The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
When someone you love is diagnosed with cancer it can be so hard to know what to say and what to do. Quite often our natural instinct is to buy them something, a present of some kind to show that you care and that you're thinking of them. But it can b ...
How on earth have we almost come to the end of the year?! I know it's almost a cliche to say it at this point, but seriously, where have the last few weeks gone? Christmas is just around the corner, and hot on its heels will be the New Year. And th ...
Back in September I took a deep breath and headed off to London for my first big blogging conference - BML17. It was a really great experience for me; I learnt a lot and, possibly even more importantly, I met some really lovely people. One of the pe ...
This time of year it's so easy to spend (a lot) more money than we planned to. There are so many presents to buy, cards to post, decorations to replace and food to stock up on. It's all too easy for costs to creep up and get ever so slightly out of co ...
Nerys is going through a bit of a funny phase at the moment. One minute she'll be telling me what a big girl she is, and how she can't wait to be a grown up like me. Then the next minute she'll be pretending to be a baby, speaking gibberish in a high ...
We love getting crafty in our house. There's a big cardboard box stashed under a table in the lounge that is almost overflowing now with art and craft supplies, and the children love pulling it out and getting creative, making whatever they fancy fro ...
We had a bit of a quiet week last week. We've all been feeling a bit worn out and run down and both the children have been sniffling and coughing a fair bit. So we didn't really get up to much beyond the normal school routine. Which means I didn't ...