Muddling Through Motherhood

… and that’s always a dangerous thing.
Lots of general musings about life and the world and how I would ideally like things to be.
Having Rowan has really really made me consider things that had previously been unimportant to me, or ignorable. You can see evidence of this in my new interest in environmentally friendly [...]

Or ‘A bit of blackberry picking’
This afternoon, after Rowan’s epic nap and a hearty snack (he fell asleep before his lunch!) I decided the time was ripe (!) to go and investigate our local ‘fields’ and hedges for some blackberries, with Rowan in tow.
He got very excited when I suggested he might like to [...]

I’ve been reading a bit lately about peak oil and climate change and that sort of thing. This is because I’ve found that having Rowan has made me worry about the future, and because we have friends who have managed to effectively (and not deliberately) make me sit up and notice. I’m a bit [...]

When I get frustrated with David, or Rowan, or life in general, as we all do at times, it is hard to focus on how lucky I really am. But I do know it, and today I am reminded that for every hard moment or tough day there are five (at least!) good ones. [...]

I’ve just watched a nice cooking program on iplayer called ‘economy gastronomy’. As some typical voyeuristic BBC lifestyle rubbish, combined with some nice simple cookery, I enjoyed it. However as a comment on the people they found to go on it, I just want to say WTF!!?
This family (and I am afraid they are [...]

I’m currently in the process of making sure all our CDs are ripped so we can put them somewhere out of the way (and out of reach of little fingers) as we never use them directly. I’m wishing it were sensible to do the same with all those unwatched DVDs but I guess there would [...]

8 years ago today I got married. Thankfully to David – only the one husband so far! It was a bizarre day that I enjoyed overall but have some odd memories of. I’ve always said I like being married better than getting married and it is still true. They have been 8 good years, [...]

Or Poo! if you’re fluent in Rowan Speak
Rowan has just developed an excellent awareness of the contents of his nappy. Since about last Tuesday he has been regularly grabbing at his nappy (picture a toddler bending over and grabbing his crotch!) while shouting Doo! to tell us he’s done a poo. [...]

I’ve long been thinking about my impact on this world an how I can try to live better and despite arguments with David about just how much effect one family would have, I have decided to try to set myself a goal. Maybe each week, maybe one for a month.
My first goal is for august, [...]

Well after the my response from Ms Baird MP, I emailed my MP again who responded promptly restating my two main points and promising to ask for clarification on these. A couple of days ago I got a response and here it is:
Dear Julie,
Regarding [me]
Thank you for your letter of 23rd June to the [...]