Finding the new in the everyday
If you've been following me for a while you'll know that I'm endlessly impressed my children's science projects. I've made spaghetti bridges, paper water bombs, and bouncy eggs all by myself, without any children present, and had a fantastic time. For today's new thing I was roping in a virtual helper in the form of… Continue reading Day 212 – Summer Snowman
My husband is on holiday this week as we were meant to be visiting family back in England. Although it became clear a while ago that wasn't going to happen, he kept his holiday from work all the same. As we can't go anywhere, we decided to have a break regardless and go camping...in our… Continue reading Day 126 – Camping at home
Today was a rainy public holiday here in Germany, so I wanted a nice easy new thing to do inside. I had a few options, but when my sister suggested we bake gingerbread men together over FaceTime with my nephew I knew that was the one to go with. Not exactly a seasonal bake, but… Continue reading Day 121 – Made Gingerbread
Bob Ross and his program, The Joy of Painting have been a part of pop culture since the 80s. His bushy hair and calm tones whilst gently instructing the audience how to create his "happy little trees" have become iconic, instantly recognisable and easily parodied. https://youtu.be/Q8Q4IbM4y2k My personal favourite Although I'd never actually seen a… Continue reading Day 103 – Bob Ross Tutorial
I've written before how much I love making bread, so I was excited to see that the Bread Ahead Bakery in London is doing daily tutorials on Instagram on different baked goods. I was intrigued to see bagels popped up on the schedule – my husband loves them, I am indifferent, but they require a… Continue reading Day 102 – Made Bagels
I've been trying to keep moving as much as possible whilst being stuck indoors at the moment. I manage to run 3 times a week, and as I mentioned here, I've been doing a lot of online classes live-streamed by the local fitness centre. After increasing my running distance this week, I have a little… Continue reading Day 92 – Qi Gong
Today I needed something relatively easy and a bit lazy: I'd slept poorly and had a busy day, my concentration was not at its highest. So, I decided to give playing Animal Crossing a break and tried a new-to-me game instead – Minecraft. Fortunately, we could download it for free thanks to the Xbox Game… Continue reading Day 91 – Played Minecraft
This has been on my list for some time and has been something my husband has been keen for me to learn. We picked up a 5-in-1 wooden board game set a few weeks ago, and a cold and cloudy Sunday afternoon seemed like the perfect time to break it out and become a chess… Continue reading Day 89 – Understood chess
I can't sing. If you asked my husband and neighbours, they would definitely agree, but that doesn't stop from belting out a tune in the kitchen when I'm cooking, or singing away in the shower. I was in a school choir when I was younger, but I don't think mouthing the words along with the… Continue reading Day 80 – Joined an online choir
I have a couple of terrible impressions that I can roll out if asked, including Cher, and a Robert De Niro face. In terms of mastering one though I am a long way off. So today was finally the day I thought I'd master a Kermit the Frog impression. I actually wanted to do Miss… Continue reading Day 79 – Master an impression
New Day, New Thing 