This is me! I am a 30 something stay at home mum. I have 2 kids, I like to craft, bake, geocache, scoot, listen to audiobooks and dance, oh and I have M.E. This site is a place to gather my thoughts.
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
This time last year I found myself trying to do everything I wanted to do rather than pacing and taking care of myself. I ignored red flag* warning signs, pushed on and ended up crashing and burning for the first half of this year. Now it is November and again I find myself doing what... Continue Reading →
Today is sport relief day which means my kids had to choose a sporting hero to go to school as. Now being 6 & 8 and not having an overly sport loving family means they don't know any sports people never mind sports hero's. Both girls have opted to go to school today as me.... Continue Reading →
I appear to be having what I am going to call an ME flare. Which I would say is worse than a crash but not as bad as a relapse. I did far too much through December. I ignored the odd symptom that reared it's head and I pushed through. I did this because I... Continue Reading →
Tis the season for re-evaluating life, figuring out what is important and if/how things need to change. I have just had possibly the busiest December since I stopped working pantomimes. Looking back it is mostly a blur and I now feel worse than I have in months. To the extent that during December many old... Continue Reading →
A wise lady keeps reminding me that I need to be accountable for my health. I need to put my aims out there, tell the world, let people know what I am trying to achieve and who knows maybe others can then help me, spur me on, encourage the changes I need to make? My... Continue Reading →
I really appreciate the idea of minimalism. Less stuff to organise, clean, tidy, look after. I have spent the last few years trying to de clutter as best I can with minimal energy and a young family under foot. And I have found that the freer from stuff I have become the more relaxed and... Continue Reading →
