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#LittleLoves – February 2025

by RachelSwirl February 28, 2025

Welcome to this month’s #LittleLoves post, part of a ‘good feel’ blog series sharing the positive points from each month. You are more than welcome to tag along by sharing your posts or adding comments below. February may have been the shortest month of the year but it’s been the most action-packed for us as we’ve squeezed plenty into the past twenty-whatever days. Without any further waffle (unless it’s of the Stroop variety) here’s my #LittleLoves from February 2025. Read Thanks to Kindle Unlimited, I’ve managed to get through an entire series of books by Elsie Silver. The Chesnut Springs series …

Seventeen Years Later

by RachelSwirl August 4, 2024

This time seventeen years ago I was getting trussed up in a huge white dress ready for what felt like the biggest day of my life… seventeen years, two houses, six cars, two dogs, four sofas, goodness knows how many mattresses, two dress sizes, and two kids later we’re still very happy, if a little rounder, greyer, and wiser with the years gone by. To say that we’ve been through a lot is more than an understatement; seventeen years has brought us a rollercoaster’s worth of ups and downs but we’ve battled them together and continue to ride life not …

#MFFMM – My Five Favourite Monthly Moments from February 2024

by RachelSwirl February 29, 2024

Welcome to my recently launched linky – My Five Favourite Monthly Moments aka #MFFMM. This series will go live on the last day of each month and will celebrate five favourite moments from the month gone by. You are most welcome to participate either by submitting comments on these posts or by creating your own posts (on a blog, social media platform, or website) and then adding your link below. So without any further, here are My Five Favourite Monthly Moments (#MFFMM) from February 2024: Young Voices After months of religiously rehearing a selection of songs, our beautiful little lady …

Sweet Sixteen – Happy Anniversary

by RachelSwirl August 4, 2023

We’ve been married for sixteen years today. I’ll admit it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster at times as we’ve endured some incredible ups and some terrible downs. Yet here we are we’re here – we somehow surpassed the ‘fifteen-year life sentence’ joke that we were often ribbed by others with and thankfully we’ve come through it together. People may have rolled their eyes at us being in each other’s pockets all those years back and I couldn’t care less. I’ve never felt as secure, as safe, or as loved in my whole life and I can’t express how grateful …

Things that I have #LikedandLoved in February 2023

by RachelSwirl February 28, 2023

February has very quickly come to a close and though it’s the shortest month of the year it seems to have been the busiest so far for us. Here are a few of the things that we have #LikedandLoved throughout the past twenty-odd days. Eighteen Years Together Paul and I celebrated eighteen years together this month. It really doesn’t feel like eighteen years since we went out on our first date but time obviously flies when you’re having fun. Valentines Day As usual, Paul and I celebrated Valentine’s Day a day earlier than most (as it merges with our anniversary). …