exactly over joyed. I am now almost four weeks-post surgery and I can honestly say it was a…
I actually feel lucky to be writing this blog post. I met my idol. Idol is possibly not the right word. I am almost certain the lady I speak of would hate to be called an idol. Icon, possibly. Hero, more likely. Whatever she is, she is greatly admired by me. I first encountered Margaret…
The problem with being a second child is that many of your clothes and toys will be hand-me-downs from your older sibling. This has been the case here, despite Boo bing a girl and G being a boy. Gender lines are airbrushed a bit here with G often seen wearing pink sleepsuits. Now imagine being…
I am sure I have done one of these before but I searched on my blog and I couldn’t find it. I read Rachel Swirl’s A to Z of me and thought, even if I have done one before, I would have another go. Some of the answers are sure to be different. A is…
So you want to meet a farmer? Well good luck with that. I have been with my farmer for over ten years now, married for half of that time and I have been asked quite a bit how we met. I think people think there should have been some really farm story-you know, my car…
When you are busy or you need to keep your children amused, it is so easy to just reach for your phone or iPad and stick Peppa Pig on. There has been many articles in the media recently about parents using technology as some kind of babysitter and, while my children do have access to…
What a month it has been for all of us. We started off, right after the last Siblings project with me trying to take each day as it came because of my pregnancy being so unpredictable. It seemed each appointment I had, ran the risk of me being admitted to the antenatal ward which happened…
Over the Christmas period, I had a look over some of my old blog posts. It actually made for interesting reading, for me. Remembering activities I had forgotten we did and seeing how our lives and the farm has changed. One post that stuck in my head though was my post: My Life as a…