Julie's Boggle

This from 13 December.

I’d been thinking recently that it would be good to get Jon started at a nursery group sometime soon – especially before life starts to get exciting around Easter next year.  With that in mind, I called up the only nursery I had a real interest in (by virtue of its reputation and location) to [...]

Checking my recent blog entries, I’m all too aware that they have been scant of late.  And of course I’m going to put the bulk of the responsibility for that firmly on the aforementioned pregnancy.
I will admit that it’s definitely been easier being pregnant (so far) the second time around.  If you don’t [...]

Jonathan in the bath, where he will happily play for ages, at 26 months.
Despite the fact that the bottle in Jon’s outstretched arm makes him look like a Johnson’s poster child, this is still my favourite photo from last month — there’s just something about the look on his face…
(Apologies to anyone who has been [...]

…that today, 18 September 2009, I made the almost-perfect latte.  The art was excellent, dark auburn browns and bright whites, fine features and base leaves that curled pleasingly up around the cup.  As for flavour and texture, as good as the best I’ve had from Taylor St, or even prepared by my barista friend Neil.
The [...]

This is probably something that isn’t particularly relevant to anyone else, but it seems a big deal to us, and it’s a uniquely UK phenomenon so I thought I’d pop in a note about it.
(Note: that the descriptions below cover my slightly flawed understanding of how it all works and, let’s just say, it’s not [...]

We’re really lucky here in London to have a number of parks and open spaces available.  One of the more unusual ones that happens to be just a short bus-ride away from us is the Barnes Wetland Centre. (Formerly the site of the Barn Elms Reservoirs before they decided they didn’t need them any more.)
Jon [...]

Since recovering from the financial pain of paying the deposit and stamp duty for our present flat, we’ve been steadily ploughing through a list of rooms that need to be overhauled, in order of importance.
First came the shower room (2005) which was so ghastly beforehand that I didn’t even think to take any pictures until [...]

In just 6 days time – yikes! – we are travelling to Australia for a three-week holiday.
It all seemed such a good idea at the time, but on reflection, it’s easy to gloss over certain things (like the prospect of having a little one sharing your seat for a 24 hour flight) when they’re still [...]

After three months leave and one week’s unemployment, Tom re-joined the workforce on Monday.  That in itself is worth celebrating because the job market has been exceptionally dry lately and he hadn’t had many bites in those three months. :party:
However, it wasn’t without a pang of regret that I bade farewell to the comfortable routine [...]