What’s that, I hear you ask? A STRESS-FREE Christmas? What is this sorcery she speaks of?! It’s true… there IS such a thing as a stress-free Christmas! And when I say Christmas, I mean the few days beforehand and Christmas…
Ever wondered how different blogging was back in the day compared to today? Before social media took over and the word influencer hadn’t even been invented? I had reason to try and find something I’d written in my first year…
“Anti-ageing”. Think about it: It couldn’t be more negative, could it? Anti-ageing is one of those expressions that’s used so much in the beauty industry and the media that I can imagine most of us are somewhat numb to its…
Not only is today my 7th blogiversary (where have seven years gone?!) but it’s also my 46th birthday…! Does that make today my blogibirthday I wonder? My blogirthday? Either way I’m really happy right now: We moved house (at last) a week…
I’ve had “one of those days”. You know when lots of small, irritating things happen – nothing earth-shatteringly bad, just a whole bunch of annoyances of various magnitudes? I won’t list ALL the things that have happened today (you know, for…
Be kind, always. Is there any life advice that’s better than that? [Trigger warning: This post, or pages it links to, contains information about mental health and suicide which may be triggering to survivors.] Following a very, very sad week…
My last post – my monthly Best of the Blogosphere round up – featured not one but two links to a similar theme: natural makeup. Or, as it’s sometimes referred to: no makeup makeup. (The latter, however, can be something quite…
I really wanted to call this post ‘Treat Yo Self’ just because I love the expression so much…! But I’m FAR more grown up than that [the sound of her friends laughing aren’t helping her concentrate on what she’s meant to…
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the book launch party of Mumboss by Vicki Psarias, the brains behind the blog Honest Mum. I wanted to share something that Vicki said in her book about the benefits of helping others: “I’ve come to believe that…
