Anxiety & Me: What made you have anxiety?
What made you “have anxiety?” I have always been a “more anxious” person. As far back as I can remember I know I had feelings of anxiety that seemed to be not normal. I used to worry about my family dying, I worried about getting sick, things on the news would make me terribly anxious. […]
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Project 365. A photo a day – bramble picking.
Project 365, a photo a day, every day of the year. When you are walking down the lane near the meadows and you find what I call brambles, but I think everyone else calls blackberries, waiting to be picked, and eaten, right there and then… We will be going back with a bucket later in […]
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French Holiday – food, friends, dogs, views, family.
They say that the sign of a good holiday is not wanting to come home. I think that is what we just had. To be honest, in April of this year, I didn’t know if we would even get a holiday. The husband was very ill, and it was kind of a thought I clung […]
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Project 365. A photo a day. Lake Pavin, Auvergne, France
Project 365, a photo a day, every day of the year. Sliding back in after three weeks away to share this. No filters, no editing. The water really is that colour. It’s Lac Pavin, which is a volcanic crater lake that is still considered “active” in that there is evidence of thermal and some activity […]
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I don’t play party games and I don’t do fancy dress
I don’t join with party games and I don’t do fancy dress In fact, I hate both… It’s common knowledge amongst my friends and family that I am a boring old fart, spoilsport, misery guts, party pooper. I will happily admit that and own the title. Ok, I don’t hate games. There are a few […]
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What’s for breakfast instead of cereal?
*this is a collaborative post* Breakfast cereal is a bit of a treat in our house, I am incredibly fussy about what we have for breakfast, and also about making sure the kids eat breakfast every day. Both of them can and often do make their own, but I make sure in the week, that […]
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What has a tween got to do to get a lie in round here…
Today you have the pleasure of the Tween, in all her sarcastic and grumpy tween glory, having a moan about lack of lie ins in our house. Given that I can’t remember the last time I myself had a proper lie in, in fact I think it was sometime before SHE was born, probably, I […]
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Self care, sanity and comfort essentials when travelling or on holiday. My travel essentials list.
*This blog post does contain affiliate links that earn me a small amount of revenue if you click on the links* I have never been a person who enjoys camping or roughing it. I camped when at school, and those days are long ago but not forgotten. I don’t do tents, sleeping on the ground, […]
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Why I won’t be wearing a bikini or shorts this summer…
As I packed for our holiday, I got out my swimming costume. It’s not a bikini, but it is a rather expensive one, not the usual one I wear for taking the kids swimming, or on more rare occasions when I manage a session of a few laps of the local pool by myself. It’s […]
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5 Simple Ways to Secure Your New Family Home
*This is a collaborative post sharing some simple ways to secure your new family home we hope will be useful* Image by mohamed Hassan Moving homes is said to be one of the most stressful things that you can do in life. When you factor in having to get your whole family packed and ready […]
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