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- There is No Clearing Without Self-Care
- Sometimes It’s the Little Steps That Make Me Feel the Most Organised
- A 41 Year Old Jigsaw Gave us Three Hours of Family Time
- Two Thoughts On Clutter Build Up, and A New Cleaning Routine
- Checking up on My 2020 Processes: Filing Receipts
- Starting the New Year With an Appropriately Titled Jigsaw
- Day 366: Wrapping up 2020 From a Clear and Calm Space
- Day 365: Moving the Filing Cabinet, and Realising That the Real Me Isn’t Surrounded By Clutter and Stress
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- Day 362: It Really Only Takes Five Minutes to Clear a Desk
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- Day 359: Learning to Break the Connection With Stuff, and Getting Ready for Christmas
- Day 358: When You Feel Overwhelmed… Eat Chocolate and Watch and Film
- Day 357: It’s All About Storage, and Today I Repurposed a Cupboard to Free Up More Space
- Day 356: Update on my 2020 Challenge With 10 Days to Go
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- Day 354: Exercise, New Lockdown Rules and Hallway Finished
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Category Archives: Parenting
Don’t Procrastinate… Just Sew the Button On
This morning my youngest daughter kindly handed me her school shirt as well as the button that fell off it. Much better than hunting everywhere for the missing button or trying to find a spare one on the inside of … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Challenge, decluttering, Getting organised, Inspiration, Parenting
Tagged challenge, clutter, decluttering, organised, parenting, sewing
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Free Praise
via Daily Prompt: Praise Make ‘praise’ part of your day. Give it freely to everyone you interact with. Praise is about looking for what someone has done right rather than what they have done wrong. It’s thinking about what you … Continue reading
Dressing up the household chores
When I ask the children to do anything around the house I’m sometimes met with a no. This could be anything from washing to recycling. However, if I say ‘who wants to go round the back of the house and … Continue reading
Blogging, cooking and wine
I’m having a nice cold glass of wine on this gorgeous summer’s day whilst cooking dinner for the family. It’s been a chilled out day for me as the girls haven’t had any homework this weekend as we are getting … Continue reading
Posted in Fun and relaxation, Me time, Parenting
Tagged blogging, cooking, homework, relaxation, writing
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Let Children Cry their Frustrations Away
Do you struggle to take control of the frustrations that your children have with everyday things like homework; getting up and getting ready for school; tidying their room, and so on? Since the start of this new school year, I’ve been trying to help my … Continue reading
Posted in Moods, tears and tantrums, Parenting
Tagged calm, Child, Frustration, learning, Life, Parent, working mum
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Book update…
I apologise for the lack of updates in the last few weeks, but I’ve been busy editing my book that’s being published later this year. This post is to gather your thoughts on a potential change. The title of the book A Gift … Continue reading
Posted in Book news, Life, Parenting
Tagged happy, Kids, me time, Parent, Time management, working mum, worklife balance
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