A lifestyle blog
I don’t know about you but I need routine. It was with a massive sigh of relief that I greeted yesterday and felt myself visibly relax. Not that I realised how tense I really was. You see, I am a creature of habit, I like routine. It makes me feel grounded and safe and a lack of it makes me edgy. So when youngest teen went back to school, middle
Such a simple thing this, but they say it is the simple things that are the most effective. Much like myself: simple yet effective. I can’t remember where I first saw the idea of a happiness jar, probably on Pinterest when I tried to start using it again over Christmas (that and Google+). The idea is this, you take a jar, and everyday you put a scrap of paper in
Life is too short to dust a smelly candle I actually read a story once, or heard it on the radio, I don’t remember which, about a lady who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and she resolved to start living her life to the full. She didn’t want to focus on the negatives, she wanted to concentrate on the positives during the time she had left. The
I uploaded a picture to Instagram on Tuesday night with that #. And something along the lines of “there are just no words”. I had been to see C and D in their new flat and deliver their new microwave to them (along with a week’s worth of microwave dinners from M&S. They might have moved out but it doesn’t mean I have to stop worrying about them).
I didn’t think I was going to be able to take part in the Gallery this week as the theme was Christmas Tree and we weren’t going to have one. We aren’t here on Christmas Day so I was all “what’s the point” / “there will be no presents under it” / “if we have a real one it will just drop needles and make a mess and if we
It’s all change at Barrow Towers today. And I don’t mean moving the sofa out of the way so we can get the Christmas tree in. Or buying new plates to host family on Christmas day. Or indeed redecorating a bedroom even. No I mean proper change. New beginnings resulting in a real change in our family dynamic. Today is the day that my gorgeous eldest daughter, the beautiful Miss
I am sorry that there is another Ranty Friday about drivers but, well, there you go. There is because there is something that I am raging about on a near daily basis at the moment. I do a 60 mile a day school run. Yep, 15 miles each way and at the moment that route includes three, yes three, sets of road works
If you take a look around you at all all the stuff in the shops for Christmas you would think that Jesus was born so we could stuff our faces with buy two for a tenner tubs of chocolates. When did massive packets of everything signify Christmas? Nothing says “Joy to the World” quite like a yard of Crunchie, does it?
Are you? I think I might be. Presents I have ordered have started to arrive and I starting my planning of Christmas food and goodies. The spare bed is now my Christmas store as presents get piled on to it and now food and goodies too. I discovered Lidl this week and we now have more gingerbread and Stollen than should be legal.
I am loving all sorts of things this month so this is another round up of all sorts that I want to tell you about as some of them will make ideal Christmas presents. Yes, you may now talk about Christmas within earshot of me since it is December.
I can hear you now “what is she on about now? Ranty Friday and fake likes? What?” What even is a “fake like”? Well let me tell you because this week on Ranty Friday I am both mildly ranty but actually really sad that social media has come to this. Below is a copy of an email I received this recently: My name’s Ben and I design apps
Father It has been a while since my last confession. Oh hang on a minute. Wrong script. Let’s start again Father Christmas, hello
