wellbeing
The First 5 Books of 2025
Last year my Reading Challenge target was 8 books. As someone who doesn't read a huge amount it felt realistic. I exceeded that by reading 15. This year I've set my challenge at 11. Even though I managed 15 last year and could have had that as my goal this year I again wanted to be realistic. I didn't want to set something that might not be manageable and…
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travel bucket list
Bluestone Wales Highlights | Five Things
Last year myself and the boys were lucky enough to be invited along to stay at Bluestone in Wales for 5 days. I'd seen Bluestone a lot over Instagram and Twitter for a few years so to actually have the chance to visit was super exciting and I had high hopes. Holidays as a solo parent are pretty daunting. I'd managed a 2 night stay in Milton Keynes which was p…
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five things
Five Things To Do During Furlough
Learn a new language Before furlough I started to learn Dutch but being on furlough has given me the extra time to be able to spend more time and focus on it more. I'm also considering learning Spanish or even expanding on the French I learnt at school. I use the app Duolingo which is really good for ways of learning. I use the free version and for…
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yearly things
Five Things | Highlights of 2019
Holidays with the boys I decided last year that being a solo parent really wasn't going to hold me back from taking the boys on holidays. I didn't think I'd take them to the Isle of Man ever, let alone whilst they are still quite little but with the opportunity to do so and using one of my "f*ck its" we went. And I am so glad we did. The wea…
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travel
Five Things: Isle of Man TT 2019
I had booked my ferry journey for the Isle of Man last year and ended up selling it thinking I wouldn't go. I had a boyfriend who wasn't keen on going and we had plans to go to other places so I sacrificed what I loved for that. Having not gone last year and the state I was in due to that (seriously, the sport and island mean that much to me) I knew it prob…
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