Sun Jan 4th…St Ives..sunshine and sprouts
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 | Day to Day | No Comments
I’m in sunny St Ives, yippee, the weather couldn’t be more perfect, sunny and crispy cold and if you read my lat blog when I was in Cornwall you’ll remember this is the only time I feel really alive. I MUST have lived here in a former life and however often I come back the feeling is just as intense. I’m holed up at The Garrack hotel (check out the beat a retreat feature for details) writing ….can’t tell you what, its a speculative very exciting project, will reveal all soon.
I popped into Living Sprouts of st ives (see directory for their details) and stokced up on sprotus, hemp salad dressing and the best ever raw chocolate pie - can’t even begin to describe that, you have to taste it and later I’m meeting up with Jason Vale, yes the juicemaster himself …for a coffee…well he’ll order juice but I’m imperfect.
The boys are staying locally with Liz (of Team Lollipop fame - see directory if you’re still at the nappy stage, her selection is awesome) and yesterday we all did the muddy walk , yes even I purchaased birght pink wellies for the squelchy occasion to the Gurnards head, its a highly commended hotel and gastro pub, I even gave them a mention on Steve Wrights show cos we did a factoid about gurnards.
I’m off for a long walk around the Island to lift my spirits further, in truth if I get much higher I’ll flota off like Mary Poppins, one day I’ll live here….she says hopefully…
Christmas Eve…7 ways to Love
Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
Just back from a lovely midnight mass service on Christmas night to find the house is quiet, no one is stirring not even a mouse…but I missed my own performance on Top of the Pops 2 and apparantly Wrighty made some comment or other !
If I were technical I’d know how to run the iplayer thingy but hey ho…if you did see it (I’m talking about my number 8 hit from 1991 with Cola boy) you’ll have noticed that I was barely moving, let alone shaking my booty, that will be because my retro silver mini dress was so short and tight it would have been indecent. Seems so wierd now remembering those days, we were famous for exactly five minutes and it flew by, at the time I felt quite indignant that I’d got my ‘dream’ to be a pop star and yet only sang 4 words but its gotta be said the record still sounds great after all these years and its still played at clubs - depressingly I didn’t write it, but the boys from St Ettiene still get fat PRS cheques I’m thinking, good on ya Pete and Bob.
Monday 22nd Dec…lapland revisited..
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
Well its a skating rink of sorts..the 5 year old is still re-enacting our wonderful trip to lapland UK, first all visitors are asked if they’d like to visit Father Christmas, then having laid out all my greenery (gathered from the garden to decorate the house) peppered with bits of paper shreddings across the floor, he leads us ‘through the enchanted forest’ (once round the dining room table) and back to the porch where Father Christmas greets us. Now when it was my turn it was the three year olds to be FC and boy did she look the part with a long red dressing gown, a red hat and a huge fluffy white cushion for a beard - it reached nicely down to her knees kinda ZZ top styley
After our visit the 5 yr old guides us to his next installation, a shoe rack where hes neatly laid out some shoes, hes asks us our size shops our shoes for some others (no concern for style that boy, I got handed hubbys tennis shoes) then we’re led out by a skaing elf (he quickly stops to change hats ) onto the ice rink - a thin white piece of fabric. We all had a turn of course including Grandma and then he decided to tout for business for passers by, a freind popped in and had a quick ‘tour’ and we just stopped short of accosting the post lady.
Beware Terry from Riverford Organics, if you’re delivering in the morning, allow extra time, oh and wrap up warm for skating.
Fri 19th Dec…’sustainable’ wrapping..
Friday, December 19th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
xmas madness round here, the 5 year old is wrapping up everything in sight and giving it to us in leui of Santas arrival, I’m proud of him acually, clearly hes seen my feature on the site front page talking eco Christmas cos hes wrapping everything in tea towels or scraps of fabric and tying with reclaimed string…thats my boy…shame I don’t have any tea towels left.
I’ve been frantically trying to get my Imperfectly Natural Starter packs sorted, I’ve had a rush of sales before Christmas and I’m also selling them via my mates new website - take a look if you get chance, she is queen of eco building and sustainable stuff but the website has a few carefuly chosen products, lots that I recommend here on the site
www.ecohut.biz
Finally off to get some christmas shopping, yes - last minute dash, ho ho ho I do hate the absurd notion that xmas is only good depending on how much you spend but the charity shops don’t quite cut it for the older boys….still we’ll go easy.
a gorgeous candlelit carol service..
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
I’m so glad I got off my butt and made the effort to go the the carols by candlelight service at my church…well not only mine but the one I love to go…only prob is its a 50 min drive and beleive me thats nigh on impossible with 4 kids to get dressed and sorted by 10am Anyway tonight I went with a freind and it was magical. The choir were fab, the church looked beautiful and we had mulled wine and mince pies after…..As always Dave tomlinson the vic was on form and gave a great talk which I won’t try to prassie - (ooh how the hell do you spell that word ?) but save to say you go away thinking slightly more meaningful thoughts than when you went in.
Occasionally in all the stress and madness I forget that I love Christmas and certianly not for the absurd idea that if you spend money on it you’ll be happy…more a sense of ‘wonder’ that I get if I stop and reflect which of course is something I rarely do all year..
best go to bed before I get all poetic or maudlin on you..
tues 9th Dec..return from Lapland
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
…don’t worry I’m not flying half way round the world I’ve been to Lapland Uk - no not the naff ones that have ahd all the shocking publicity this was is in kent and I can’t tell you how fab it is, I’m not on commission and it wouldn’t matter anyway cos its fully booked I think up to xmas but it was totally MAGICAL….all the kids are exhausted but elated after making toys with the elves, making gingerbread men, reak reindeers, see-ing Father Christmas and skating on the fab real ice rink. I ache all over from trying to skate whilst supporting 2 smalls who were a-slipping and sliding but having fantastic fun.
The ‘fake’ snow was gorgeous, all the staff incredibly kind and helpful and all in all it was an amazing memmorable trip, pics to follow once downloaded and a full review
Isn’t it nice to hear some good reports occasionally ?
…off to help the 5 yr old compose his letter to Santa to say thanks for his special gift…
Sun 7th
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
Day 7 on the 70 per cent cocoa choccy advent calendar and the kids are demanding milk choccy.
Its the most amazing crispy cold day, just been for walk and felt as though I’d stepped into a christmas card, back home and Lulu is ful of cold and bleary eyed and wants to breastfeed all the time for comfort, its tricky enough trying to fit in everything that I have to do today without a small velcro-ed to me ! Hey ho it doesn’t last long this phase.
I had hoped to get a xmas tree and do the green thing (holly and ivy up) around tbe house but it will have wait now.
Did I mention the yestolife event ? They held a little drinks do to says for raising the cash for the hyperthermia sauna but it was very much a collaborative affair and if I haven’t already said it, thanks to ya’ll for donating, we’re now raising cash for a chi machine, I’m sure I’ve said all of this before - crikey I’m having senior moments I’m sure of it….just too many details for any one brain to contain.
Wed 3rd Dec…the new site is here
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
For once not being able to blog isn’t my fault ! with any new buikding comes teething problems and we’ve sure had our fair share but we’re up and running - hurah !
We had a fab time in rye, well aside from the stress of wondering if the site would ever appear again, I met the lovely Nicola from Organ-nics, its a little shop selling natural skincare, baby kit, fairtrade stuff, well everything I recommend in Imperfectly Natural Woman which is also displayed proudly of course.
We stayed at the fab Organic sustainable and eco ba and b in Rye called Haydens, mire on that later and a full review to follow save to say it was fab.
Bear with us while the new site kicks in and thanks for the many wishes of support, honestly I think its worth than the release of a new book at least you know where you are with print !
Sunday 30th
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
Anyway counting exactly how many emails I’ve written saying the new site is going live ????? It FINALLY is.
Yippee, hallelujah. thanks to Pitor and Simon for all their tremendous hard work, welcome on board Elaine to the madness !
Its not 100 per cent there yet but looks fab don’t ya think ?
My e-zine goes out tomorrow so if you ain’t signed up, get in quick, some gorgeous comps and offers for Christmas.
On an entirely different note my 3 mates to see Circus of Horrors on fri - they couldn’t beleive I know Haze the main man, if you’ve never seen the show get down, its wild (if you like girls in bottles kind of idea) its humour, burlesque, circus and a good dash of horror ! They didn’t believe me that Haze used to kip in a coffin……lots more tales where that one came from…depends how much he wants to bribe me to keep quiet.
check them out.. google circus of horrors…..new tour kicking off..
Monday 24th Nov….and the new website cometh..
Monday, November 24th, 2008 | Day to Day | No Comments
A frantic day…but the new site is nearly there…..crikey its been a journey but I finally feel it could be this week ….hallelujah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sp?)
I have yet another cold which is interesting as I am hitting the vit C and echinacea and chilling under my FIR machine (by the way did I tell you WE DID IT !…we raised £1400 for Yestolife to buy a hyperthermia sauna machine AND haven’t even announced that the lovely Carl Munson of Health Champion fame has donated a chi machine and a FIR machine to my fave charity in association with our website..oh what joy…
We’re off to Rye in Sussex to an organic B and B and I hope to drop into Organ-ics a new shop where then owner claims to be inspired by me…blimey no pressure there then.
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