School attendance – a new perspective
Mar29

School attendance – a new perspective

I’ve always been a big believer in school attendance. I don’t believe in kids staying off school for colds or coughs. At primary school, when kids got 100% attendance certificates, my kids were often among them, and I always felt very proud of them. But recently I’ve had a bit of a change of heart. Over the last couple of years, I’ve come to trust my kids. I know they like school, so if they say they’re...

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Working at home and the art of keeping warm
Mar27

Working at home and the art of keeping warm

I have worked at home on my own for four years now (I know – where did that time go?) and for the entire time I have struggled with keeping warm. I am cold for eight or nine months of the year. You may be surprised at just how cold a house can be in May or September. I wear a long sleeved T-shirt under a short sleeved one and try to keep it tucked in (I hate that cold bit of back!). I’ve tried wearing two hoodies or one...

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The stressful weekend
Mar26

The stressful weekend

Every few months, we have a stressful weekend. Our weekends are always busy, with football on a Sunday, football or rugby on a Saturday, plus the kids going various places and bits of housework and shopping to do, not to mention my husband working as usual. But every now and then we get a much busier weekend. Ironically of course, these weekends are supposed to be fun. They’re things that we want to do and will enjoy doing, but...

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Silent Sunday 25.3.18
Mar25

Silent Sunday 25.3.18

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Project 365 2018 Week 12
Mar24

Project 365 2018 Week 12

The bathroom finally seems to be making progress and yet another weekend didn’t go to plan thanks to the weather. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 77 – Sunday 18th March – I was not expecting snow when I got up this morning! We had to postpone my daughter’s birthday party, which she was understandably upset about. I didn’t rush out for a walk in the snow like I did a couple of weeks ago, the...

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