Spoonie Life
We’re at the tail end of storm Darragh here in the UK, it’s meant hunkering down indoors and plenty of book reading. It’s been over a year since I’ve done a Spoonie Life of Bookworms post. We’ve had a very up and down couple of months health-wise in our house with lots of hospital trips and tricky days. One thing I have learnt this year is to be much more accepting of my health and in turn I hope that this helps my daughter Floss now and in the future also.
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Spoonie Life Acceptance
This video below was recommended to me on The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Matrix and I found it truly helpful.
I’m busy trying to finish this book and the irony of it being a book on productivity that is overdue back to the library is not lost on me! 🤣. Floss has been devouring the new Dog Man book that arrived this week.
What’s been on the Blog and Tube this Week?
Christmas Traditions – Free Audio Content
🕷️Do you know the story of Tinsel and the Christmas Spider? It’s a magical story that you can check out in this post.
December Free Nature Resources
You can find all of these free resources in the Exploring Nature with Children in December post:
❤️Christmas plants ID cards
❤️Bird crafts – a new download for the robin tin art template is available
❤️British bird ID cards
❤️Penguin and polar ID cards
Yoto Player & Toniebox Posts
🌿🥬🎧🥬🌿Nature Podcasts for Yoto and Tonies
🔴🟠Yoto and Tonie January Sale Predictions
Handmade Christmas Cards & Decoration Crafts
🎄I’ve put up a draft version of the iris folded Christmas tree https://busybusylearning.com/iris-folding-pattern-download-freebies/
🍬Mini candy cane macrame tutorial
🍬Illustrated printable instructions are available here if you’d prefer. I made purple and green versions this week!
Floss and I had great fun making this funny little candy cane short this week too. Floss loves making little videos like this.
What resources would you like to see in 2025 – use this Google form to let me know or leave a comment.
Lisa x
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More About Us
The slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. We’re often too tired and not 100% to do everything that we want to and we’re learning that that’s ok. We struggle to keep up with ‘weekly’ themes, memes and life in general – we do like to drop in when we can. We’ll often have to cancel on you last minute and rearrange! Snuggles, books and being creative are things that bring us joy and are often the few things we can do.
What is the meaning of Spoonie Life?
The term “Spoonie” originated from a chronic illness blogger who utilised spoons as a metaphor to illustrate the daily energy levels of individuals with chronic illnesses, revealing how simple tasks such as washing or dressing consume a portion or all of their available energy. Each day you wake with a limited number of spoons; some days the spoons don’t get replenished!