Joy at Easter.

The last few posts have been little brief ones. 'Cos it's been the Easter holidays - Daddy at home, sometimes the 3 of us, sometimes at my parents, where there was a beautiful 5 adults to 1 child ratio - hap peeeeee days.

I have to be honest, I was kind of dreading the Easter holidays, even though it is one of my favourite, if not my favourite time of year. That is precisely why I was dreading it. You see I love celebrating Easter, the resurrection, spring arriving, being able to go out in a mac not a thick wooly coat, there being more daylight, and of course tulips. I love tulips. 

But it often ends up that I spend most of this time in bed, which is just not so good. But this year, yes my friends, we had a lovely Easter time. There were trips to the park, chocolate, church services, tulips, visiting family, seeing friends and lots of laughs. Yes of course lots of rest times, but just the correct amount. 

Hooray ! It's nice when things work out isn't it ?


We even had one of those oh so rare moments (which anyone with a small child will understand) where you are all happy, not tired, everyone slept well the night before, and enjoying the same activity at the same time ......... !

These are the moments we limp through the tricky times for aren't they ?!


To be honest if these holidays hadn't been good, I think I may have cracked up just a little bit. I have just been struggling, with the constant struggle, you know what I mean ? 
But this past two weeks were a breath of fresh air. 


Yes I feel nervous about the weekly normalities and struggles resuming tomorrow, but with a bit more juice in my tank, and the promise of sunny skies -  I think i'm ready to face it all head on.

A holiday day.

My wee girlie, running free......................a happy day.

We found a very lovely park, with a free carpark - even better. She kind of went a bit crazy, you know when they just kind of run around in circles squealing a bit. 


Thankfully we were in a wide open space where all water had a fence around it, and there weren't really any other people. 

Easter flowers

I usually don't like Daffodils, I find the yellow of them insipid, but these little beauties are like their more beautiful cousins. Not bad for 89p from Aldi.

This little Rose was in a bouquet of flowers given to me by a friend, which I think had been passed down from 3 other people ! Highly recycled flowers - still stunning.

And lastly a beautiful Orchid. We had Orchids and tulips at our wedding, my two favourite flowers. This little beauty was a gift from my lovely man on our anniversary.

Flowers make the world a happier place, don't you think ?

6 years ago

6 years ago today, we tied the knot.

It was a beautiful day, and has been a fantastic six years.

I genuinely love being married. Yes it takes work, but mostly it is great fun, and a real privilege to have a companion to walk through life with. 

Ten on Tuesday

  .......on a wednesday.


Yesterday was just one of those days where the blog wasn't a flowin'. So here are my eight on wednesday......cos I don't have 10 in my head.




1. Little tyke has some serious issues with her size and how it relates to inanimate objects. She keeps trying to get IN her small ' bob the builder's surf shack' house toy thing. Think about 6 inches by 8 inches and you about have it. She also does this with toy chairs from a dolls house at out local playgroup, and tries to sit on them. Weird.




2. It is the beautiful Easter holidays. Two weeks of lovely time when there are two adults, not just one. Bliss. A few lie ins, and a bit of company, not forgetting the sweet joy of having a shower on my own, or not in 2 seconds flat while she watches andy pandy.




3. So, there was sunshine ................and then there was snow. Having bought myself a rather beautiful new spring/summer dress, I was more than a little bit frustrated that the lovely yellow shiny sunshine has hidden itself firmly behind those chilly white clouds.




4. Easter is upon us, and this year there shall be Easter eggs in the Deane house. Last year there weren't any. Little Tike was too small for chocolate and the husbando and I couldn't really afford to buy any. It's a bizarre thing, cos for me Easter just isn't about Chocolate eggs. It's about the celebration of Jesus' resurrection. The stone rolled away, new hope, eternal life, victory over death. But I am happy to eat chocolate, so will be combining the two! And yes I guess there is the egg-new life link, but lets face it, that really is tenuous.
(But the Easter bunny, for me is just a step too far. Not a fan of the Easter bunny) 


5. For the third week in a row, a friend has made me cake. This week it was a very tasty lemon drizzle cake and a bunch of flowers too. Thankyou thankyou thankyou. There should always be cake.




6. The beauty of having the lovely Husbando off work, is that I get to go out and about a little more. And dashing for bed as soon as Little tike has her lunchtime sleep isn't so pressing, as this can happen later in the day if needed. So yesterday we had a lovely coffee together while she slept. 

Life's not too bad when you get to sit somewhere pretty and have a much needed chatter with your favourite Man ey. I am one lucky lady.




7.  Wires, I hate them. Really hate them. This is why........

8. I am loving the new TV show 'the voice' It kind of scratches my itch for a bit of fairly good live music threaded nicely into my television viewing. I also really like the combo of judges on there. Tom Jones with Will I am - interesting combination. Such a relief from the X factor which I gave up on many years ago. 

( wouldn't mind one of those chairs either ! )

A little trip out

One of my favourite places in the UK, the lovely Albert Docks. I never tire of it a little outing there. The weather was was drizzly, but just hit the spot.

Sunny days

One sunny late afternoon, that portion of the day when we are out of ideas of how to keep our little tike happy at home, and can't be bothered to cook tea. .......... Chips in the park, by the lake. Lovely. ( bit colder than expected, but lovely )

I am fairly easily pleased really, a little bit of energy to go to the park, husband, daughter, near some nature and the sunshine.......equals a very contented me.