The first thing I did this morning was weigh myself. It has been a week and I just felt like I had lost weight. And I had! Four pounds, to be exact. I am over the moon! Insomnia A couple of hours later, the insomnia clinic phoned for our appointment. It lasted almost two hours!……
Category: Homeschooling
Blogmas {Day 6}
After a night of very little sleep, I woke up feeling out of sorts. Gary’s off on holiday from work at the moment, and I find him very distracting and am completely unproductive when he is around! That said, we did manage to make our way to the swimming pool after we’d dropped the younger……
Blogmas {Day 5}
Soooo, after swimming yesterday, I came home, had a bath and then quickly wrote my post for yesterday. I was surprised to find that by around ten I was genuinely tired. Not exhausted and buzzy (my normal) but really relaxed and tired. Reflecting on why this was, I think the subdued lighting in the swimming……
Blogmas {Day 2, 3 and 4}
I like taking the weekend off from writing and all things digital so you’re getting three days in one! I’ve had a great three days, especially given there has been so much tempting food around. Saturday {Day 2} On Saturday we spent the day decorating, Christmas shopping and I ended the day with a date……
Blogmas 2023 {Day 1}
I’m thinking I didn’t think this through! Yes, I know, that absolutely sounds just like me! I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes thinking about what I’m going to write. I never do that. Usually I just write. Health Writing about what you’ve got up to fitness wise and nutrition wise is just not very……
Blogmas {Introduction}
Traditionally, I’ve taken December off to spend time with the family. This was absolutely the right thing to do when the children were younger. This year all five children are so incredibly busy socially that Gary and I don’t really get a look in! This makes me happy and sad in equal parts. Happy because……
A Look Back at November’s Goals
Goals for November Small Business Goals Film and post four videos to my art channel Add one item to my Etsy shop each week Install my new printer Design a very small Christmas range Buy five each of the Sea-Life Notebook Range I did everything but the Notebooks. I’m still in two minds about the……
Book Log for November
For all the books I’ve read this year, click on the following links: January to March April May June July August September October And the books I have read this month: 86. It’s Never Too Late and You’re Never Too Old by Vic Johnson 87. Confessions of an Adoptive Parent by Mike Berry 90. 52……
Cylinder Seals {Mesopotamia Unit Study}
Cylinder seals are one of the most fascinating artefacts to come out of Mesopotamia. In fact, Mesopotamia is known for these small, cylindrical stamps, which are considered to be its unparalleled artistic accomplishment. Read more: This lesson on Mesopotamian stamp seals gives you lots of information about the cylinder seal’s earlier cousin Also, do check……
November’s Goals {and a Look Back at October’s}
Sooo…last month I wrote down my goals. In this post I will be going through those and also writing my new goals for November. Goals for October Small Business Goals Add one product a week to my Etsy shop Publicise my shop (I am definitely back-pedalling on this) Go through my notebooks and make sure……
Happy 21st Birthday Girls!
My gorgeous twins turned 21 today! Twenty-one? How on earth did that happen? I’m so grateful to have spent the last 21 years with you both in my life. It’s been a blast!! I could not be more proud of the loving, thoughtful and caring girls you are. We love you so very much ❤️
Book Log for October
For all the books I’ve read this year, click on the following links: January to March April May June July August September And these are the ones I have read in October: 77. The Complete Guide to Therapeutic Parenting by Jane Mitchell and Sarah Naish 78. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron 79. Halloween Party by……
Home Business Log #002
I don’t know about you, but I love watching the trajectory of someone’s journey. It can be an actual journey or a metaphorical one…it doesn’t really matter, I just enjoy the progression of someone’s dream coming true. In this vein, I thought I’d share my home business journey. I’m aware that this might wholly back……
Blog Changes
You may or may not have noticed that there have been some changes to my blog. Angelicscalliwags had been a primarily homeschool blog, but three of my students had grown up and the two left worked mainly independently. I wasn’t sure I had anything interesting to write anymore. My blogging became less and less frequent.……
