The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
After a week of illness and disruption, the children were both back in school for a full week last week. We've been lateral flow testing regularly and this seems to just be a seasonal cold that's hanging around for a bit, but it really is still lingeri ...
Our lifestyle choices, such as what we eat, how much we exercise, and how much sleep we get, all have an impact on our performance at work. If we eat too many chocolate bars and fizzy drinks or stay up too late, we feel irritable during the day and unable ...
The dream of finding an old house in the country within your budget, doing it up, and living there forever is many people’s idea of bliss. The problem is that many older properties aren’t designed with many - if any - of the mod cons that we are used to i ...
The bathroom is, naturally, one of the most essential rooms in the home, vital for our every day routines, and it should be a place where we can feel comfortable and safe. However, that feeling can quickly be dashed away when you start to see the spread ...
We've had a pretty slow start to the year in our house. Between covid and other bugs working their way through the family, we've really not hit the ground running. Which means things like Christmas thank you letters that would normally be done prett ...
Here we go. 2022. And a fresh start with the me and mine project. I feel like I lost my spark a bit last year, and weeks and months slipped by without me really making an effort to take the photos I want to be taking of me and my family. So this y ...
School uniform isn’t exactly the trendiest look, and lots of kids would prefer to wear their own clothes, but uniform policies are in place for a good reason. Believe it or not, there are actually lots of benefits of school uniform, not only for the s ...