Archives for May 2012 | Essentially Jess

The Grass is Always Greener

Posted by Jess on May 29, 2012 in Essential Blogging, Essentially Random | 38 comments

I love grass. image credit No not the kind of grass that you cook in Chocolate brownies or stuff into a decorative pipe. Normal grass. Lawn grass. The stuff that you sit on at the park with the kids play, or that you roll down on a huge hill getting really itchy, or that you scoop dog poop off. That grass. I love it. image credit I’ve loved grass for a while, if I’m honest with myself. Every home Boatman and I have lived in has come with a patchy lawn at best, and it has always...

Scared to Say No

Posted by Jess on May 28, 2012 in Essentially Family | 10 comments

I’ve been a little slack with these heart training posts of late, for a number of reasons. One, is that I’ve just been busy and haven’t had a huge amount of time to blog, but another is that I really don’t want to preach. Don’t get me wrong; I believe in this. I’ve seen changes in my family since I focused on placing values in my kids hearts, rather than just barking out orders, but I know it’s not for everyone. And whilst I think it should be for...

Separation Anxiety- A Rant

Posted by Jess on May 27, 2012 in Essential Ranting | 27 comments

It used to be inappropriate to admit you had a mental illness. Maybe in some circles it still is, but as a whole, I think we have progressed enough as a society to at least in most instances be aware that mental illness is a real and valid thing. Let’s face it; I think all of us know someone who is suffering from some form of depression, anxiety, and all the other forms (sorry I don’t know them all), and if you think you don’t, think again. I am. I’m still quite reliant on my antidepressants,...

How to (Not) be a Successful Craft Blogger

Posted by Jess on May 25, 2012 in Essentially Emo, Essentially Random | 41 comments

Step 1. Decide that you are going to branch out into the area of craft blogging, in the hope that one day you might get a PR company offer you free fabric. Step 2. In the absence of free PR sponsored fabric, agree to make a quilt for your nephews 16th birthday, with a ridiculous deadline, because your sister is paying for it. Step 3. Give your sister ambiguous instructions when it comes to the fabric order, so that she does, in fact, purchase the wrong one. Step 4. Upon receiving said fabric,...

Run for Your Life

Posted by Jess on May 22, 2012 in Essentially Essential, Essentially IBOT | 41 comments

I’ve been absent from the blog for a few days, which is unlike me. I love blogging and writing and I feel the itch to to do it almost constantly. The last few days have not seen me un-inspired; rather exactly the opposite. I’ve just been busy. There have been birthdays and parties and sick kids and parenting courses and a quilting project with an unreasonable dead line that has sucked out every last minute. My washing has reached epic proportions, and it’s quite possible that...