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Not quite an early bird
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? I do love getting up early and my natural time is probably around 7am but I will never be one of those people who can get up at 5-6am and go to bet at 9pm. I just don’t see the…
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How to make a house a home
Which aspects do you think makes a home unique? My sister in law just had a house warming and she has done it up so lovely, warm beiges, wooden floors and lots of panelling and wallpaper , lots of marble, gold and white in the bathrooms it’s feels new, fresh bougie even. So what makes…
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Bathroom Update
Stalemate When it comes to the bathroom we are at a stalemate. Nothing much has changed. We just had our leaky shower fixed. We still have no tiles on the floor but the rest of the room is tiled and grouted. Gav found a cute towel rack so that has gone up. I may try…
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listening is a skill and every body just wants to be heard
What’s something most people don’t understand? Working in retail and now with local government I have spoken to hundreds of people in my life time. Complaints is a really tricky one and people offloading is often difficult to listen to, but everybody just wants to be heard. People complaining about personal issues product issues, it’s…
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Working from home is wonderful
How has technology changed your job? I work for a London council and before covid hit they had sold our offices. They were about to roll out work from home when it turned into a Necessity . Which means that they were prepared during the pandemic. And working from home is completely normal. I love…
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My main goals are gardening
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? So when I make plans to garden and they are interrupted with friends events then I just make sure that I get up earlier to achieve what I want to. I like to say no a lot. Especially if it’s it’s…
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My not so secret ability
What’s a secret ability you have or wish you had? I believe I can pretty much create anything. When it comes to art of being creative there are only a few things that I don’t think I am able to do. My mum was dumbfounded when I was little and I chose to bake the…
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As a gardener I just love weather plus I am British
What is your favorite type of weather? I check the weather app everyday. What is my favourite type, well I need all of it. I need the frosts and cold weather to kick my tulips into gear when they are in the earth. It may kill my dahlias but that just means they need another…
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Good teachers: I’ve had a lot
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I have been lucky. I enjoyed school, I had good teachers throughout my life and I have moved a lot. My primary years I don’t really remember names but I remember what they taught me. Roald Dahl books read to my class by our head master.because the reason…
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Less work and more play
What do you wish you could do more every day? Isn’t that what everyone wants. Less work and more play. More enjoyable moments, but life is tough at the moment, this recession is clawing at our finances deeply. So I can’t afford to work less. I would love a 3 day weekend or a four…
Dysfunctional Planner
The joys of planning our small terrace house,travel and all that life throws at me
Dysfunctional Planner 