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…
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A Little Bit Of Us… #8
Read moreAnother month has come and gone in the blink of an eye. We are well into the school summer break now and we continue to be blessed with gorgeous sunshine most days. This is certainly turning into an unusual summer here in the UK; I…
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A Little Bit Of Us… #7
Read moreCast 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…
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Down Among The Bluebells…
Read moreWe 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…
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A Little Bit Of Us… #6 {I’m Still Here!}
Read moreYou might be forgiven for thinking I had dropped off the edge of the planet…this little blog of mine which I swore I would be more consistent with at the start of the year has fallen victim to the many other pulls on my time…
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Blissful Beach Days…
Read moreIt’s not often that I get to start a post on here talking about a stretch of glorious weather; it just isn’t something which happens on a regular enough basis in the UK, especially not when you live in the rainy North-West of England either…
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Blue Skies and Sunshine…
Read moreIt certainly feels as though the spring has been a long time in coming this year. I have heard countless people remark that the winter seems to have dragged and dragged, so when we awoke recently to blue skies and sunshine we were determined to make…
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A Little Bit Of Us… #5
Read moreI think the fact that it has been almost a month since I wrote a post here is testament to just how busy our lives are at the moment. I have found the jump up from three days at work to four rather more challenging…
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A Little Bit Of Us… #4
Read moreI mentioned in my last ‘Us’ post that we had gone into the year thinking that 2018 was going to be a quiet one. If that wasn’t true in January then it certainly hasn’t been true this month either! We have ended February with some…
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An Unexpected Snow Day…
Read moreSo last week was pretty bleak. Storm Emma was doing her thing here in the UK and we were being treated to temperatures in the minuses which were much colder than we were used to. It didn’t help that it seemed as though lots of places…
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World Book Day & PizzaExpress
Read moreOh, World Book Day. As an avid reader, the idea of an entire day dedicated to the wonder of reading and all things bookish fills me with absolute joy. As a parent, the idea of trying to convince my son that he would much rather go to…
