The lovely Kate from Kate Takes 5 is reviving her famous Listography and is this week looking at all the simple things in life that bring you pleasure. I thought this was a lovely topic for the weekend and instantly started writing. Here are my 5 picks, my 5 simple pleasures: 1. Bedtime This will sound really bad, but I love the peace and quiet once Amy is in bed. I enjoy our days together, ...
Listography
Listography – Mugs
This week Kate has a very special prompt for us: She wants to have a look at the inside of our kitchen cupboards to see our favourite mugs. We have recently chucked out a good 20 mugs because we just have too many of them. My firm favourites however, have survived. So here they are: my favourite mugs... This pink beauty hid in my stocking on Christmas morning and now makes a regular ...
Listography – 5 Phrases that drive me crazy
This weeks Listography is Top 5 Phrases That Drive Me Crazy. Brilliant prompt, if you ask me, because there are hundreds of phrases that drive me up the wall. 1. I'll think about it. This is Ben's absolute favourite sentence and his diplomatic way of saying "No" to things that I have suggested. Me: Do you fancy going shopping tomorrow? Ben: I'll think about it - translates as ...
Listography – Top 5 Christmas Songs
I am absolutely loving the Christmas flair that goes through the parenting blogging scene at the moment and this week's Listography prompt goes along perfectly with the overall festive feeling that you are greeted with on many of my favourite blogs. Alma from The Precious Things is hosting the Listpgraphy this week and has chosen her Top 5 Christmas songs to get us all in the mood - not that I ...
Listography – Cartoon Characters from your youth
I'm so excited about this week's Listography prompt. It's: Cartoon Characters from your youth and I couldn't be happier. As I grew up in Germany, some of my choices of cartoon characters might be a bit different from the rest of yours, so here we go. I'll try and give you a short summary of every series: 1. Attack No. 1 - a.k.a Mila Superstar in German The story is about Kozue Ayuhara or ...
Listography – Top 5 Randoms
This is my first entry for Kate Takes 5's Listography and it already starts with a fab topic - Top 5 Randoms. If that isn't the perfect brief for me, I don't know what is. So here we go: I love the smell of plasticine. Mashed potato mixed with apple sauce and a cooked sausage - to die for!!! Taking pictures of lemons in beer crates Poking holes into the foil on top of a Nutella ...