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The race is long

21/09/2015
by admin with 2 Comments QuotesUncategorized

Ever since Rhys started going to nursery school last year there's been a lot of talk from him about winning.  He'll want to race to be the first person to get to the front door so that he can 'win'.  Almost anything can be turned into a competition wi ...

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Fairy cakes 2 4 4 4 recipe

Simple fairy cakes (the 2,4,4,4 recipe)

17/09/2015
by admin with 3 Comments Recipes

A fair few years ago, before I really started doing much cooking or baking for myself, I watched in slight amazement as my sister made fairy cakes without even glancing at a recipe. I remember thinking that she must be some kind of baking genius to ...

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Mmm, chocolate! (wicked Wednesdays)

16/09/2015
by admin with 10 Comments PersonalUncategorized

The best way to eat a chocolate digestive is to lick all the chocolate off and then discard the actual biscuit, apparently!  

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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns

A quote for positive thinking day!

14/09/2015
by admin with 3 Comments QuotesUncategorized

On a hunt for random 'special' days recently I discovered that Sunday was positive thinking day.  Now, in my opinion, every day should be positive thinking day!  But I'm all for there being a day to remind us all to shift our thinking to make it more posi ...

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Glorious quotes from Roald Dahl

6 glorious quotes from Roald Dahl

12/09/2015
by admin with 3 Comments Personal

Saturday 12th September 2015 is Roald Dahl day; a day created to celebrate the wonderful author's birthday. One of my favourite quotes of his is "if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look love ...

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Someone is enjoying play time at school! (Wicked Wednesdays)

09/09/2015
by admin with 7 Comments PersonalUncategorized

Day three of full days at school and Rhys seems to be enjoying himself!  He came home today clutching a conker which he was very excited about.  Judging by his muddy face and general dishevelled appearance he had a great time playing in the woods at playt ...

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Everything changes (a letter to my son at he starts full days at school)

08/09/2015
by admin with 8 Comments ParentingPersonalUncategorized

Dear Rhys, I wished on a shooting star for you, did you know that? I was lying on a beach one night in the summer of 2010, longing for the clouds to shift enough for the perseid meteor shower to do it's thing.  Then it happened; a brilliant flash of ...

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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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