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Taking Stock: March

Last year I did a blogging course, Blog With Pip and she got me onto this Taking Stock business.  Click this link to check out her beautiful and inspiring blog: PIP-LIFE TAKING STOCK   I haven’t taken stock for a while, so here is where I am at in March, 2018.  Just warning you, it isContinueContinue reading “Taking Stock: March”

A Letter to the Crying Mama on the Plane

I was lucky enough to go on holidays with our family last week and we were very spoilt to have our parents and siblings share the load of looking after and playing with our three kids.  We had made our way up separately but when we returned home, many of us were on the sameContinueContinue reading “A Letter to the Crying Mama on the Plane”

The Overwhelm

It is no secret that we live in a society where we are overwhelmed.  We are inundated daily with information, the constant rings and pings of our phones and social media, an unending barrage of activities, appointments and invitations in our calendars.  It is exhausting just looking at what is coming up ahead in ourContinueContinue reading “The Overwhelm”

Taking Stock

About a month ago I started taking an online blogging course called Blog With Pip which helps people start up or improve their blog, (click here for more information).  I love that it allows you six months to work through course work that could potentially take only a couple.  As a busy mum, it isContinueContinue reading “Taking Stock”

‘What’s For Dinner?’: 70 ideas

I have already blogged about my love to meal plan (here) but I may have failed to mention that I do not love choosing the specific meals for the week, as I’m sure many others can sympathise with.  ‘What’s for dinner?’, is the age old question that has a whole lot of expectation surrounding it,ContinueContinue reading “‘What’s For Dinner?’: 70 ideas”

Happiness is…

Happiness is. . . Uninterrupted sleep Music that you can’t stop yourself singing along to Seeing your child dance for the first time Laughing with someone who can’t stop laughing while they’re telling a story but they can’t actually get the story out because they’re laughing so much Getting that last biscuit Someone to snuggleContinueContinue reading “Happiness is…”

Lesson Two: Kindness – Of Neighbours

  “Katrina! Katrina!” Dorothy’s shrill voice rang out from the bottom of the flats and I sat on my couch wondering whether she was calling out to me.  Surely not.  She wouldn’t call to me from down there.  She must be calling out something to someone else.   The next time I bumped into her, whichContinueContinue reading “Lesson Two: Kindness – Of Neighbours”

Lesson 1: Love – Perspective

  I’ve read my fair share of romantic novels and seen my fair share of chick flicks.  I know love is generally not as dramatic, or happy-ending, or sweet.  I would like to think I have a realistic view of love but every time I see a couple whose wedding I’ve been to, break up,ContinueContinue reading “Lesson 1: Love – Perspective”