Please be upstanding

I woke up with a very sore knee today. Probable cause: too many hours sitting at my desk, something that was on the agenda again today. Hmm.

My solution was a spot of DIY. I pulled out the unused bookshelf that lurks under the bed, popped it on top of a couple of open [...]

A Magical Evening

Last night’s Sharrow Lantern Carnival was a magical evening. The lanterns were created by local people in a series of workshops during February and March leading up to the big event.

Everyone gathered at Mount Pleasant Park and waited for the Sheffield Samba Band to lead the procession.

Sharrow Lantern Carnival 2012 – [...]

Learning to dance in the rain

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

Anonymous

It seems such a short lifetime ago that I blogged on my teachery site about how good it was to get back to normal. Remind me, what exactly is normal anyway?

We started the half [...]

The End Is Nigh

It’s seemed like a long time, but finally, the end is in sight.

Back in June, when his well and truly broken leg was pinned together, Mr TLC was told it would be 4-6 months before the frame could be removed – assuming everything went well. He had five months fixed in his head, [...]

Milestones

Mr TLC starts to get mobile, including walking from the kitchen to the living room using only one crutch. Result.  This momentous step forward marks Mr TLC’s return to being a maker of copious cups of tea.

Mr TLC’s latest x-ray shows signs of the bones starting to heal. Woohoo!

I conquer the paper [...]

Mr TLC doesn’t have a leg to stand on

Mr TLC is not a man to be outdone. Oh no.

Mr TLC obviously felt that Super Mum had not tested the services of the NHS rigorously enough, so he decided to take on a spot of testing himself.

It started with a bang, the sort of bang made by a man who [...]

Three

It’s the start of June, which means that Mr TLC’s granddaughter is 3. Where does the time go? It also means that I get to play at baking birthday cakes. Actually, this year I get to do it twice – once for the family do, once for the kids’ party in a few days [...]

Riding the Roller Coaster of Life

A glance at my sidebar indicates a rather quiet May. A glance at my life indicates quite the opposite, the last month has been somewhat eventful.

It started quietly enough. In fact, in a nice bit of temporal symmetry, the month both began and ended with school holidays. During the first one, I did [...]

Ay Up and Away

I would like to dedicate this post to Oliver Letwin MP, who is putting in a strong performance in his bid for the title of Least Popular Man in Sheffield. Allegedly.

 

Plan B

Plan A involved an offline sort of day. My priority for today: enjoying Mr TLC’s company.

But it’s important to recognise when a man is pining for his guitar.

Plans can be rewritten, so whilst Mr TLC strums for half an hour, here I am, wishing you a Merry Christmas.

Been a busy [...]

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