NOT crazy-christian-mummy

I’m no longer considered crazy! I have no ‘actual’ mental health illness other than being a bit emotionally immature and impulsive. My ‘issues’ are the result of abuse, lots of different types of abuse, over many, many years. It’s taken me until adulthood to realise and face it. I’ve toyed with the idea of changing the … Continue reading →

A decade later

A lot has happened in the 10 years since I last posted……a lot! We’ve battled through a rare and debilitating illness, moved house more times than I can count, dealt with spinal surgery, addictions, saved our marriage, faced childhood trauma, changed careers, lost, grieved and more. Life has been turbulent and heartbreaking, there have been … Continue reading →

France visit

The warmth of William’s sick seaping through my clothes and covering half of the cabin was enough to make me chuck up big style. It was possibly the worst ferry crossing ever, I had to wrap a bed-sheet around my body and visit reception to request a new, clean cabin……..while lorry drivers made their way … Continue reading →

I’ve won an award!

I’ve won an award from the Versatile Blogger! I was kindly nominated by my good friend at theoldpolicehouse. Quite simply, the nomination is the award itself – so I’m already a winner and am going to enjoy the moment!  In fact, the award is more of a blogger-to-blogger chain letter/encourager, as once you become a … Continue reading →

Snow business like….

Charlotte woke at 5am and as soon as the daylight hit the back garden she noticed it.  Her face lit up and she screamed with joy “LOOK Mummy, SNOW, real snow, LOOK!” It was a moment I won’t forget as this is the first time she has really been able to express her excitement about … Continue reading →

Exploring the West

Tuesday was spent visiting what would be our nearest town and city.  Chateaulin is a beautiful town with the Brest-Nantes canal running through the centre.  It is very picturesque and had a good number of shops and places to explore.  However, Quimper is simply breathtaking, the enormous Cathedral was magnificent, the adorable medieval buildings and … Continue reading →

Travelling West

Monday was a day full of viewings in Finistere.  How spending the day travelling around and looking at houses can be so exhausting for us adults I don’t know! Maybe it is something to do with having two lively children who want to touch everything they are not supposed to.  Our first viewing was at … Continue reading →

L’Ancienne Gendarmerie

We were really taken with L’Ancienne Gendarmerie. We purchased the property and started making several trips over. The people have been very welcoming and we are really trying to make an effort to fit in, which basically means shoppping at the local Tabac, eating and drinking at La Crabere.  French life in sentein is very … Continue reading →

Discovering Sentein

So one afternoon, when I wanted to ‘get away from it all’, I suggested to Jez that we should buy a house in France.  We contacted estate agents and arranged a handful of viewings spreading from Perpignan on the east coast, across the Pyrennes towards the west. As usual it was all done on impulse … Continue reading →