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June Challenge – How did I do?


Back at the start of the month (which feels like four hundred years ago for some reason) I pledged that I would do the washing up at least every other day to prevent it from becoming a me vs every-plate-in-the-house all-out war. Did I manage it? Just about. I did great at first. I did… Continue reading June Challenge – How did I do?

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June Challenge – The Battle Of The Dishes


This month I am trying to take an active step into getting on track with the housework. I am patchy to start with - worse now I have two small people to distract me. So my aim? Get to grips with the washing up. Is that it? Yes. It has a habit of being left… Continue reading June Challenge – The Battle Of The Dishes

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May Challenge – How Did It Go?


I just noticed that it's June and I haven't done my round-up post about my May personal challenge - oops! Well, it was a partial success. Sy and I did manage to go out for two Alphabet Dates ('A' and 'B') and spend some quality time together but I failed pretty miserably at the eating… Continue reading May Challenge – How Did It Go?

80k in 80 Days · Personal Challenge · Writing

May Challenge: The Alphabet Edition


In April I challenged myself to focus on me - something I regularly forgot to do anyway, even more so now I'm a Mum-of-Two. Having succeeded in that I am now setting a similar, but less 'selfish' challenge for May. Obviously it's not just me that is having to adapt to this new bigger family… Continue reading May Challenge: The Alphabet Edition

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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Five & April Challenge


Favourite book you read in school I've already featured a few books from my uni course but my favourite book I read at school has to have been J.D. Salinger's Catcher In The Rye.  Summary (From GoodReads) Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical… Continue reading 30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Five & April Challenge