As you may or may not know by now I’m part of the team trying to set up a Youth and Community Venue called The Fountain here in Bedford. Well Chris (my husband) did his bit and cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats (me and my Father in Law blogged our way round as [...]
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So today had an early start and those of you who know me in person know that I don’t particularly like early mornings. You add in cold temperatures and I like them even less! Yes that’s -12 Celsius! That’s 10 Fahrenheit if you prefer. Either way it was very cold and I did not want [...]
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Joining with Megan from The Happy Day Blog. You can see her post here. Dear Monday, I gave in, I got up this morning and went to work – I’d been at work about ten minutes and my colleague commented how ill I looked – and I agreed with her – I felt like my [...]
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31 Jan 2012 // 12:01 am //
100 Words,
Challenges
You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 29 I call her from the other side of the world and her phone goes straight to voicemail. “Mum, I’m pretty sure when your only daughter is the other side of the world, you don’t ignore international calls in case it’s an emergency.” I paused, I [...]
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Back in April when I turned 25 I wrote my 25 Before I’m 26 list. It’s now about 9 months through the year – I managed to complete another goal today so wanted to update you all. Read Love Wins by Rob Bell Take part in the “Messiah From Scratch” (Christmas 2o11) (Done – November 2011) Watch [...]
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16 Jan 2012 // 8:12 pm //
100 Words,
Challenges
You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 27 This week is a bit different – rather than writing a story like normal, we are creating 100 word critiques of last weeks stories. Well first up I have to pick a story. I chose this one from HerMelNess Speaks: I looked down, aghast at the [...]
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13 Jan 2012 // 8:17 am //
Challenges,
Fill In The Blanks
1. The last thing I ate was my dinner yesterday – so that was Shepherd’s Pie and vegetables – my Mum rocks! I helped dish up as she was trying to finish a bunch of stuff. My Dad helped me by serving the vegetables which were baby carrots, garden peas and sweetcorn – my favourites! 2. The [...]
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11 Jan 2012 // 8:10 pm //
100 Words,
Challenges
You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 26 It’s been one of those weeks where I can’t wait for the weekend to get here – then again I messed up my Blogging Plan this week. Hopefully I’ll get it fixed next week – instead today there are two posts. Anyway I will [...]
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1 Jan 2012 // 12:01 am //
Celebrations,
Challenges
Happy New Year!!!!! Hey all! So I’m technically writing this at 7:30pm on the 31st December 2011 before I go to a party. Me and Our Sidekick are getting in the party mood by listening to Foster The People and Rizzle Kicks. (Then again CJ is dancing round upstairs to Bulletproof by La Roux.) Wishing [...]
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20 Dec 2011 // 1:30 pm //
100 Words,
Challenges,
Writing
You can find the prompt here. 100 50/50 Word Challenge So I chose Sally-Jayne‘s story to complete. Here is her first half. He’d guessed as soon as she’d refused the wine, and he wasn’t as happy as she’d hoped he would be. Winter was usually her favourite season, but the snow was coming down so heavily [...]
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