We are officially halfway through the summer holidays and I have to say I’m thoroughly enjoying being able to spend some proper quality time with my girls.  We’ve had some lovely slow days together – just pottering around at home, reading, and popping into town to run a few errands.  I’ve been managing to get a…

Well, that’s Week One of the six week break done and dusted already.  It’s felt quite laid back as we’ve had lots of downtime at home in between the bursts of busy-ness and activity, and, even though I normally find it tough staying in, it’s actually been really lovely (if you choose to ignore the bickering…

This final week of the summer term has been a tough one. The girls are exhausted, I’m exhausted, there has been bickering galore and we have quite literally been counting down the days until school finishes so we can enjoy slower mornings and fun-filled afternoons over the summer holidays. As such, we’ve not really been…

Oops, late again! Working two full time jobs and raising a family has a way of making time disappear without you realising. The days are full from the moment I wake up at 5.30am every morning to the minute my head touches the pillow late at night and I’m counting down the days until the…

A rather late edition of #projecthappy from me this week.  I’m normally pretty good at sticking to my schedule and posting every ten days, but sometimes life just gets in the way and last week was yet another example of that.  It seems like we’ve had a lot of reminders recently.  I’m learning to roll with…

What a strange week it’s been. So much has happened in such a short space of time. So much, in fact, that I wrote this blog post about it just to get it all out of my head in order to begin to process it all. As usual it’s been this little project that has helped…