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All is Yon For a While
“There are a few things we need to discuss” is NOT a sentence you want to hear, no matter the circumstance. Especially not if you just sat down to a parent-teacher meeting in nursery. And yet it was exactly what Yon’s … Read More
Worrying is an Olympic sport
I don’t know if you’ve already noticed this, but I am a worrier. I worry all the time, about everything and everyone. I worry about the little things, I worry about the big things, I worry about the known and I worry … Read More
February Happy List
I want fun. I need fun. The truth is that I’ve been feeling a little down for the past week or so. I’ve been in this – life is hard, there is no light at the end of the tunnel … Read More
Half-term – on survival and improvements
Why is it, I wonder, that I can’t seem to be able to get one of those weeks, you know the kind, the ones that when someone asks you – how was your week? You answer – great! It was … Read More
So, What Do You Do All Day?
This week I got asked the one question I absolutely hate being asked – “so, what do you do all day?” I can’t remember a time in the last 10 years, ever since I left the mainstream career advancement path, that I … Read More
Valentines, Pancakes and Sunshine
This week was such a lovely week. We had Pancake Tuesday, we had Valentine’s day, we had actual Sunshine. I will not use this post as an excuse to tell you all how wonderful Hidai is and all about our … Read More
On Homes and Yons
Ten days into February. It has been a weird one. I started writing this post in my head a couple of days ago, then yesterday I sat down to put my words on paper (so to speak), and here I … Read More
The Thing About Kids…
My brother and sister in law were supposed to come over yesterday, but had to cancel on the last moment due to a food poisoning incident (not ours. You don’t get food poisoning from eating too much Ben & Jerry’s). My brother & sister in … Read More
A Thank You Moment
Wow. I am so so so happy right now. So many people read my last post, I got comments, likes, +1s, it looks like this positive thing really works! So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. This … Read More
January Happy List
It might seems like my last few posts were a bit too gloomy. Or so I’ve been told. So I am going to try something different for this post, a Happy List. I am going to look back at January … Read More