New Blog Posts 7 - 13 October

[RecipeJunkie]

Am I first? Only happened once before! herewith tales of the returning husband and a Lorraine Pascale Lamb Curry saved from disaster.

Another post from me, this time on Baby-Proofing:

michellethemoonlighter.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/baby-proofing-is-it-doing-more-harm-than-good/

Banana caramel Loaf. Lush

what I did when the free travel insurance arrived

Babies Don't Keep I hope my children will look back on today And see a mother who had time to play. There will be years for cleaning and cooking But children grow up while we're not looking. Dusting and scrubbing can wait 'till tomorrow For babies grow fast we learn to our sorrow. So quiet down cobwebs and dust go to sleep I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

Today is World Mental Health Day

Actually it was yesterday!

How did you feel when your youngest started school?

Finding time to blog while getting ready for a craft fair

Recently, a friend lost her sister in law from cancer and asked for advice on how to tell her very young children that their aunt had died. My first reaction was panic as I realised that in a similar situation I wouldn't know how to start.

...handling bereavement

A friend gets her second cancer diagnosis and it prompts the question Does the fear of cancer ever leave you?

Thank you wonderful MN blogers for giving me lots to read after a shitty day!

Coping Strategies

Here's my latest - Gnocchi and Neds

Hi all
A literary yarn bomb from me (and Stitch This)

hi this is my post about jimmy savile and the inevitable calls for women to STFU about men's sexual abuse [http://herbsandhags.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-silence-that-underpins-sexual-abuse.html?m=1]]

In which My DD gets her 11+ results

Yes chives are a floral plant - both leaves and flowers are edible too

out2playinthegarden.blogspot.co.uk/

my mobile phone is wiped

I hope this works because I'm on my phone: I'm not okay

I'll be having my baby either next week or the week after so I won't be blogging quite as much. Did a quick rant about how scary it all is, and will shut up about it until it is done and dusted, so to speak pint-sized-rants.blogspot.fr/2012/10/a-rant-about-next-few-weeks.html

Shall stick to usual rants in the meantime when I can.

Hi all,
This week it's about Halloween-Why Celebrate Halloween?

michellethemoonlighter.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/what-should-our-girls-want-to-be-when-they-grow-up/

Friday musings on society and womens role in the workplace.

I have a fussy eater, do you?

pressiesbypebbles.com/2012/10/13/fussy-eaters/

Our weekends are lovely and relaxing

Am I the only person whose DD likes to shower lying down?

Sharing some thoughts today about The Power of the Shower

http://mymumdom.com/did-you-see-that/ Who Else watched Felix Baumgartner Jump?