A Life in Lists

January 30, 2013 By DorkyMum in Nostalgia Tags: lists, making lists, organisation, time management, writing, writing lists 32 Comments

I read a grand wee post over at Me, Mine and Other Bits yesterday about making lists.

I have always been a list-maker. When I was very young, and didn’t actually have anything important to write down, I’d just make lists of things like 10 favourite colours, or 20 tastiest foods, or 30 best Premiership footballers.

(I have dozens of notebooks full of that kind of list, which I must dig out one day because I’m sure they’ll give me a chuckle).

But at university, and then at work, list writing started to become more important, and now as a mother and wife it is how I keep on top of EVERYTHING.

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We’re All Going on a Job Hunt…

January 29, 2013 By DorkyMum in Family, Harpenden Tags: back to work, employment, flexible working, jobs, re-entering the workplace, stay at home parents, work life balance, working families, working mums, working parents 40 Comments

I mentioned in a post last week that we’d done our application for DorkySon’s reception place. With that task out of the way, I’ve had to turn my attention to the other big thing that I knew this year would bring.

Job-hunting.

*weeps quietly*

As the start of school will mean that DorkySon will be in someone else’s care for five full days a week, rather than just the three mornings that he currently spends in nursery, the time has come for me to find some kind of gainful employment. Continue reading →

Enough Food If…

January 24, 2013 By DorkyMum in Activism Tags: Activism, Bill Nighy, campaigning, Enough food for everyone IF, hunger, hunger campaign, IF campaign, IF coalition, Raymond Blanc, Save the Children, Somerset House 32 Comments

There is nothing more powerful than feeling like you are part of a movement

Last night – standing outside Somerset House, with several brilliant bloggers tweeting away beside me, and Bill Nighy on stage in front of me talking passionately about land grabs and tax dodging and poverty as a form of slavery – I started to get that tiny tingle in my toes. It wasn’t just the cold. It was the feeling of excitement, anticipation and empowerment that comes when you start to believe that change is possible.

What IF we were the generation that could put an end to world hunger?

More than 100 charities believe that it is possible, and they’ve joined forces to launch the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign.

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New Shoes

January 21, 2013 By DorkyMum in Family Tags: children, children's shoes, Clarks Shoes, new shoes, parenting, shoe shopping, Stompos, stomposaurus 26 Comments

Every so often, something unexpected will really take my breath away as it reminds me how much DorkySon is growing up.

It’s not usually something big or significant that startles me into that realisation. We have dispensed with naps and nappies, with a minimum of fuss. Sippy cups and sleep suits are a thing of the past, and I haven’t shed a tear over either. But this weekend I had one of those moments where I stopped and looked at my boy, shaking my head in disbelief. Wow.

DorkySon needed new shoes. Continue reading →

Live in the Now January

January 18, 2013 By DorkyMum in Family, Scotland, Travel Tags: Edinburgh, education, Family, friendship, live in the now, parenting, schools, Travel, UK snow 14 Comments

Back in December I did a Live in the Now post, for the first time in months, where I took some time to just look around at our life and reflect on where we all are. I’m going to try and keep that going throughout 2013, as a way of remembering the little things that don’t really warrant a post to themselves. Continue reading →

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