We are 17 days post the day we realised we probably had Covid19. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster time. We’ve gone from feeling ok, to feeling really crap, a very poorly teenager, to feeling like we were on the mend, out of isolation but then also feeling a host of things that appear […]
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“wellness practitioners” are the scourge of social media
This is a proper rant and I stand firmly by this statement that “wellness practitioners” are the scourge of social media and cause more harm than good. We all know them. The self styled “health practioners” of social media. They fall into two catagories on my feed. Either a mum blogger who’s signed up to […]
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Meal Plan Monday – gluten free isn’t as hard as you think
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday, here we are again and this week I am sharing about how eating gluten free isn’t as hard as you think. It may seem a bit of a rant but hopefully it isn’t and is helpful. When the husband and I first got together (my children like to remind me […]
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Sorting your finances and freeing up your budget
*This is a collaborative post sharing some information about how sorting your finances could help you to manage your budget better* Debt is still a taboo subject for many people and something that many people struggle with or have had to learn to manage but we still don’t always talk about it. There can be […]
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Meal Plan Monday is back and this week I am meal planning around my mantra that we can eat food that is safe not boring as we deal with the process of our teenager also having an issue with gluten. (If you follow us you know that the husband can’t eat gluten or cows milk […]
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A little festive giveaway
Christmas is coming and we have a lovely festive giveaway for our readings, in collaboration with a group of other lovely bloggers. It’s not hard to enter and all the details are below. If we could enter ourselves we would. A lovely hamper full of amazing goodies from Lush. One of my favourite places to […]
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Keeping kids organised in the car
*This is a collaborative post with Dreambaby sharing how keeping kids organised in the car isn’t as hard as you think* Travelling with kids or being in the car with kids can be fun but also hard work. It can take planning and thinking ahead of time to make sure the kids are happy and […]
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Moving house or moving stuff? Plan a man with a van.
*This is a collaborative post about moving and why planning the help of a man with a van is something we wouldn’t do without, that we hope is helpful* As a child we moved house often, due to my father’s job. It was always a fairly big deal because it was usually from one country […]
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So you’re going to be a dad? You need this book.
We are delighted to be working with DaddiLife to share this review for this book You’re Going to Be A Dad, which we think is an essential piece of kit for any new dad… We regard ourselves as seasoned parents, now our children are heading into the teens, but I work with families of young […]
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September 2021 – Stuff we loved
Welcome to September 2021’s Stuff we loved. Sharing things we have liked and love that we think our readers will like too. Because of #secondhandseptember I haven’t done that much shopping other than school uniform necessities and homeschool supplies, but we have been sent a few things and there are some snacks and treats we […]
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