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British Summer – what summer?

British Summer – what summer?

I know everyone has a lot on their minds at the moment, what with the political and social meltdown that is consuming our everyday lives (and our Facebook feed). However, I have a problem I'd like your help with and I admit that it's in no way up there on the scale of...

Executive PA required, immediate start

Executive PA required, immediate start

How do you manage your family's social calendar? I don't know what's gotten in to me at the moment, but I can't seem to stay on top of the family's social calendar. I don't work as an executive PA in the real world for a reason, I suck at it. Tell me, what more can I...

What I’m Writing – week seventy-six

What I’m Writing – week seventy-six

Welcome to week seventy-six of What I’m Writing. If you’re wondering what the heck I’m going on about and where are the other seventy-five weeks, let me explain. You can find all the details about #WhatImWriting here but the short(er) version is, this linky is for all...

What did the Kids Strike mean to me?

What did the Kids Strike mean to me?

Wow, what a day yesterday turned out to be. The Kids Strike against the new SATS testing saw parents up and down the country taking their kids out of school for the day. I was one of those parents and although one person was out to target us with comments about having...

Showing how learning can be fun

Showing how learning can be fun

I am not the protesting type. To my shame actually. I'm one of the sheep who just gets on with things. But ever since my son's school called a meeting to show parents the new SATS tests, something has been niggling away at me. First of all, when my older girls sat the...

A weekend ski trip in Bulgaria

A weekend ski trip in Bulgaria

A weekend ski trip can be more accessible and affordable than you think If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll probably know already that my family and I ski yearly in Pamporovo, Bulgaria. It's the only place I've ever been skiing, so I don't have anything to...

Why it’s important to spring clean your blog

Why it’s important to spring clean your blog

Continuing with the positivity that has seen me through February, I decided to do a bit of Spring cleaning. No, not my house, although it could do with it. I'm talking about this little 'ol blog here. I like to give it a spruce up every couple of years or so and it...

Where has my writing mojo gone?

Where has my writing mojo gone?

I'm glad I didn't make any new year's resolutions, because I would have been bitterly disappointed by now and it's not even the end of January. Work on my novel has come to a standstill whilst I work out where it's going and it seems this has triggered a fiction...

10-minute Free-Write Challenge: The Kindness of Strangers

10-minute Free-Write Challenge: The Kindness of Strangers

Have you ever fainted? I saw it happen many times at secondary school - usually in assemblies when someone would keel over. It was quite comical, though not really, as it can be dangerous for the poor person who has actually unknowingly fallen over. Although I often...

On staying positive and moving forward

On staying positive and moving forward

Yesterday, I offered our summer house up for free on a Facebook forum, provided the person could come and take it away and make the area safe. Within minutes, it was a bunfight and I was inundated, but I sold it to the first person who said a definite yes (I thought)...