Look at those little tiny shoes. Hard to believe that little girl can fit into those big shoes!!! These are the times I wish they would stay small, you know, without all the crying!!!
The Cliff Notes to your newborn life
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I cannot believe it took me so long to realize that a new mom needs a good
friend to tell her the truth about motherhood. Dear my precious friend that
just...
Working To Pay For Childcare
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[image: HerFamily Irish mothers]Would you consider working just to cover
the cost of childcare? According to a recently released EU-wide study,
that’s ex...
Do you think she is trying to tell me something?
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Miss M has a bit of an obsession. Can you guess what?
The other day she told me she was going to re-do her walls and make her
room over, a couple of hours ...
Day 1
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So this is day one.
I am sharing my daily: diet, exercise and general feelings. I will write a
post, late evening, every day for the month of October.
I a...
Super Mario Maker Nintendo Wii U Review
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Nintendo have brought out another amazing game for the Wii U - Super Mario
Maker. My girls played it happily for ages and have given it a huge thumbs
up, s...
Some guy online was cruel so I told his mother
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You wouldn't think that blogging about parenting a child with special needs
would incur disgust, wrath and vitriol. Yet over the years, it occasionally
h...
Other days
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Some days, when the sun is shining and I don’t expect it to and we have a
good appointment (or better still no appointments), I feel unbelievably,
superhum...
Reasons to be Cheerful: October is here #R2BC
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[image: Reasons to be Cheerful]
It's a new month so Jo (Ojo's World) is having a well earned break from
hosting and handing back to me! Here's hoping I can ...
Freezing Time {Loud ‘n’ Proud}
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The Boy and I were looking through his memory book the other day. The one
that I committed to journalling in every month for the first year of his
life. Th...
Circle time.
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It will surprise no one who knows me that I’m pretty much making this up on
the fly What I have in mind is a situation in which we all support each
other...
The night of the red moon.
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Ah the night of the red moon. Did you see it? They told us it would a very
rare, spectacular occurence. I thought I’d better make an effort to see it
as I’...
Blog Camp at River Cottage
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It may still only be September, and less than a month i […]
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Adventure Journal ~ Oh My Nerves!
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Two years ago I took Nick to Cape Town. The trip involved a two hour plane
trip and all that went with it. We were away from home for three nights and
N...
September Favourites
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The months are going too quick, but at least now we’re back into the school
routine in our home. Next thing now is Halloween which I love. Well, onto
my ...
Ten Years On
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It doesn’t seem that long ago, that we went to Paris for a weekend and came
home two weeks later my left hand sparkling, both sporting big wide smiles
and ...
Bling-Tastic Cardboard Tube Unicorn
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There has long been a passion for unicorns here at Where Wishes HQ. My most
popular blog post is still the very first craft tutorial I ever put
together wh...
It Served Me Well
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Tomorrow sees the arrival of a swanky new cooker into the Simply Homemade
kitchen. It’s all very exciting, minus the cost of it of course! I should
be anno...
The minutiae of a random weekend
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*Dear Reader *
*I have been absent without excuses and now I am back just plunging you
back into the excruciating minutiae of my life without explanation....
Out of the shadows
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We feel most alive in the presence of the Beautiful for it meets the needs
of our soul.
John O Donohue
It wasn't a great summer; grey skies,...
PDA Society Conference 2015…. Magical
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The first ever PDA Society Parent Conference was held on the 23/09/15 at
the Park Inn by Radisson and what a day it was! I have never, ever
attended an ev...
What the f*** do I do with myself now?
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I find myself in a new place in life currently. My eldest has headed off to
university, my youngest has started full time school. The middle one
continue...
Sprayway: Outdoor Living
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Over the last couple of years my desire to get up and get outdoors almost
supersedes my desire to get up and go drink Pink Fizz. I regret the years
I spen...
Six weeks
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I have two children. It’s very strange saying “the kids” all the time.
It’s so grown up. Someone asked me my age the other day and I couldn’t
remember if...
11 Fabulous Family Sun Holiday Destinations
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Ok so I know we are heading toward winter, but I for one am already
thinking about next years sun holiday (you have to dream right?).
Choosing a family h...
I Heard Him In My Heart
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Today was Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement.We fast, we say sorry for
anything that needs apologising for, we pray to be written in the Book of
Life for ano...
Tales Of A Five Year Old Oddball
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Many's the slip between brain and pencil tip: Tales of a five year old
oddball and his drawings
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Autism and Fruit Flies
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It's rare we achieve any meaningful change without having to navigate some
form of conflict, so one of the reasons I'm such a slow learner is that at
the f...
The Dream Job and Just Another Panic Monday.....
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I was a bit out of sorts this Monday morning. I guess another sleepless
night didn't really help. I did eventually fall asleep but it was more of a
drowsy...
13 Unexpected Costs of Raising Small Children
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Before I had children, I had an idea of costs. Clothes, food, shoes,
Christmas etc. You never really think of the other costs the ones that
sneak up on you...
Shopping Tips – 14 September 2015
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This week I thought I had it all organised. I planned my shopping and spent
very little on fresh food – as I got loads of deals. I got complacent and
bou...
Empty nest
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Beautiful baby daughter got the keys to her student flat today. It does
tend to make you a tad reflective, I have had 23 and a half years of
extreme parent...
Hiring and firing decisions based on social media
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[image: Employer spying out employee social media]These are my
ruminations (or two penn’th worth) on Post-40 Bloggers’ writing prompt No.
56 – ‘Social Medi...
9/11: A snapshot in time
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I was surprised to see a former colleague share this on Facebook today. Me,
on September 11 2001, standing with … Read More →
The post 9/11: A snapshot i...
Being Human
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I’ve been watching the excellent UK Series Humans recently – yes, we’re a
little late to get these things at the arse end of the world – and, like
good boo...
She Considers Leaving Home
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It is now official that Julie is not going to university this year. It was
decided months ago, of course, but it is only now, as her friends get ready
t...
She would have been 93...
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Mom & me on her last Mother's Day, 2012
I wish I could tell you this gets easier, but I can't.
I'm in the beautiful Betkshires and the sun is shining and my...
The Tale of the Missing Wardrobe
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In all the years I've been ordering and buying items from online stores, I
honestly don't think, in fact I'm pretty sure, that I have never received
servic...
Looking For Swimwear? Look No Further...
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I can't believe how fast the year is flying by.
Summer is well and truly here! It's that time of year for bearing some
flesh. A time to enjoy the sunshine...
august you will be the death of me
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June was good to us folks, little to complain about at all, July and august
however, not so much.
June was peaceful, we survived and got through it as ...
40 things that the last 40 years have taught me
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40 things that the last 40 years have taught me
[image: Renata as a young child]I turned 40 today, and while my children
slept, and the house was gloriou...
The Bostonian Summary
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We’re home now and overall Caleigh had a good week in Boston. As I wrote on
Tuesday, her Monday barium enema was a little rough on her system, but she
se...
And we danced all night to my last blog ever
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So I've decided this is to be my last post.
For a few reasons really:
The original idea of this blog was to keep a record of everything we had
been thro...
Boys get PMS too right?
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So I think I may have jinxed myself after the last blog. He went from the
dream pre-teen to be the nightmare pre-teen almost immediately. I knew
it'd ha...
We've Moved!
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We've moved to a shinier, brand new home at LeglessInDublin.com
Oooh! We will be writing up features, reviews and more but we will also be
inviting you t...
Veggie gardens….
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Its been a busy month and the weather has been a mixed bag. One minute hot
and sunny, the next torrential rain and winds. We are keeping our fingers
crosse...
Our new blogging space….
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We’ve been away for a while, but now we’re back!! Come and visit us at our
brand new blog space – View From The Road See ya over there!!
Raising the Bar
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A few years ago I attended a talk called 'Autism Across America" during the
Family Cafe on Disabilities conference in Orlando. The lecturer was a guy
in h...
Where Did 2014 Go????
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It's Hogmanay here in Scotland. New Year's Eve to everyone else and as it
gets closer to the end of the year my only New Year Resolution is to try
and blog...
Up and down the slippery SEN ladder again
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My son started college in September. It isn’t going as well as we had
hoped. Poor communication and inconsistent support has led to him dropping
out. Ou...
Eleven
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As I took down the last of the Halloween decor, indulged in purely for the
delight of J2 and his friends, I mentally ticked that event off of the
'to-do' l...
A New Chapter: Starting School
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It's been an age since I blogged, I know. I'm not sure I can even remember
how - but here goes:
An era ended recently and a new chapter has begun.
'Baby...
Moving on
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I won't be writing at this blog any longer. It's just not working for me
anymore. My life is changing and I am moving on. I think I may end up
blogging els...
Holly tells a tale
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When I was expecting Holly there was a John Lewis Christmas ad. that had
Sadie enthralled. The Ellie Goulding version of Elton John's Your Song that
it con...
What would you do...
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Like a relentless nagging whining child, a question keeps running through
my head in the style of the National Lottery advertising campaign where we
wer...
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Just looks impossible doesn't it? How can a human grow so much, yet we barely notice. Must be quite strange for you remembering so far back.
ReplyDeleteThey grow up so damn fast, it's scary. Great pic though X
ReplyDeleteGreat and really striking image
ReplyDeleteLook at those little tiny shoes. Hard to believe that little girl can fit into those big shoes!!! These are the times I wish they would stay small, you know, without all the crying!!!
ReplyDeletewow... those are big! and small... such a cute pic. I bet there were a few more along the way though.... :)
ReplyDelete@lucewoman - It doesn't seem so far back, it just seems like yesterday...
ReplyDelete@lyndylou - they do x
@Kate - good, glad you think so.
@Lizbeth - I LOVE them when they're small :)
@Steph - there were a lot...
Very cool!
ReplyDeletexx Jazzy
@jazzy - I know, I wish I could still wear shoes like that lol xx
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