Category: Advice
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Coping with cancer and failing
Not sure if this is a funny story or not. Gavin had had a bad day. A tube down his nose and throat was making him gag so he didn’t couldn’t talk. He hadn’t slept and looked tired and gaunt straight away i new he wasn’t himself. It was heartbreaking to see. I still haven’t […]
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Well it’s Cancer…..
Hi all Bad news but not the worst news. My husband has stage 2/3 cancer. He has a large tumour growing in his rectum and will soon be going in for surgery to have it removed. The good news is it hasn’t spread and the fear of becoming a widow sooner than nature intended is […]
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Life update: is it the c-word
I can’t decide wether to publish this post or not. It’s not my story. If you are reading it, I pushed the button. It’s not my body or my health. So maybe if I write it it can be from my perspective rather than from my husbands. Fuck it. He may have cancer. He is […]
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Kitchen Diaries: 2 it was delivered
It’s a very exciting time. I had to organise for the kitchen to be delivered we did run into a few issues, their van broke down, then there was a delay but because I wasn’t working at the time so it didn’t bother us. We were just happy to receive it. The van arrived very […]
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My 6 goals I want to focus on this year and the actions to achieve them: Vision board 2023
As a visual person I really love a visual goal, an image that sums up a goal is great. I have been making vision board for the last few years but last year I organised it in my Pinterest board and saved it as my screen shot on the front of my phone. This was […]
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Moment in time: Stay warm
It’s cold, we had more snow than expected. So I hope you are all warm and safe. As pretty as the snow is we all know that families will be choosing between food and heating. People sleep rough may not make it through the night and wildlife will struggle to stay warm and find food. […]
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A wee Christmas mistake
I know we have all done it, not checked the size of buying online. But I went and bought some pretty Christmas plates, i new they would be small but these are so wee they are not as useful as I hoped. I bought twelve. I am sending 6 back. Or maybe I will find […]
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What would your perfect Christmas look like?
I love Christmas. The majority of my Christmas blogs start with this sentence. because I do. My mum made sure we had a wonderful Christmas even if my father was away. She made it wonderful. She dressed the table which made my dad mad, we eat family style, everything on the table so we can […]
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Life is full of boxes
And it’s much worse if you forgot to label them. Our life is still surrounded by boxes. It’s a bit chaotic and I am not sure what we will do about Christmas. As we plan on having the house renovated next year we are reluctant to unpack and properly move in. We do need to […]
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Moving tips: maybe you can learn from all my mistakes
Our move was hectic. I am writing this on day two of the move. My legs ache, I haven’t eaten a proper meal in a few days. I miss vegetables and salad ( salad?! I must be ill) I have cried countless times of the overwhelming task of packing up a house, with let’s face […]
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