January, you have been long, cold and brutal. I had to dig way back to the start of the year to find these sunny photos, as it just feels like it has been a really grey monotonous month. I suppose you always get the post-Christmas…
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One of the things I wasn’t prepared for when Roger died was the masses of paperwork that needed doing in the weeks that followed. At a time when your mind goes to pieces and your concentration is lost, as a widow you’re expected to focus…
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The popularity of gin is so great that there are so many varieties out there to choose from – or should I say try. As a gin lover I have managed to acquire a small but lovely collection of different brands – some of them…
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I have been a vegan all year – well we are only just over two weeks into it but you know, I have been vegan for that whole time. It’s because I’m following Veganuary and have committed to spending the month of January without consuming…
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I haven’t had my own desk space for years but since I had the garage of our home converted into a playroom, I’ve managed to claim a corner of it for myself and create my own little work space. The renovations were finished about a…
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I was reminded this morning, thanks to Facebook and those little notifications that tell you what you posted on this day in the past, that it’s been two years to the day that Roger was admitted to intensive care. Not for the first time but…
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I have been vegan for four days now. It’s not a permanent lifestyle choice, more something I wanted to do to satisfy my curiosity. I know a few vegans and they seem to be happy, healthy souls who eat nice food with a clear conscience.…
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It’s the last day of December and I think I’ve forgotten how to write. I’ve been trying to put into words how I felt about this month for the past few days and I can’t quite put my finger on what I want to say.…
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The last few days before Christmas and I think I’m finally starting to feel festive; my house is back to normal after the renovations, the tree is up and decorated, I’ve finished my Christmas shopping and put my ‘out of the office’ on at work.…
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My kids love sleepovers – or should I say they love the idea of sleepovers. Both Sam and Flo have beds that pull out and transform from singles to doubles (the IKEA Hemnes day bed) and they’re always asking to stay in each other’s rooms.…
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Last year I wrote a post about how I felt approaching my first Christmas as a widow. I can’t lie, it was not easy; it was the run-up to the holidays that I found hard. Christmas is meant to be all about sharing good times…
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Project playroom is coming along nicely and I’m hoping that by this time next week we’ll be in there and enjoying our new space. The last time I wrote about my plans to convert the garage into a playroom the work had only just begun.…
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We’re at the end of the first week of December and Christmas trees are going up in homes around the world – apart from ours that is! There simply is not enough room in the lounge for a tree at the moment, as the renovations…
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Five under £5 this month can only mean one thing – festive five under a fiver! I love the challenge of finding these things that are little joy-givers on a budget, but I reckon this month will see a bit of competition going on between…
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It certainly was a bracing day when we climbed up on the Cow and Calf rocks last weekend. It’s Ilkley’s most famous landmark but oddly it was the first time we’d climbed up there together since moving here in July. It was Sunday afternoon, we’d…