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Dealing with the overwhelm – Top 10 Tips
Do you have periods in your life when you definitely feel the overwhelm more than others? I know I do and I think I might be in one just now! Between the usual home-school work, caring role, keeping the house going, the garden work, the allotment (not to mention blogging about it all or keeping…
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Good News
I didn’t dare hope – could this really be true? Seems we are the last to hear. You. Are. Gone. Everyone knew but us but I don’t care. You are gone. My shoulders feel lighter, my spirit feels higher and I’ve never slept better – all because you are gone. I don’t hear your shouting,…
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When Every Week Is A Rollercoaster!
Is it meant to be like this? One minute you’re up, the next you’ve been smacked in the face with a smelly dead fish – metaphorically speaking of course. We’re back to homeschool or Smarticus as we call it now as anything with the word ‘school’ in it has been banned by dear son. We’re…
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Quandaries
I realised today I have a small number of current quandaries. If you’ve read a couple of my posts at least, it should have become apparent that I’m pretty fond of my garden and the birds that visit it. Today however, as I was standing at the sink looking out the window, a tiny sparrow…
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When Staying Positive is the Hardest Job of the Day
The Scottish word ‘Scunnered’ sums up my feelings for today! I started this blog, my Youtube channel and hopefully will start soon, my podcast, all with the tagline ‘helping you to find more joy in yours (ie your slice of life)……. And here I am struggling to find it in mine! There have been a…