An open letter to the non-believers:

I NEED you to know that I am NOT lazy. If you had ANY idea how much I LIKE exercise and miss that feeling of adrenaline coursing through my body as I play my favourite sport. The sheer enjoyment as I walk that extra mile along the beach or through the woods. The happy exhaustion...

My Natural Journey

6 years ago when my ME relapse began and I was getting all kinds of digestive symptoms as well as the nasty fatigue, headaches, dizziness I started altering things with my diet to try to reduce my symptoms - that was a long still ongoing process which I won't go into today. A few people...

Living With Less

I've been feeling overwhelmed by clutter since moving to this house 6 years ago. (Here's some links to other posts I've written on the subject  Minimalism and me, minimalism with children) Over the last few years when energy has allowed I have been working through the process of de-cluttering. Sometimes breaking it down to certain areas...

Dreaming

We went off on our first family holiday abroad last week. We went to the Netherlands (or never never land as my kids christened it!) It was so nice to get away and have some proper family time without DIY or lawns to mow, laundry to do. From an ME perspective I did far too...

Clip ‘n’ Climb!

Yesterday I finally managed to cross another item off of that bucket list! You may remember back in 2017 I wrote a bucket list, because I decided that if I wrote down all of the random things "I would like to do one day" then I might actually get out there and do some of...

Wobble of Self Worth

I'm having a wobble of Self worth again... Having been fighting a bug all week, hang on, actually only since Wednesday, though it feels so much longer. Getting ill on top of my M.E. always sends me into a spiral of self doubt, and leaves me fed up not only about being unwell but about...

Advent – Random Acts of Christmas Kindness for Kids

This year the kids have requested we use our Advent Stockings again. These are hand made, I won them in a competition a few years ago and they are great for when you want to include alternatives to chocolates every day. Like any parent I try to encourage kindness in my kids. We like doing...

Advent – Self Care For Kids

You've heard of putting little notes in your kids advent calendar with random acts of kindness? Well I am doing that this year, as I think it is important to teach kindness in children and what better time of year to encourage it? Find my random Acts of kindness printable HERE. But I have also...

Microwave Hot Cross Mug Bread

One of the biggest things I miss about going gluten free is the hot x buns. I used to eat them all year round. Toasted with butter. As a sandwich with cheese in. Warmed in the microwave and dipped in baileys, mmmmmmm. Yes you can buy gf hot cross buns, but they are no where...