Tales of Tiredness and a Big Apology

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve blogged on my beloved Playpen – this has been the longest hiatus since I started and I really have no excuse for it… Except that I’ve been so flippin’ tired of late – my Sweetkids are utterly adorable but they don’t ‘alf demand a whole heap [...]

Buy, buy, buy. Sell, sell!

I wouldn’t last a second in the World of Business! We’ve had our house on the market for only a wee bit more than a week and I’m already struck by how difficult it is to be honourably unselfish when it comes to money and deals. First thoughts go to ‘how much can I make [...]

Sweet Valley Who?

I was reading this morning that a new Sweet Valley High book has been released (in case that means nothing to you, think ’90210′ or ‘The OC’, but with blonde identical twins)! As a ‘youngster’ my parents used to drag take me to the library every weekend and encourage me to withdraw erudite tomes to keep [...]

A Brighter Day

After a brief hiatus in the old ‘verse-for-the-week’ thang, I’ve got back on wagon and am ready to rock-and -roll (how I love mixing those metaphors)… So, here’s (probably) my all time favourite Bible verse. Love, love, love it. Enjoy… X

As the Bishop said to the Pancake…

Well, today I get to blog about TWO of my favourite things… Pancakes… and the Archbishop of York*! I’m a huge fan of Dr John Sentamu, whose passion for sharing God’s love and seeing injustice stamped out is hugely inspiring. And he’s funny. And he plays the bongos. And he makes pancakes. I love him! So it [...]

I Surrender…All? Really?

I recently bought myself this book: A little treatsky pour moi! I love hymns and old choruses – especially the classics – and I’m really fascinated by the stories behind them. So many have interesting and inspirational origins, I guess one of the reasons they endure is because they are infused with the passion and [...]

My Name is Sweetmumma and I’m an Internetaholic

Sweetmumma has been having a few days away from the t’internet…seriously! Am I the only one who finds Twitter/Facebook/Googling-random-thoughts strangely addictive? Quite possibly – I am a bit odd! Anyway, I do tend towards the obsessive; a fact which God knows only too well and has spent far too much time (in my opinion) challenging [...]

Welcome to the Sabbath…on Wednesday!

I was leading our Sweetchurch Service on Sunday, and I began by reading a prayer entitled ‘Welcome to the Sabbath’. I’ve had so many comments about it that I thought I’d post it up for you all to see: I know it seems a bit weird to be ‘welcoming the Sabbath’ on a Wednesday, but most [...]

The ‘Remember, Remember’ Challenge!

Well, it’s taking me a week to come up with it, but I finally have a New Year’s Resolution. Actually, it’s more of a New Life Resolution, but there is something about the start of the year that helps kick these things off… There’s a kids story I love called ‘Petunia’ (bear with me…). It’s [...]

The Wait is (almost) Over…

We’re half way through Advent. Woohoo! It’s about now that I begin to get REALLY excited about Christmas. Cue the Annual-Sort-Out-Of-The-Decorations, the weakening resolve to keep away from The Christmas Food and far too many Christmas Films & Songs…  As it gets closer to TheBigDay, the waiting seems to intensify (especially for PeanutM&M: “Is it Christmas today? [...]