2023 - Polly Jemima

Making the Move with Kids: Tips for a Family-Friendly Relocation to San Diego

San Diego is a beautiful city that offers plenty of opportunities for families. With a mild climate, beautiful beaches, and a wealth of family-friendly activities, it’s no surprise that San...

Saying yes more

Last night, with the boys at their Dad’s, dinner for the me and the girls done, I got into my PJ’s and was sat on my bed reading. Planning an...

A family travel Bucket List

After a few years of not being able to travel {thanks pandemic} we’re now itching to be able to get away. With me driving and the boys being a little...

Top Tips To Make Your Home Your Happy Place

Our homes should be places where we feel safe, calm and relaxed, but what if your house is not the haven you crave? If you’ve recently moved house, or you...

Monday Musings

I’ve spent half the day trying to work out what day it is, before remembering it is only the beginning of the week! We had such a good weekend I’m...

Why I practice gratitude daily {and a free printable}

Gratitude. it’s something that I have practised now consciously for years. When I started trying to turn my life around, to get on top of my depression and anxiety and...

The Happy List #3

I’m sitting in the living room, some music playing, incense burning, taking some time to just breathe. The girls are home – one in their room, one baking in the...

Festival style – it’s all about glitter

We’re counting down the days until it is festival season again! We have our first family festival booked in for the first weekend of June and we cannot wait. I’ve...

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

Spring is here. After the cold, dark days of winter, we’re slowly coming out of hibernation. It’s the perfect time to set some goals, to shake off the last traces...

5 tips to turn around a ‘down day’

We all have ‘those days’ – the ones when nothing seems to go right, when you are overwhelmed and overwrought, when you wake up with a serious case of the...

The Happy List #2

Back today with another Happy List. I’ve been sick the last few days with Strep and have felt pretty rotten. Thankfully the antibiotics have kicked in so I’m feeling a...

Living simply, simply living

Simple life and peaceful mind are very close friends! Mehmet Murat Ildan With my word of the year, RELEASE, in mind, I’ve been letting go of what was no longer...

The Happy List #1

Browsing through old posts the other day, I remembered how much I loved writing the ‘Three Good Things‘ posts. Taking a little time each week to look back on the...

Winter Self Care Tips

The long, dark nights and freezing cold days of winter make me yearn to curl up in my bed and stay there until spring! If it wasn’t for the fact...

A slow January

Twenty days into the New Year, and I feel as though it should just be beginning. With the end of Mercury Retrograde, this feels like it is the real beginning...

Year: 2023