This is a collaborative post with advice on choosing childcare. I hope it’s helpful and a useful resource if you are a parent facing the very important decisions you need to make around who cares for your children when you are returning to work or looking for childcare. Choosing childcare for your children can feel […]
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My Home Education group phobia
This post is part serious and part tongue in cheek and shares my journey around bad home education group experiences. If you run a home education group, please don’t be too offended, this is my story and I am sure not all groups are the same. If you follow us you will know we made […]
READ MOREOur homeschool week 16th-22nd January 2023
Welcome to our homeschool week and how I plan and work with our son to home educate him. If you follow us on our Facebook or Instagram you will know that whilst I have one child in school, I also home educate our son. This is how we do it. Last week was our first week of back to […]
READ MOREOur homeschool week 9th – 15th January 2023
Welcome to our homeschool week and how I plan and work with our son to home educate him. If you follow us on our Facebook or Instagram you will know that whilst I have one child in school, I also home educate our son. This is how we do it. We actually had a fairly […]
READ MOREGoodbye 2022, Hello 2023
As we say goodbye 2022 and hello to 2023, I thought we would round up our year and share where we have been at and how the year has been for us. 2022 seems to have had two modes, for us. A rollercoaster we can’t get off and wading through quicksand whilst juggling cacti. January […]
READ MORESome tips and ideas for better and cooler sleep
As I navigate the minefield that is menopause, one thing I have struggled with is sleep and cooler sleep at night is my quest. I have found some things that work for me, that I thought I would share here. Who knows, it may help someone else too. *This blog post may contain affiliate links, […]
READ MOREOur homeschool week – 31/10-6/11/ 2022
Welcome to our homeschool week and how I plan and work with our son to home educate him. If you follow us on our Facebook or Instagram you will know that whilst I have one child in school, I also home educate our son. This is how we do it. This blog post may contain […]
READ MORERevamping your kitchen is easier than you think…
*this is a collaborative post sharing about revamping our kitchen, that we hope is helpful* Our house has been our home for a long time, and we have slowly updated and renovated and revamped parts of it as we have lived here, but revamping our kitchen hasn’t been a priority, so far. It can take […]
READ MOREOur homeschool week 3/10/22-9/10/22
Welcome to our homeschool week and how I plan and work with our son to home educate him. If you follow us on our Facebook or Instagram you will know that whilst I have one child in school, I also home educate our son. This is how we do it. This blog post may contain […]
READ MOREMenopause problems – too hot in bed? Time for a change of bedding.
Ah, menopause problems? We are in the thick of them. Well, when I say we, I mean me, and because he lives with me, the husband too. You see, I am too hot in bed. No, not THAT hot (this is a family blog after all, we don’t go there!!) but the hot flash, night […]
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