Toby has now been going to our local school for five weeks. It’s a Church of England school but my husband and I are both atheists. In just five short weeks there have already been a few tricky situations to negotiate and to be honest we are still working out how to deal with things in the best way we can. Read more
How I met my husband
In May 2010 I lived in Scotland and I had just finished my PGDE at Strathclyde University and I had almost three months before I would take up my first teaching post. Read more
The story of my first car
I passed my driving test five months after my 17th birthday having had 13 lessons and a few practices with my mum and dad. I got a minor fault in every category (and two in quite a lot of them) but I passed on the first attempt and it is one of the most useful things I have ever done. Read more
Why I won’t be having a third baby
I have two wonderful boys – I love them more than I ever could have imagined, but there is absolutely no way we will be giving them a brother or sister and expanding our family. There are many reasons why I won’t be having a third baby and here are just a few of them… Read more
Living Arrows 40/52 (2017)
After I came back from BlogOn last weekend we’ve had a quiet week. Both boys are still so tired that it’s really not worth trying to do much with them so we’ve just enjoyed having Daddy at home and not done much of anything. Read more
All about me
With 20 minutes of the day left I am going to throw my hat into the #Blogtober ring. What that means is posting every day in October following a list of prompts over on Hexmum blog. Read more
How much screen time is too much?
My kids are two and four years old and they probably have anything from 2 to 8 hours of ‘screen time’ a day. We quite often turn the TV on when we get up and don’t turn it off until bedtime. Read more
Me & Mine // A Family Portrait (September 2017)
September seems to have disappeared in a flash! At the beginning of the month saw Toby starting school – he seems to have settled in well, even though he tells me every day that he doesn’t want to go! Read more
Fit by 40 // The weight loss diaries (Day 111-121)
I’ve been struggling since my last update – sticking to my diet seems to be really hard at the moment and I really need a good kick up the bum to get back on it. I’m so close to where I want to be, I can’t give up now…
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Living Arrows 39/52 (2017)
We survived another week without Daddy, and then almost as soon as he came home I left to spend a night in Manchester and go to the BlogOn conference! Read more