corona virus Archives

Five Things To Do During Lockdown 2.0

by RachelSwirl November 6, 2020

It’s official – lockdown 2.0 has started and is set to stay for the rest of the month. But while the first lockdown resulted in inevitable boredom, a baking banana bread compulsion, and fitness-related Tik Tok’s that make many people now shudder, that doesn’t mean that your second lockdown has to be the same. In fact, this second lockdown doesn’t have to leave you feeling bored on the sofa at all! If you have kids, having some time to yourself, in particular, is important, even essential, allowing you to be a better parent, partner, and even friend to your nearest …

#MySundaySnapshot – Flutterby Summer 30/52 (2020)

by RachelSwirl July 26, 2020

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. I feel very much like a butterfly at present – I’m forever flitting here, there and everywhere doing a bit of this, a bit of that, and a bit of the other… There is always something to be worked at or something to be doing, whether it’s dusting, vacuuming, washing the pots, folding the laundry, tidying cupboards, sorting through the wardrobes or writing reviews – it’s all go! I’m trying …

The Siblings Project – May 2020

by RachelSwirl May 15, 2020

I’m so glad that my children actually get along, I couldn’t for one minute imagine having had to spend the past eight or nine weeks locked in a house with endless sibling squabbles… cough It’s been far from easy but let me assure you, the kids have been the least of my worries! J & E have both been as good as gold these past few months, which is admirable considering the stress that they must be under from the endless covid 19 news coverage (even though we shield them as much as possible from this) and the fact they …

#LittleLoves – April 2020

by RachelSwirl April 24, 2020

As the world remains in lockdown, we’ve been doing our very best to keep our little world as normal as can be. Who am I kidding? Nothing is normal right now… Without further whining or waffling, here are a few of my #LittleLoves from the month gone by… Read Given that we are in lockdown you’d expect that I’d have plenty of time to read books but that’s not quite the case. If I’m not busy homeschooling the kids then I’m either running back and forth to my folks to provide care or I’m busy on the phone talking to …

#LivingArrows – Homeschooling 12/52 (2020)

by RachelSwirl March 23, 2020

Due to the recent coronavirus (covid 19) outbreak, the schools here in the UK officially shut on Friday for what could be for the foreseeable. We are quite lucky in that I am a qualified and experienced teacher, thus homeschooling is no ‘biggy’. In fact, the kids were so excited to start working from home this morning, that if it weren’t for the kids’ social and our financial requirements, I’d quite consider keeping it this way.