This post is totally ripped off inspired by Mummy
Limited who from time to time writes a Small Things post. All about the small
pleasures in life, the things you don’t notice or make a fuss about. I loved
her post this week and got me thinking that I need to blog more about
life. It’s all been about reviews and
commercial content which works well for Parent Panel but it’s been a while
since I have dug deep and I need to get back there.
So here are my small things from the past few months.
Having a park a three minute walk away so you and your girls
can blow the cobwebs away.
Swapping apples from your neighbours garden for
cucumbers from yours. Growing cucumber in our garden. Baking apple crumble with
the apples from your neighbour.
Growing
pumpkins. Twitter friends pointing out pumpkin recipes for you.
Making Jamie Oliver’s Dim Sum Pork Dumplings, they turning
out perfect and everyone including your fussy daughter eating them.
Dinners
around a proper kitchen table.
Vanilla Lattes.
Learning to crochet properly after spending 4 years trying
to and it finally clicks. Having your daughter demand you crochet her a blanket
to snuggle under and her choosing the order the colours go in. Having time to
crochet.
Re-reading Jilly Coopers Riders and Rivals books. Reading a book that is not a children’s
book. Staying up late to read one more
chapter.
Finding a new TV channel full of trashy programmes. Filling
my sky + box with trashy programmes and then watching them with a big cup of
tea while the baby is napping.
My daughter starting school and loving it. One on one time
with my baby. The school run as it means I get out of the house each day and go
for a walk.
Central heating after living in a house for 6 years with
storage heaters. A real fire. Purple Moccasins
slippers.
New winter boots. New scarves. New leather satchel. Being
able to buy new things that are just for me.
Maternity leave. Having a client to go back to after
maternity leave. The possibilities ahead of me.
New friends. Old friends. Family.
What small things have you noticed?