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A month of no spending: can I do it?
I set myself a goal of no spending for 30 days. This doesn’t include my food shop just nothing else. I was supposed to go to the garden centre last week but I didn’t get round to it. I have a list of things I am allowed to buy from it and a spending limit.…
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A moment in time: Playing with drones
It’s been a busy weekend. Full of sunshine, friends, wine. Because of the incredible weather we have been mainly outside. Their was little wind so we went outside to play with Gavin’s drone. It has a camera and the images that we got are pretty impressive so we can film ourselves in the park. He…
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Sitting room refresh and updates
It’s been a busy week. I have not stopped and feel really good for it. My sitting room is 95% complete, the walls are painted. The clutter removed. All I have left to do it paint the corner above the window and hang my pictures and it’s done. It looks like a bigger room. I…
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Self doubt is a loyal companion
I applied for my Masters this year. I now feel like I have a definite path I want to follow which includes art and helping people. I couldn’t think of a job more suited to me but it has taken years to get here. I have worked in retail for too long. I loved my…
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No buy month, can I do it?
I may have been a bit spendy this month. Fabric, rugs, baskets, bras. So now I need to stop. I am banning myself from buying anything other than food for 30 days. I don’t need anything and I need to stop digging into my savings. If I get into university then I will be broke…
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Representation matters: beyond the optics
My nine year old daughter’s bestie runs to catch up with me on the busy path leading out from school. She utters three sentences before running ahead… Representation matters: beyond the optics
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A difference of opinion : let’s open the conversation
I started watching cowspiracy and I couldn’t stomach it. I found it too heavy handed. Simple solutions that don’t actually help the farming industry. I eat meat. I have cut down due the environmental impact but I still eat meat. When I was little my dad used to take us to the farm markets to…
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Easter weekend plans: home and garden updates
When I sit down to write, I try and do some different each time. I have come to realise that I am being too hard on myself. Not a lot is happening at the moment so I need to just focus on what I am up to and how everything is going. A bit like…
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The weather is wonderful
Let’s go outside and enjoy it shall we! This weekend I will be pulling up weeds, raking our lawn. Planting my 150 bulbs I purchased in a mad gardening haze. Watering our thirsty plants…. ordering a green bin collection for them to take away all our branches and pruning. But best of all. I will…
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A moment in time: planning
We have been living in our home for 6 years now. It’s a lovely little Victorian/ Edwardian terrace house built in 1905. We love it. The man who lived before us had the foresight to plan the front of our house. He planted a camellia bush and grew it like a hedge. This year we…
Dysfunctional Planner
The joys of planning our small terrace house,travel and all that life throws at me
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