In my defence....I completely forgot I'd written a 2017 Promises post...therefore breaking the majority of those promises is a little forgivable. However, I supposed forgetting about promises isn't unforgivable. 2018...I will do better. I feel like I am in a better frame of mind at the moment. I am content and settled in some ways. I mean...my house loo…
Read moreThe reason I wanted a kitten was because I felt this overwhelming urge to love something new. To nurture and to feel wanted and needed. It wasn't until this week that I realised that actually, maybe it wasn't completely down to me wanting to love something new. As I remembered the first messages I sent to my mum when Forest first came home. As I thou…
Read moreSeparation and divorce is hard. Lets get the obvious out of the way. Really, I think I actually had quite a simple and easy divorce. It helped that we communicated well (most of the time) and we both agreed to the terms and so on early on. In fact we had agreed that before even going to solicitors. At no point have we argued over the boys and how we share our time…
Read moreI remember back in July saying to a work colleague that I didn't feel right, mentally. That I was pretty sure I was heading for a breakdown. Being supportive, and not really knowing the extent to how I was feeling (or not feeling) as I do tend to hide those feelings away and not share too much, they said "No you're not, you'll be fine". Two w…
Read moreI have two cats. Jasmine, 12 and Walter, 2. They both came from a farm in Wiltshire and we got them as kittens. I was never really a cat person and always thought I would end up with a dog. However, these cats were "mine" and so when I separated it was a given that they would come with me. Which I am glad about as they are my company when the boys are with…
Read moreA couple of Sundays ago we had a couple of errands to do which meant us going a little bit out of town. As a treat for being good, and to let off some energy, I mentioned to the boys that we could go for a walk and an explore at a local heritage site. Harry is also learning about castles at school at the moment so I thought it would be interesting for him too. We …
Read moreI was looking through my computer recently at my photos from mine and my brothers roadtrip to Ireland last year. Despite posting about Kilmainham Gaol (jail) I found lots of photos I hadn't shared and I ended up falling in love with the gaol all over again. Also completely forgetting about the beautiful, simple love letter that I saw in the museum part. Definit…
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