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Highs and Lows of a busy week
The British summer is well known for consisting of rain and disappointment. It always has been and this year is no different. It would appear ‘climate change’ hasn’t reached our part of Scotland yet! My husband always says we get about 2 and a half full days of sun here with a sprinkling here and…
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The Joy of Passing on Treasures!
In a recent blog post I mentioned I had been doing a substantial amount of decluttering. I’ve been meaning to get a handle on it for a long time and I’ve done a little here and there but I got rid of box loads of stuff this time and it felt good! I’m not finished…
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The Joy of Making Your Own Wine!
I thought I would share with you one of my more secret hobbies – the wonderful world of wine making. I say its a secret hobby because I don’t advertise I make it or suddenly everyone would want to be my friend – and I’m greedy. Actually it was a neighbour who got me into…
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The Tax Man
Here comes the man, with his hand outstretched. He heard you’ve got money he hasn’t had yet. He says its his now – You say, “Wanna bet? You’ll get blood out a stone before you get a cent”.
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Clean House, Clean Mind & Being Robbed
A different sort of weekend was had in our household. Having spent a few rainy days decluttering – boxes of old toys, clothes and a host of ‘why do we still have that’ – it just left a good old clean up to be done. Now I don’t know about you but I’ve noticed my…
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Stress – Ways to recognise and deal with it – Part 2
(The podcast episode for this post can be found here: https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-yvceq-147d3a9 ). In part 1, we looked at some of the physical, emotional and behavioural signs of stress as well as why the body has certain biological responses to stress. This time I want to offer some suggestions which I hope will be useful to…
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Dog Food – A Poem
My dog won’t eat his food, he wants the same as me. I look into his big brown eyes and say “That cannot be – I went up to the shops and bought you all the tins – But now it would appear you don’t want whats within. I cannot make you burgers, Spaghetti is…
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Adventure Park
Dearest son and I recently spent the day at a place called Landmark Adventure Park. Its in Carrbridge in Scotland and it has LOADS to do. Its not cheap but we checked the weather forecast for the best day of the week, booked online for a small discount and took a picnic. I’ve put up…
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“So its not a jump scare then?”
I laughed so hard! On our recent trip to Landmark Adventure Park which is in Carrbridge, Scotland, we found this……
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5 Natural and safe remedies you can try at home
(The podcast episode for this post can be found here: https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-i72sc-146b763) We are all looking for effective and natural remedies to everyday health probems so I’ve come up with a top 5 of remedies we use as a family. 1 Garlic and honey – Boost your immune system – This is something I make up…
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Weekends and busy days
Do you ever have that feeling where you feel like you’ve done a weeks worth of ‘stuff’ in a couple of days? Its not planned but it happens – and its wonderful! I will start with allotment news: The harvests are coming in now, for which I am immensely grateful. Its easy to think that…
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Time At The Dog Park
We are very lucky to have a great facility for dogs near us which we paid a visit to recently with our lurcher Scooby. We don’t let Scooby off-lead when out for his usual walks for many reasons: All this might make him sound like a nightmare but he is far from it. I’ve never…
Coming from my slice of life to help you find more joy in yours
