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Happiness non-negotiables

My happiness non-negotiables

14/04/2016
by admin with 2 Comments Personal

I've been nominated by Obliviously Awesome to write about my happiness non-negotiables; the things in life that we need to make us happy.  The things that we must make time for, and make a priority, in order to make life that little bit better and bri ...

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stop offering false hope to parents of babies who don't sleep

Maybe we need to stop offering false hope to parents of babies who don’t sleep.

13/04/2016
by admin with 12 Comments ParentingPersonalPsychology

For the first 4 months of my daughter's life if someone asked me 'how is she in the nights?', I would answer 'brilliant...for now'. See, at the beginning she would sleep for a good 5 hour stretch every night.  But I just knew it wouldn't last.  I k ...

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Living arrows 15/52

11/04/2016
by admin with 4 Comments PhotographyUncategorized

At the end of a long second week of school holidays (both kids were poorly and had no energy at all to go out and do anything) we were in need of something to do together that didn't require leaving the house but that was a break from all the jigsaws and ...

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There is no such thing as bad weather

There’s no such thing as bad weather

10/04/2016
by admin with 14 Comments QuotesUncategorized

We went out for a blast of fresh air this afternoon, and it was seriously a BLAST of fresh air!  We drove down to the seafront and tried to go for a walk on the beach but it was so windy Nerys and I had to turn back. You know the kind of wind that, whe ...

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Easy lemon fairy cake recipe lemon curd

Easy lemon fairy cakes (with a lemony surprise in the middle)

08/04/2016
by admin with 8 Comments RecipesUncategorized

I've been having a bit of a lemon moment recently. Normally I'll reach for something chocolatey when I'm in the mood for something sweet, but lately I've been really fancying lemon.  Lemon cheesecake, lemon slices, lemon puff biscuits (these come with ...

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#showyouwerethere

A month of photos (#showyouwerethere)

07/04/2016
by admin with 39 Comments PersonalPhotographyUncategorized

I apologise in advance for this being a photo-heavy post.  There are 31 photos to get through and they all feature me, so I'm sorry if you're a bit tired of looking at me by the end! I've written a few times about how important I feel it is for us, ...

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Living arrows Swansea photography

Living arrows – 14/52

04/04/2016
by admin with 16 Comments PersonalPhotographyUncategorized

Sometimes I look at Nerys and she seems so old, so grown up already.  I think maybe because she so badly wants to be like her big brother she's picked up words, and expressions, and habits that make her seem a little older than ...

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This is a question I'm trying to ask myself more o This is a question I'm trying to ask myself more often - what will I do this week to bring a little bit more joy into my life?

So I'm putting the same question out there to you! 

If you've got a bad case of the Mondays (complete with chainsaw bear!) then take a few minutes to think about what little things you can do this week to make things a bit more fun and enjoyable.

For me this week it'll be having a mooch in Flying Tiger when I'm in town for a meeting, getting out in the sunshine for the school run, and maybe giving 'how I met your father' a go one evening once the kids are in bed!
Little snippets of our day. I try and do a 10 on Little snippets of our day.

I try and do a 10 on 10 project each month, where I take 10 photos throughout the day on the 10th of each month.

This month I also tried to remember to take little video clips through the day, and this is the result.
I had a pretty rough start to this year (fairly su I had a pretty rough start to this year (fairly sure I'm not the only one to say that).

I'm coming out the other side if it now, but with a renewed sense of just wanting to be happy.

Not necessarily in a big, all-encompassing way.  Just in lots of little ways.  Noticing the things in life that bring me joy and making time to just have fun and to do things that make me feel happiness in all its different forms.

Who's with me?!
I'm really looking forward to some family time ove I'm really looking forward to some family time over the Easter holidays (and keeping my fingers crossed for some nice sunny days to head out for some walks!)

Have your children already finished for the term or have they got a few more days left like my two?

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