Winter Wonderland in London

We were promised and lots of it....and finally it arrived!

It's started snowing on Friday & today it's been snowing all day long, it's absolutely beautiful.

We planned to head over to north London's highest hill, Primrose Hill, for some sledging but the roads were too tricky.

So my children are outside making the most of the snow....

I'm baking bread & preparing hot chocolate. 

Let it snow!! 

Just as an aside, I read a wonderful piece of writing earlier today on an issue which I am sure that may be experienced by some & familiar to many....depression.

It was so well written as well as being courageous, honest & wise.

Please go & read it, I felt it was so worth sharing....you can find it here

Thank you to everyone who left such wonderful & brilliant comments after I wrote my "This Parenting Gig...." piece last week, I so appreciate all the wisdom, thoughts & support that was offered. 

(all photos via London Daily Mail & the BBC website)

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My Revised Life List

I don't like the phrase "bucket List".... I think it's completely impractical. By the time I'm ready to "kick the bucket" I plan on being so old that I won't be able to kick anymore...... anyway... here's my list:

1. Go shopping in Milan

2. Have a store in New York carry my work

3. Learn French

4. Play the guitar

5. Pay off all my debt

6. Move to Salt Lake and get my own house with a yard

7. Get Boston in break dancing classes

8. Do a belly dance performance

9. Take pole fitness classes

10. Write everyday for a year

11. Join a yoga studio and go over twice a week

12. Learn Italian

13. Ride a gondola in Venice

14. Start a shelter for women running from violent relationships

15. Publish a book

16. Launch a childrens line and have it available in 10 stores

17. Launch a womens ready-to-wear line

18. launch a housewares line

19. Have my accessory line available in 10 stores

20. Have my accessory line available in 20 stores

21. Go skydiving

22. Lead climb

23. Win a design competition

24. sell at a retail trade show

25. Have an out-of-my-house studio

26. Own a loft

27. Buy a white Harley

28. Visit Quebec

30. Graduate school

31. Move to Portland or Seattle to continue school

32. Go to Bora Bora and stay in a little cabin on the beach

33. Have my work featured in 5 museums

34. Go hang-gliding

35. Travel to London

36. Drink beer at a Pub in Ireland

37. Write everyday in my blog for a month

38. Open a coffee shop

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