Share3 Pin100 Tweet 103 Shares I’m not sure what kind of week it’s been, it’s all gone a bit too quick, the whole year is going a bit too quick to be honest! I tried to have a productive day yesterday and failed miserably but I managed to be up, showered and dressed super early […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares I’ll be honest, Dean and I don’t really do Valentines Day. I refuse to go out and pay for dinner at overly-inflated prices, I’d much rather stay home and splash out on a nice bit of steak for us each and maybe whip up a themed dessert. With that idea […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares When we first moved in the garden wasn’t in a great state but it was usable…that was until Dean and I thought we would do some knocking down of planters and digging up of things, I’m not really sure what we were thinking… …I think we were just trying to […]
Share Pin6 Tweet 6 Shares When we decided we were going to turn the workshop into a gym we had planned for it to take 6 months tops…I’m not sure how we came to that time frame, I think we might have just thought it was a nice round number or seemed like a decent […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares Have you ever found a company that aligns so well with your own personal ethos that you can’t believe you didn’t find them sooner? Well that’s what’s I’ve found with The Secret Gardening Club! In the past I’ve had bad experiences with online plant retailers, (plants don’t get dispatched when […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares Collaborative Post Do you find the weekend hard to navigate? You’ve been at work all week and the kids have been at school. Everyone is exhausted and needs a bit of down time to enjoy doing things they want to do, however there are also jobs that need doing that […]
Share Pin1 Tweet 1 Shares Slowly but surely I am de-cluttering the offices. It should just be office singular but a lot of our stock has encroached into Deans office and had kind of taken over half the room! The de-clutter and tidy for the offices has been long overdue, boxes had started staking up […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares ‘Oh, it’s very…grey’ That’s been the reaction I’ve gotten from most people I’ve shown these photos to – it seems grey is not to everyones liking but trust me, this will look fab once it’s done. I like to think of grey as the new magnolia – again, hardly anyone […]
Share Pin1 Tweet 1 Shares Rose Gold is the trend that keeps trending, just when you think we’ve gilded everything possible in this metallic pinky hue something else pops up (there is Rose Gold ice cream guys!) So for that person in your life who loves this on trend metallic here is the Ultimate Rose […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares Sponsored – In partnership with Quidco Compare If you’re trying to cut costs to reach your financial goals, you’ve probably scoured your list of direct debits many times, trying to find things you can cancel to save money. Is pet insurance one of those things? Or is it a sensible […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares It doesn’t matter what you call it ‘the man drawer’, ‘drawer of doom’, ‘bits and bobs drawer’ we all have at least one of them – the junk drawer. It’s the place where things get shoved when the don’t really have any other place to go, where you stash paperwork […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares 6.5 million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK every year, 4.5 million tonnes of which is edible. Not only is food waste a big problem for the planet, but it‘s also estimated that the average UK family could save £60 a month by reducing their food waste. Table […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares It’s time to reflect on our March Goals and see how we’ve done. March seems to have gone by so quickly and I think it’s safe to say I was a bit over-confident with just how much we could get done/work on this month so I might put a bit […]
Share Pin2 Tweet 2 Shares I’m just going to come out and say it now – I did a terrible jobs at completing goals last month. I don’t know if it was a lack of time or focus or both but the month just seemed to go so quick and I feel like I […]
Share12 Pin4 Tweet 16 Shares I’m pretty pleased with how I go on with my goals last month, granted I failed miserably at some but considering how busy the month has been I’m going to give myself some leeway. Overhaul the grocery budget – Ugh…I tried, I failed. I’ve just not had the time to […]
Share Pin2 Tweet 2 Shares May was manic! Looking back at the past few weeks I know I’ve done a lot but the benefits/rewards aren’t going to show for a few more weeks yet so I don’t feel like I’ve achieved as much as I’d hoped to, if that makes sense? Anyway, let’s have a […]
Share12 Pin8 Tweet 20 Shares I’m not gonna lie these past few weeks have really been tough, you might have noticed that I’ve not been around much on the blog or social media and it’s just because life has been so hectic. November isn’t set to be any less so, in fact it’s most likely […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares Collaborative Post Do you have one of those jobs that you keep meaning to get around to doing but somehow it always falls off the end of your To-Do list? Well I have one, and it’s quite a big one, in fact, I’m a little bit ashamed to admit it… […]
Share12 Pin14 Tweet 26 Shares I feel like these Goals post come around quicker and quicker each month! I’ve gone for a longer goals list this month because I’m clearly a glutton for punishment and have lost all concept of my ability to get things done and the actual time frame I have to do […]
Share12 Pin4 Tweet 16 Shares I’m bringing back my monthly Goals posts! I used to love doing these so much but then life got busy and goals kind of went out the window for most of this year but it’s gone back to a normal pace now and I can focus more on the things […]
Share2 Pin4 Tweet 6 Shares I’m not necessarily looking forward to June. There is a lot going on and I can’t quite wrap my head around it yet so I’m kind of trying to ignore it. I realize this is the least productive way to deal with it but at least I’m being honest and […]
Share12 Pin4 Tweet 16 Shares And just like that we’re in, not only a new year but, a whole new DECADE! Last year was a good year for us but 2020 is set to be even better. There are lots of big things we would like to accomplish this year and hopefully these monthly goals […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares I got an email from the HR department yesterday saying that my furlough period has been extended and will be reviewed next week so here we are going into week 4 of the furlough diaries! I think it’s about time I get into the ‘swing’ of things a bit more […]
Share Pin Tweet 0 Shares This could potentially be my last week of furlough (I highly doubt this will be the case but we seem to be working in 3 weekly increments so I guess I’ll find out by the end of this week), I don’t know if the past few weeks have gone quickly […]
