I love a good bargain, and this is the time of the year when most people are out looking in the sales, hunting down what they want or need, and taking advantage of price cuts and winter sales in the shops and online and I am out there with them. I also love getting things […]
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Wishing you a peaceful and happy few days! We will be back on the 30th December…
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So the lovely Emma over at EmmaandFamily tagged me in a post asking me some questions about Christmas to share. I thought it might be fun. What’s your favorite Christmas movie? – Home Alone 1 & 2. I don’t know why, maybe because it’s so silly and funny. My kids love them too, so we pull […]
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For me, Christmas is bittersweet. On one hand, there is the joy and magic of Christmas, and the fun and delight of family time but I balance that out with the lingering sense of loss and grief that tinges it with sadness for me, and probably always will. We have all the fun of planning […]
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The definition of the word “family” is different for everyone. What used to be described as “the nuclear family”, where you had two parents and one or two children, really doesn’t exist any more. As my Nana would have said “things are not what they used to be”. She often used to say that in […]
READ MOREI am a woman who sticks to things she likes. Boring, maybe, but once I find something I like, I tend to keep with it, and it’s rare for me to change my mind. I have worn the same perfumes on and off for years, without changing and it takes a lot for me to […]
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*this post contains affiliate links* It’s that time of year. I have been relatively organised and managed to buy and wrap the big gifts for the kids, and also The Husband, but I haven’t sorted the stocking fillers out yet, so that’s next on my list this week. I thought I would do a quick […]
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More and more people are working from home, or not from the traditional office space, that they used to. The husband and I currently work from home several days a week each, and we also work at desks, when we are at work in our offices. So, our working arrangements are a little fluid and […]
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It’s that time of year. I have been relatively organised and managed to buy and wrap the big gifts for the kids, and also The Husband, but I haven’t sorted the stocking fillers out yet, so that’s next on my list this week. I thought I would do a quick run down of what I […]
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