“September is the other January” …. Gretchen Rubin

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Like many mums when I stopped work (or should that be paid employment outside the home! I still work but without pay) I miss out on a staff Christmas party. Not that these were particular highlights of the season but it was still an enjoyable night out. For the past few years our church toddler…
Welcome back to another iphone friday – where I share some of my iphone photos from the last week, and recommend an app or two to get the most from the amazing camera lurking inside your smart phone. Saturday (day 12 of 365) cleaning the bathroom was no excuse no to take an iphone pic…
As we were driving back up from Galway, and our house swap, we missed watching the Royal Wedding live on TV. So last night I settled down with the family to watch the highlights on the BBC. While watching I learnt the following: 1. My daughters know very little about our Royal Family – there…
First my Mother’s Day, then the winners. (if you can’t wait – skip to the end, read, and come back, please!) I was woken at 7am by 3 kids with an array of cards and gifts – including a lovely jewelry stand (which I will share later in the week), a Ronan Keating CD –…
Goodness, 40, the big four 0 – Not sure if I am ‘fab at 40’ , ‘over the hill’, or is my life just beginning? I have been digi-scrapping since January 07, and thought by 40th birthday would be an appropriate time to take the plunge with creating a freebie. After a few requests and…
This week’s lessons learned Nothing says summer quite like eating ice-cream in the back garden with the kids after school. I enjoyed having house guests again – it has been a while. Dave and Debbie and Joseph were passing through on the way from England to use our cottage on the North coast. They were…