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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 …

#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 …

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). …

#LittleLoves – February 2023

by RachelSwirl February 24, 2023

So here we are at the end of yet another month. February may well be a short month but it’s sure flown by! Here are a few of my #LittleLoves from the past twenty-however-many days. Read Having completed Adam Silvera’s Death-Cast series, I decided to explore some of his previous books and ended up ordering ‘History Is All You Left Me’. Though it took me a week or two to make progress with this book, I’ve finally got myself into the story and, I’m now a couple of chapters into reading History Is All You Left Me. Watched After a …

Roses are red, violets are blue, I’ve loved the past eighteen years with you.

by RachelSwirl February 14, 2023

Yesterday marked eighteen years since my husband and I first got together following a nerve-wracking date at the cinema. Eighteen years later and we continue to merge our anniversary and valentines by celebrating and sharing cards and gifts on the 13th rather than the 14th like most. Once again I’ve been spoilt rotten with a cute card, a beautiful bouquet of roses, and an obligatory Terry’s Orange. I was also gifted a stunning rainbow-tie-dye-style scarf which I plan on wearing to work later in the week. Although it was a working day for us both, we celebrated by sharing a …