Category: EVERYDAY LIFE

Expectation Vs Reality – The Lifestyle Edition

You know those Instagram pictures that are meant to be ‘expectation vs. reality,’ but are quite clearly posed in both instances? Well, while the ‘reality’ side of those snaps might...

Lockdown Life

As we’e coming {hopefully} to the tail end of this lockdown, I’ve been thinking about how life has been. The first lockdown seemed like a breeze. I’ll be honest and...

Staying present

Sometimes {though right now it seems more often than not} life throws lemons your way. The saying tells us to make lemonade.. In the past, when things went wrong I’d...

Planning your garden for a better year ahead

It might seem like the world is full of doom and gloom at the moment. However, brighter times are just on the horizon, and so is the promise of spring. ...

TWENTY TWENTY ONE GOALS

I sat last weekend, and read back through the goals I set myself for 2020. Asides from buying fresh flowers every week {I did buy myself flowers, but not every...

Boobs and Babies: Top Tips To Help You Have A Successful Breastfeeding Journey

Whether you are an expectant mum or you already have your new little bundle of joy in your arms – congratulations! The first few days and weeks of motherhood, while...

Weekly Reflections

I headed out the house for my usual Sunday run this morning. It was a little later than usual as I stopped to chat with one of my kiddos before...

Letting go

For as long as I can remember, I have lived with depression. I have spent years hating myself and wishing I was dead. I have lived in a constant state...

Shake it off

Some days…. some days just don’t go how we planned, from the minute we get up to the second we finally collapse into bed. What is that? Why is it...

Goals and Dreams

I’ve been listening to ‘Girl, Stop Apologising’ when I’ve been running or out by myself for the last week {this is actually a game-changer for me, I’ve never been an...

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

If you want something different

Lately, life is changing. Little by little. Small bits every day. I am changing. I’ve never been fond of change. Looking back, anxiety ruled my life long beoe I even...

Not back to school – our home ed plans for this year

September has rolled around again. Our 13th year of homeschooling. SO many years of homeschooling, it’s so normal for us, I couldn’t imagine NOT having the kids at home all...

Rediscovering a love of craft time

What have you rediscovered through lockdown? For us, it’s been our love of crafting. Ever since the grils were little, I’ve loved to craft with them working alongside me. There...