This week’s My Captured Moment is a few photo’s from Father’s Day, which was last week. We’d prepared presents the night before, so the kids were all super excited when they woke up and couldn’t wait to ‘help’ Simon open his presents. We went to Harvester for breakfast, and although…
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I know some people scoff at new years resolutions, but I think they’re really useful. I love how January is a time of reflection and thinking about how we can do things in the future to make ourselves even better. Before starting to write this post, I thought a good…
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It’s almost here, only two more sleeps to go! This year it feels like the run up to Christmas has lasted forever. I think this is probably due to the retailers promoting it so early. I like Christmas but find the run up a bit intense and tiring! Christmas burnout…
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I’ve had the most lovely weekend and the fact that it was Mother’s Day yesterday was like the cherry on top. All of the kids have been lovely this weekend and we’ve had a great time together, just doing simple things. I don’t work on a Friday, so it always…
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I’ve seen quite a few Mother’s Day gift guides, so I thought I’d put my own together. I’ve tried to include something for everyone, but have to admit that I have been slightly selfish, with my plan being to direct hubby to it throughout the year for gift inspiration. It…
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Spring is in the air. The nights are slowly getting lighter, the weather is getting warmer and I can hear birds. I hate winter, but in contrast absolutely love spring (and summer), here are the reasons why: The warmer weather Getting Oscar, a typically lazy five-year old, and two-year old…
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I hate winter (apart from Christmas of course)! I hate miserable cold weather. I hate how it’s dark when I leave for work in the morning, and dark when I leave work at night. I’m not quite as cheery in winter and I hate how it affects my skin and…
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I tend to keep my New Year resolutions realistic, to ensure I actually have a chance of achieving them. This year will be no exception. I thought I’d share them here, in the hope that writing them down and being able to refer back, will mean I don’t forget them…
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I’ve had a bit of a break from blogging over Christmas week, but in order to capture the memories of Christmas, I thought I’d illustrate my past week using just photo’s, so here we go… Hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas too! J x
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So, a few weeks ago, I posted some tips for having a stress free Christmas, which I’d pledged to follow. Well it’s not quite going to plan! Life appears to be getting in the way of my plans! Our extension is now almost finished (full post and pics coming soon),…
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Apparently today is ‘Black Friday’. And yes it is… in AMERICA! I just don’t understand why it is suddenly a thing here in the UK. Everyone seems to be jumping on the bandwagon and my twitter feed was full of Black Friday deals this morning. I remember when sale times…
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