As if summer is almost over, where the heck did the time go? Seriously, how can it be almost September?! I guess I’d best get with the times and give you the lowdown on August, here goes… Read I’d best hold my hands up and come clean; I’ve read next to nothing this month. Although I’ve got a few things stored and sat on my kindle ready to read, I just haven’t had the time nor inclination to bother with books. Watched Throughout August Paul and I have continued to watch ‘Call The Midwife’, though we are obviously snails when it comes to box-set-binging as we’re yet to complete series nine.…
We’ve had quite a busy week all told, what with two birthdays, a number of appointments, shopping trips and such-like, it’s been a lot more like ‘normal’. Since she turned seven, E has been busy playing with her piles of presents; we’ve built two Frozen Lego models so far this week, we’ve dyed each other’s hair with ‘hair crayons’, we’ve applied countless glitter tattoos and we’ve almost polished off the cake! Hair Crayon Crazy Our Lovely But Not So Little ‘Leaver’ J FINALLY received his leaver’s hoodie a few days back and though it’s been quite some time since he actually went to school, I think it was a rather nice way to bring things to a close especially with the summer holiday’s coming towards an end.…
You may have read my recent post ‘A Very Barbie Birthday‘ – well since that date my little lady has done nothing BUT play with her Barbies. No longer am I worried about her ‘tech time’ being slightly more than it should be as she no longer even looks at her iPad, she’s now Barbie barmy and spends almost all day, every day dealing with her dolls and I personally think it’s pretty awesome. Imaginative role play (keep your mind clean as this is a parenting and lifestyle blog) is a fantastic tool for younger children, it helps them to mimic, to experiment and to practice life skills from a safe setting.…
Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. Following the recent completion of the work which we have carried out upon our driveway and front lawn, we have since acquired new and rather mini but magical residents… Our daughter was the first to notice the Fairyhouse which sat below our tree and not long after they had neighbours join them… we are now home to two fairy houses, one of which is rather floral and the other looks much-like a teapot.…
It’s been an eventful day and though it began oooohhh far too early, who can blame my daughter for being a little excited? It’s not every day that you turn seven years old and my gosh, what an amazing day she has had! It truly has been a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. E has, as always, been spoilt rotten with a tent, a sleeping bag, almost every single Frozen 2 Lego set imaginable, a Jo-Jo Siwa doll, a stash of cash, a gigantic Barbie house, Barbie clothes, Barbie shoes, a Barbie ‘box-house’, and yet more Barbie dolls… oh it’s been a BARBIE BIRTHDAY and as a result, E’s room is now a Barbie BOMBSITE!…
Though the sunshine has dissipated somewhat, my memories from this past week are well recorded as I captured copious sunshine snaps which I’m sure that come winter I’ll be scrolling through whilst wishing for warmer days. I’ve really enjoyed spending time sitting in the sunshine watching and listening to the kids scream and splash about, especially so as they haven’t been able to have a holiday this year. Our Paddling Pool Princess Smiles In The Sun Though many people are spending their summer touring around the UK, we need to stay close to home at present with all that’s going on with my Dad. …
We’ve been blessed with almost seven solid days of sunshine and let me tell you – we’ve basked and bathed under the sun’s beams like piglets under a heat lamp – it’s been bliss! I’m so glad that we’ve got the garden ship-shape and sorted for summer; the rattan furniture seems to have made all the difference, as has the new trampoline and the recent delivery of sand – the kids have had such fun in the sun. Paul and I have enjoyed evenings sat outside in the sunshine with a coffee and a card game, we are so lucky to have such a great garden.…
Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. After whinging about the weather for weeks, we’ve been given the most glorious sunshine and with it, some terrific temperatures. Nothing about 2020 has been normal thus far, including the weather as earlier this week we had the biggest storm we’ve ever experienced in this area. With constant roars of thunders and lightning flashing every other like disco lights, it was the longest, strongest, and most impressive storm that I have ever witnessed.…
I can barely believe that we are in August already – time feels to be slipping through my fingers and though we’ve had months at home, it doesn’t really feel all that long. Whilst I have some lovely pictures of the kids, I don’t seem to have many of them together really, thus I’ve pinched a picture from my hubby which was taken earlier today to share for this month’s siblings project post. I feel a bit bad as many of the pictures of the kids which my husband tends to take are often without my presence as I’ve been spending a fair amount of time with my folks offering assistance and care for my Father.…
Throughout lockdown, I’ve built quite the collection of tarot decks, some of which I’ve been rather lucky to receive for review purposes. Though I love each and every one of the tarot decks that I work with, there are a select few which I particularly treasure – one of which is the Hip Chick Tarot. Designed and created by Maria Strom, The Hip Chick Tarot is a diverse, modern deck for women that’s both spiritual and practical. Maria Strom Maria is a tarot reader and artist based in Athens, Georgia. She first began to read the tarot at the age of fifteen after recognising the deep, spiritual knowledge within the cards.…
It’s been a pretty, soggy summer so far, though we’ve had the odd sunshine day, it never lasts for long – though that’s always the way for us northerners! I just feel so bad for the kids as, like ourselves, they too have been stuck living in lockdown since March and I’d have loved to have taken them away somewhere this summer but it’s not to be. Smiles On The Shore Given that we live on the edge of the Lake District you’d think that there would be so many places that we could visit but sadly the tourists have taken over and it’s just too busy to be out.…
Though I’m most definitely a ‘Rider-Waite’ chick when it comes to reading tarot, I do quite like to dabble with alternative divination tools and techniques when I am given the opportunity. Earlier this month, Schiffer (also known as Red Feather) Publishing very kindly sent me a copy of the ‘First Light Tarot‘, which is most certainly an alternative to the traditional tarot. The First Light Tarot is a space-themed divination deck, featuring imagery captured by the Hubble Telescope and according to the First Light Astronomy Club, ‘First Light’ is the moment a new telescope first opens itself up to the universe.…
Parking on our driveway has never been all these easy, don’t get me wrong there’s plenty of room for two cars but it’s quite a tight fit and with other cars parked here, there and everywhere, we’re often left with very little room to maneuver and I’m always worried that one of us (most likely myself) could catch the wall and damage one of the cars. Four years or so ago I was rushing to collect E from a taster day at what was to be her new primary school, in my haste I managed to misjudge where the wall in accordance to my car was and as a result, I tin-canned the Zafira.…
Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. We finally had a taste of normality this week as after almost six months, we took our first trip into town. The kids required fitting for new school shoes, Paul was keen to collect the watch which he left at the jewellers for repair months back and I quite fancied having my Dad’s previous iPhone repaired to pass onto J as an upgrade. Having ordered and received a deluge of neoprene ‘made-to-fit’ masks, we were all set for our mini-shopping-spree.…
In hindsight, I wish that I’d marked the height of the kids at the start of the lockdown as I swear that they’ve grown like weeds over the past few months! Although J’s managed to outgrow my shoesize already, when we stand back to back, I’m still ever so slightly taller than him but only by millimetres. How?! How on earth is my eleven-year-old lad almost taller than me, I’m thirty-something years old and still can’t reach the cups on the top shelf but that’s by the by! My Rather Lanky But Lovely Lad Like her brother, E, bless her, is also growing at light speed.…
After weeks of none-stop dank, drizzly weather we finally had a sunshine day, just a day mind as any more than that would be pushing it. Whilst it was still quite windy, the temperature was warm enough to warrant pumping up and filling the paddling pool, though only E was brave enough to actually get in. J decided he didn’t fancy getting cold nor wet, which I must admit was probably a wise decision. Instead, he opted to practice somersaulting on the trampoline whilst Paul and I enjoyed a brew under the brolly. Sadly the sunshine was shortlived and it wasn’t long before dark clouds loomed, leaving us just enough time to get the washing in and to pack-up the cushions from the rattan furniture.…
Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. It’s been eight years since my husband and I moved into the house in which we now live. Though we’ve ripped out the funky, floral carpets, we’ve removed the shell-shaped bathroom, we’ve repainted and redecorated almost all of the house and have even added an extension a few years back – there are a few things however that I chose to keep… Standing tall in the corner of our garden is a chimney-pot-planter in which is a beautiful lily that, every year without fail, flourishes into the most fabulous flower that I have ever seen.…
So here we are at the end of July already – it’s strange how quickly time flies by despite us having to battle the boredom of being stuck in lockdown limbo. So without further ado, here are a few of the things which I have #LikedandLoved throughout July. The End Of Term & The End of An Era School (or should I say homeschool?) came to a close for the academic year. J is no longer a junior, he has now finished primary school entirely, and come September will be moving on to senior school, whereas E has now finished in the infants and come autumn will be a junior.…
After almost an entire month of dank and dismal wet weather, we conclude July with a stunning but scorching sunshine day. Here are a few of my #LittleLoves from the past month. Read Other than the news, I’ve not read an awful lot during the past month. I have however been dipping in and out of my copy of ‘Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom‘ and I fully intend to fall back into my fiction over the next couple of weeks. Watched Having sucked various streaming services dry, Paul and I have since started watching ‘Call The Midwife‘. It’s not a program that I would have considered watching up until now, however, my Dad seemed to be enjoying watching this show and whilst I’ve been back and forth looking after him, I too have joined him in watching a few episodes and now I’m hooked!…
Jobs that involve working from home have been becoming increasingly popular over the last few years. With computers improving drastically, and more and more people having access to fast internet connections, it’s easier than ever to maintain a career without leaving the house. Of course, though, when you mix home life and work like this, the dynamic inside your house can change forever. To help you out with this, this post will be exploring some of the best ways to avoid letting your work spill over into your personal life when you work at home. Defined Working Hours Like any other job, work you do from home should always be restricted to set hours.…
