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Bargain Hunting Once Again!
If I’m honest, I’ve noticed I am struggling a bit more this year with the reduction of daylight hours – even though Autumn is my favourite season and I’ve written several blog posts about it. So, in an attempt to cheer myself up and keep motivated, I’m trying to do ‘nice’ creative things this week,…
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The trials of buying ladies’ undergarments – and a surprise source of good advice
On a recent shopping trip to our local ‘supermarket’, (note there’s no plural there), I noticed the “womens’ clothing” section had a sale on. I rummaged through a few rails of multi-coloured crap I wouldn’t clean my floor with, and found some reasonable looking and priced undies. I was aware my stock was needing replenished…
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An Autumn Walk
I recently took our son for a lovely Autumnal walk around the river, not too far away from where we live. The sun was shining and it wasn’t too cold so I can honestly say I enjoyed every second. There are a few paths you can take beside the river so we did part of…
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Autumn on the plot
Its that time of year again on the plot! Although we are still bringing in a fair harvest at this time of year, there are many plants which need to be cleared and composted. I must admit this is a job I tackle with mixed feelings: on the one hand, I enjoy the cutting down…
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PUMPKINS!
Well the day finally arrived when our pumpkins were harvested to see who managed to grow the biggest one this year! No prizes for guessing which one won! The results came in as the following: Pumpkin 1 (on the left) – 132 cm circumference or 52″ 3 stones 11 pounds or 53 pounds in weight…
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Random Act of Kindness – that saved a wedding
On the 10th of October this year, my husband and I will be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary. So I thought I would share with you a heart-warming, true story that may help restore just a little of your faith in humanity and thereby mean you can celebrate along with us! Our wedding was organised…
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A series of fortunate events
We recently decided to get a new mattress, without giving too much thought about what to do with the old one (or how we were going to pay for it but I’ll gloss over that part). A week of heavenly sleep and sideling past it to get to my side of the bed later, I…
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Making Mistakes
I’ve been hearing a lot lately in interviews and podcasts about the benefits of making mistakes. Its really made me think about the importance of making them and is something I discuss frequently with dearest son as part of the homeschool process. Recently we’ve been struggling through a specific maths area. Day one was very…
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Proof Dogs Do Dream in their Sleep!
Our lovely dog Scooby was sleeping soundly in the living room the other night, when it became apparent he was having a dream! Sometimes he makes a lot of ‘wuff’ noises but this one was silent so I wanted to share it with you:
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Celebrate…at Fort George – A Great Day Out
Recently dearest son and I went to something called the Celebration of the Centuries which was held at Fort George just down the road from us. If you’ve never heard of it, Fort George is an 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. It was built to control…
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Highland Games in Nairn, Scotland 2023
Every year our seaside town hosts the last free Highland Games – you have to pay to get in to all the others! We also have a large fairground but if you want to sound like a local you have to call them ‘the showies’. There are events ranging from piping competitions, traditional dancing, tug-o-war,…
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Normal Life Challenges?
The past week has felt more challenging than normal. Maybe its because the summer holidays are drawing to a close and the start of a new homeschool year looms ever closer. Maybe its because I’m a bit under the weather, despite my best efforts to stay healthy – including starting to make kombucha which I’ve…
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