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Mother’s Day
Read more: Mother’s DayLast Mother’s Day, we spent a sunny Sunday together at the seaside. Our group day out was a walk on an east coast beach, dinner of fish & chips and some quality family time. Fast forward to this year and life is so different … the Coronavirus pandemic means no group day out. No group…
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Pregnancy: Attending Antenatal Class
Read more: Pregnancy: Attending Antenatal Class“Forewarned is forearmed as they say!” As first time parents, we were weighing up the pros and cons of attending Antenatal Class. We figured we’d learn something new so thought why not? Prior Expectations Friends of ours had told us stories about the lady leading the class who walks round leaning on furniture in mock labour moaning “ooo” and “ahhhh” at…
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Do you have an Attitude of Gratitude?
Read more: Do you have an Attitude of Gratitude?“Life is too short”. How many of us have heard that before? How many of us consider this during our everyday lives? We’re not always able to do everything we want or get everything we want because life has other plans for us and sometimes we can feel negative. In recent weeks, either myself or someone I know…
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Maternity Leave: Countdown to Due Date
Read more: Maternity Leave: Countdown to Due DateAs people return to work after their New Year celebrations, I’m writing the next chapter of my life. Maternity Leave. When is the right time to finish work before having your baby? Like many pregnant working women today, I didn’t want to take too much time off before the birth, preferring to have longer with…
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New Year, Same You?
Read more: New Year, Same You?Happy new year everyone! It’s time to reflect on the year that has passed; the start of a new year is a natural time to look forward to what lies ahead. There’s a sense of optimism in the air. For the last couple of days, I’ve scrolled through social media to see timelines full of…
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Should we remember, remember the 5th of November?
Read more: Should we remember, remember the 5th of November?It’s Autumn. Time to get wrapped up in your big coat, scarf and wolly hat. Imagine yourself in a photoshoot fit for an autumnal catalogue, complete with playful smiles, kicking piles of scattered auburn leaves. In reality, the combination of hat, scarf and big coat can leave you sweating profusely because it’s actually a wee…
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Pregnancy: what’s it all about?
Read more: Pregnancy: what’s it all about?Pregnancy: What does it mean? Aside from the obvious of course – You get fat for 9 months and a stork delivers a bundle of joy to your doorstep. At first, pregnancy for me meant daily vomit, a dose of a purple prickly rash on my face and continuous munching on packets of ginger biscuits…
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Summer Staycation: why holiday at home?
Read more: Summer Staycation: why holiday at home?Summer is upon us. Your skin feels better and you can enjoy eating al fresco in your garden (balcony, yard, park?). Decisions have been made about where to holiday and you’re on the countdown. You might have even downloaded an app, screenshot it every day and posted it on social media to the envy of…
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Happy half-birthday to my Blog!
Read more: Happy half-birthday to my Blog!My commitment has been a surprise…even to me! Wow! 6 months of writing and I’m celebrating following this little passion of mine. Who would’ve thought? When I decided to write a blog, I had written my New Year’s resolutions in my new 2016 diary and to my utter disappointment, I’d noticed that they were exactly the…
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Eng-er-land! Euros 2016
Read more: Eng-er-land! Euros 2016It’s kicking off! Like it, loathe it or simply indifferent? As the hype reaches a crescendo, there’s no denying that Englishness (whatever form that takes) is everywhere. Here are 5 ways, in which we, the average Joes and Janes, seem to be exercising our Englishness as a nation: 1.Fanatical Facebooking Photos are being uploaded of…
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Engagements & Marriage: It’ll be you next!
Read more: Engagements & Marriage: It’ll be you next!We’re both in our thirties. We’ve been together 7 and 1/2 years. Neither of us has ever been married. Any wedding or engagement, that we are in close proximity to, automatically evokes the same response, “It’ll be you two next!”. But in response to well-meaning comments, I tend to nod, smile politely and shoot a…
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Modern Love: Surviving the Traffic Jam
Read more: Modern Love: Surviving the Traffic JamTraffic jams are beasts. We’re stuck somewhere in the Midlands and the M42 is laughing at us. Loudly. We’re bumper to bumper. We’ve got the same songs on repeat. Accelerate, brake, drive, repeat. Lad’s new work car has either radio or iPod connections but absolutely no CD player. “It’s how all the newer models are…
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Saturday: I’m doing nowt!
Read more: Saturday: I’m doing nowt!How about today, I just post a photo of my ass on the settee doing bugger all? I’m a cricket widow today while the other half continues his boyhood hobby and aspires to be the next Alistair Cook. I’ve spent the morning with my two year old godson. We’ve been bonding – putting the body parts onto…
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What’s your excuse?
Read more: What’s your excuse?Excuses. Excuses. What kind of a writer doesn’t write? Me, it seems. Procrastination is a killer; it’s the reason that I’ve missed two weeks of blogs and have no real reason why. Don’t judge me, will you? Possible excuses for the absent blog: 1. My dog ate my blog Perfectly valid excuse, right? Except I…
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Girls Night Out!
Read more: Girls Night Out!It’s the end of a long week for us ladies. The four of us can almost taste the wine and cocktails. Pre-Drinking There’s a sense of optimism when we pile into our friend’s car and head into town. Excitedly, we are going to see the latest craze…Sing-a-long Dirty Dancing! Tickets were purchased with a need…
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Modern Love: The Battle
Read more: Modern Love: The BattleEver had that argument where it all comes out? “I told you”. He fixes a stare. “You did not” my voice gets louder. My tone is increasingly condescending. I’m convinced he didn’t tell me. Leo’s are lions apparently, whereas I’m the Libra scales, so naturally, I want to hash out both sides. I want to…
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Modern Love: Couples Spa Day?
Read more: Modern Love: Couples Spa Day?A treat day. We all want one. Time alone away from phones, work and other people. I’ve only ever been to a spa with ordinary women so it’s a change for me and Ordinary Lad to experience some R&R while we’ve got a few days off of work. There’s a sense of optimism in our…
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Spring Cleaning: Time to declutter?
Read more: Spring Cleaning: Time to declutter?The mornings are a little lighter and the daffodils are smiling on the commute to work. They signify a new beginning. It’s the traditional time to Spring Clean but it’s hard when you’re a hoarder isn’t it? I’m sentimental and I hold onto things in the name of nostalgia. An avid fan of “picture time”, I like to…
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Modern Love: A moan about mobile phones!
Read more: Modern Love: A moan about mobile phones!Are you tired of the time your other half spends on their phone? We live under the same roof. Me, on one settee and him on the other, with mobile phones in hand scanning the newsfeeds of anonymous faces. Without looking at one another, we fail to agree on a TV planner selection as the…
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The Brave Face
Read more: The Brave Face“This week has been about the Brave Face and the power of female friendship”. I have worn the metaphorical mask that is the Brave Face, full frontal this week following some recurring bad news (which is deliberately generic because we have all been there – we all have ordinary problems). Concerned relatives, female friends and…
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