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*This is a collaborative post* When it comes to your finances, you need to have priorities. We all do. No matter if you’re married, or whether you have a family or not. If you ever want to be in full control of your finances and…

And so ends another busy month in our household. You’d have thought, logically, that with February being a shorter month we simply wouldn’t have had the time to squeeze so much in and yet with Meg and Eli being on half term, we managed to…

It almost goes without saying that when February half term rolls around, we will find ourselves at the circus! We have been going to Gandeys Thrill Circus for a couple of years now and each time we visit, we have a great experience. For 2019…

I kicked off this year by sitting and writing about my chosen word for 2019. My word was to ‘Be’ and incorporated into that was a concept of being still and content, of being intentional and of taking things slower. So I am a little…

Last week we were invited to head into the city and experience Liverpool’s Famous Grotto.  Originally based in Lewis’s Department Store, the Grotto is the world’s first and oldest Grotto and is now in it’s 139th year!  This year it has been relocated to St…

The end of August is always a funny time for us.  It’s the winding down of the summer holidays and the simultaneous gearing up for the return to school. It’s the tail-end of the summer and the looking ahead to the beginning of autumn.  And…

Cast your mind back to the beginning of the year; remember when I said we were planning on keeping our heads down and having a quiet year…those have quickly become famous last words!  I feel like we are ricocheting from one thing to the next…

We are lucky enough to live in a rather picturesque part of the country.  Granted, we don’t always get the nicer, warmer weather of the south of England but we are within a short driving distance of beaches, woodlands, countryside and plenty more.  It’s funny…