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Who cares for the carers?
Let me start by saying, isn’t that a stupid term? ‘Carer’. Of course we care, everybody cares but I suppose ‘looks after-er’ is a bit of a mouthful. Over the Christmas period, I was left asking this question, ‘who cares for the carers’? Actually it’s been on my mind for a while, since a nurse…
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Results from the garden
Not everything we harvest from our gardens can be eaten. I have been going to the allotment on a fairly regular basis but I don’t seem to have posted much about it so here goes. We have been very busy tidying and harvesting – both are continual jobs but I am very aware that it…
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Do You Believe In Coincidence?
Sometimes things just seem to happen and work out right, but is it luck or something else? At the weekend, Dearest Son and I had a trip to Inverness. It had it’s good points and it’s bad points if I’m honest and we aren’t too keen to rush back. We had to collect something and…
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Please send positive thoughts our way!
My stress levels are going through the roof – I need your positive thoughts. Well hello friends, it’s Monday as I’m typing this and tomorrow is a day this family has been dreading for some time. Why? You might be asking. Well, it’s because tomorrow is the first of 2 appointments for Dearest Son at…
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It’s THIS easy to lose your privately rented home in the UK
I wanted to bring this story to you because, frankly, it’s heart wrenching but also terrifying. This couple, from the UK, have been renting their home with a private landlord, i.e. not a council or housing association rental. They have been served with a Section 21 which means they are about to become homeless through…
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Overwhelming Kindness
I recently had a bit of a situation as some of you will be aware, and yes it was of my own making. I will also admit that I took a bit of a confidence hit with it too. I let stress overwhelm me and made some very big mistakes because of it. But it…
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According to YT this will get the oil stain out!
I have a favourite hoodie and I need it clean. It’s time for a YouTube hack. Last week I opened a can of sardines for Scooby’s breakfast and it’s one of those in sunflower oil. Guess where the oil went? Yeah, all over my hoodie. I put it into the washing machine and gave it…
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Big Fail
There are some things I just can’t do. After reading about Laura’s post being stolen I think a lot of us have become more aware of the need to put some sort of official copyright on our posts – something I’d never done previously. So, on Friday morning, I set out to do just that.…
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Fundraising – I need help!
I’ve thought about this for a long time and I’ve finally set up a Give Send Go campaign to get a ‘little free library’ for the town of Nairn. These little free libraries are all over the world and are a way for a community to share books – all ages and all for free!…
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*FREE* Menu Plan Printable for October!
Guess who’s been playing on Canva again! I was actually looking for something home-school related but it took me to Canva and I thought ‘hold on, I wonder if could make one of these?’ So for a bit of fun, I came up with a printable for the month of October to help with meal…
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Pure Positivity
To round this week off, I decided to do a post about all things positive from the week. To begin with, we have had a good start to our home-schooling term and I’m so happy that Macbeth has been well received! I have lots of ideas for us to learn about together – yes I…
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Picture practise
I took some pictures today while out with our dog Scooby, I was needing to practise. You see, someone very very kindly gave me a new mobile phone which has a much better camera than my old one. The trouble is I am not very tech savvy and it took me a while to figure…
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