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Cheerio 2013!

December 31, 2013 By in Blogging Tags: , , , , 6 Comments

That was quite a year, wasn’t it?

DorkyDad and I had a lovely time out at the Taste of Tasmania festival last night, and we were reflecting on what big changes there have been in our lives over the last twelve months. I thought I’d spend the last afternoon of 2013 pulling together a short roundup of posts and images from the blog. I hope you enjoy them.

Thanks so much for reading DorkyMum over the last twelve months. Every comment, every page view and every shared post still fills me with surprise and delight. I may not have the most readers in the parent blogosphere, but I definitely have the best ones…

Much love to you and your families – I hope 2014 is full of laughter, love and happiness.

Ruth x

Edinburgh in the snow

January was about writing my shovel list (and indeed lots of other lists), considering my employment options, and attending the launch of the IF campaign. Continue reading →

My Word for 2014

December 22, 2013 By in Blogging Tags: , , , , , , , 45 Comments

Compass street art

Since my dear friend Emily – The Startup Wife – introduced me to the practice a couple of years ago, I’ve taken a morning or an evening every December to complete Susannah Conway’s Unravelling the Year workbook.

It’s a very worthwhile activity. Susannah challenges you, in the gentlest way possible, to look at the year that has just passed and reflect on what went well, what could have gone better, and what you’ve learned about yourself and others along the way.

You then take time to think about the year ahead and what your dreams, hopes and ambitions are, as well as noting any obstacles you expect to face and considering how you might overcome them. To tie all that together, you choose one word to keep in mind and inform your actions throughout the year – an overarching theme for everything that follows.

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Tuesday Treats – an extra turn!

December 10, 2013 By in Blogging Tags: , , 18 Comments

love autumn leaf

Under normal circumstances, it would be the turn of Christine at Thinly Spread to share her Tuesday Treats today. But if you follow Christine’s blog at all you’ll know she has been a very busy lady organising lots of blogger support for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. Find out how you can get involved yourself here.

Christine’s hectic schedule means I’m taking an extra turn on the Tuesday Treats roundabout. It’s perhaps just as well, because I’ve read SO many good posts recently – this is already going to be a fairly epic collection – if I’d had to wait another fortnight for my turn to come around it would have ended up novel-length.

If you haven’t read a Tuesday Treats post before, it’s a collection of great posts from all around the blogsophere that the curators – myself, Chris, Becky at Baby Budgeting and Lizzie at Me and My Shadow – think deserve a little love. So please pop over and read one or two of the suggested posts, as well as leaving a link in the comments to anything you’ve read and enjoyed recently yourself. Hopefully there’s something to please everyone among this bunch… Continue reading →

Tuesday Treats

November 19, 2013 By in Blogging Tags: , 11 Comments

love autumn leaf

I feel like I’m so behind on my blog reading, blog writing and blog commenting just now that I may never catch up… That said, there is time even in the busiest of weeks for Tuesday Treats – the weekly round up of top posts that I share with Chris from Thinly Spread, Becky at Baby Budgeting, and Lizzie at Me and my Shadow.

I’ve got my usual ramshackle selection for you below, and if you’ve enjoyed any other posts or articles recently, please pop a link in the comments. Continue reading →

Tuesday Treats is Back!

October 14, 2013 By in Blogging Tags: , , , 13 Comments

*Yawns*

*Stretches*

*Blinks at you through bleary eyes*

Hello! After several months off, the Tuesday Treats team – me, Chris, Lizzie and Becky – finally feel like we’ve had enough of a rest, and we’re ready to resume the weekly roundup of blog posts we’ve enjoyed recently.

I’m kicking things off today – I hope you like these posts as much as I did. Please feel free to leave some links to posts you’ve enjoyed over the summer in the comments below.

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