I don’t know if this is just our household but working from home doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon, in fact it looks like becoming a permanent fixture. With that in mind there can be no more just making do with what we’ve got! Thankfully Lakeland Furniture have a huge amount of choice, so when it comes to finding the right office chair they’ve got your back. Plus they sell all sorts of other chairs and garden furniture.
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Lockdown Thoughts
So how’s this lockdown treating you all? I’m finding it rather testing of I’m honest. Some things are so much better, some things are so much worse and oddly some of the things that are better are adding to the worsened. Any of that make sense? Probably not. I think there’s every chance I’ve lost the plot.
The first lockdown was ok, the weather was good, I had all those extra time to spend with L. We got the paddling pool out, we raised frog spawn, we cycles and walked and explored areas of our local countryside we’d never been too before.
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This Plus That Equals…. Cheering Myself Up
This plus that equals…. cheering myself up
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. This week is all about the little things I do to cheer myself up.
I’ve been a little overwhelmed of late, spreading myself too thinly, taking on too much. The school holidays are looming, L hasn’t been sleeping well, I am stressed, husb is stressed and it’s taken its toll. So I thought I’d share the little everyday things that have been cheering me up.
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This plus that equals…. A Good Employer
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. This week is all about what makes a good employer. It is something that should be so easy as it pretty much boils down to just being a decent human, but so many companies get it wrong. I feel I am very lucky so I’ll tell you why.
This Plus That Equals…. Why Quick Parenting Isn’t Lazy Parenting
This plus that equals…. why quick parenting isn’t lazy parenting
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. This week is a little rant from me. A rant about why taking parenting shortcuts is not lazy parenting.
Now there are several press outlets who would have us believe feeding our kids fish fingers for tea is a sign of our sheer and utter laziness of parents and we must all be ashamed of ourselves. Pah. Here’s why they are wrong.
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This Plus That Equals…. Getting Ready For School
This plus that equals…. getting ready for school
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. This week is all about getting ready for L starting school.
Now he is only three, I don’t even have to apply for his place until September and he won’t start until the following year. I’m already thinking about it though.
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This Plus That Equals…. A Balancing Act
This plus that equals…. a balancing act
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. This week is all about the balancing act that is my life.
This Plus That Equals…. Changing Dynamics
This plus that equals…. changing dynamics
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. As you all know I recently started a new job, so I’ve been out of the house a lot more, it’s really changing things at home. It’s the changing dynamics at home that I am struggling with most of all. Just little things I’ve noticed. Normal or inconsequential to many, but new and a bit upsetting for me.
This Plus That Equals…. My Return to the Workplace
This plus that equals…. my return to the workplace
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. The last few weeks I’ve been really busy, kind of stressed out and getting used to how things are now. Going back to work has been a real change for me and I thought you’d like an update on how I’ve found it.
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This Plus That Equals…. Why I Hate Forced Positivity
This plus that equals…. Why I hate forced positivity
Here’s the latest instalment in my series of posts all about what makes our lives here at home tick. This week is a bit of a rant about why I hate forced positivity. You all know I’m a super positive person but I hate it when people try to force me to be positive about something when I just am not.
As you know I’ve had to put a pause on my on my stay at home dream and get a job. I am not feeling great about this because it is not what I want. It is not a great and amazing job. Frankly it is not a positive thing, not for me anyhow. It will pay the bills though and it’s not too many hours, those are quite simply th only positives I can find. So I wish people would stop trying to find all these other ‘positives’ and forcing me to agree.
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