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Giving up booze for January and other challenges
It’s January, start of a new year, each Monday is the start of a new week. A new month, you can challenge yourself at any time to do anything. I have given myself a few. One is exercise, one is this blog and the other is booze. Lots of little challenges, lots of little changes.…
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Morning routines: why is it so hard to get up
I am not a morning person , I don’t mind getting up to do something but my bed is my favourite place be in the world. Especially with Gavin and Frank snuggling beside me. So getting up for me is, at the moment, tricky. On Wednesdays it’s bin day so I have to get up…
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12 image vision board: a fresh outlook for 2022
A vision board isn’t the same as a resolution. It’s more about manifesting about using an image as a symbol of something you wish to achieve rather than a goal you want to achieve. In my vision board There is no fashion, no skinny body. Yes I want to be healthy but I want to…
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Lentil soup and nostalgia
I called my dad to say to ask him how to cook lentil soup. We have a new Asian food store open up and it’s wonderful, fresh fruit and veg laid out like they do in France. A bunch of garlic for £2 , beautiful fruits and then we go to the dried food section…
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Picture perfect, garden needs a lot of work
Today we started with a lazy morning, fresh coffee on and then Gavin dyed my hair for me. It’s not styled so I will show you a better picture later in the week. I love the colour it’s similar what I am naturally so I am thrilled. My gray hairs are slightly ginger but that…
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All change and none at the same time
Last year I decided to grow out my grey hair. It’s strange, I have a lot of grey but I still have a lot of auburn hair left. So with just a few weeks away to the wedding I have decided to dye my hair. I still want to grow out my grey but I…
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Looks like we made it!
Another day another year! Hope you are all well and happy. I am not one for New Year’s celebrations, I don’t like to spend the extra money on bars or taxis especially with covid forever haunting us. I get to see me dad in February so that is my main goal! Stay healthy and hug…
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Small goals for a new year
I wrote a post about toxic positivity and the pressure of following dreams and downfall. So I decided to set myself small, some necessary goals. My goals last year were all achievable the only one I didn’t succeed at was my fitness and that was due to pure laziness but I have two events to…
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An early family Christmas
In my household we have always had multiple Christmas meals due to my father being in the Army. That’s just the life you live when a member of your family is part of the armed forces. Christmas to me isn’t the 25th. It’s when my family can be together. This year I get two Christmas’s…
Dysfunctional Planner
The joys of planning our small terrace house,travel and all that life throws at me
Dysfunctional Planner 