A Year in Review: Happy Birthday to Me

It was my birthday this week. It was all a bit of a mixed bag as Chris was away and I had work so it was an early start for me at the boys (5.45 to get everyone to school... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: August

A few years back, I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is August’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of... Continue reading →

November Goals – The Finish Line
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

November Goals – Check-in
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

Hello November (November Goals)
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: October

. The Months in Points We moved to another country. If you’ve not been around these parts for long, Chris moved to Denmark this time last year then because of Covid restrctions and other things, Rex and I properly joined... Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: December

Here we go, attempting to make blog posts happen – I can do this! Rex is napping, Jaxon is playing his Switch and it’s a teacher training day today (tomorrow we restart lockdown learning due to COVID etc). So I’ve... Continue reading →

What Happened in September 2020? (Monthly Review)

It’s the beginning of a new month so time to look back at the last month for my monthly review. How did your September go? What did you get up to? The Month in Bullets Books Read With all the... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: June

This month’s Monthly Review. Do you write a similar post? I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. You can see others here. Highlights The Mummies... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: May

Monthly Review: February

Highlights Started the month with a Skype call with a new client. That was exciting. Another meeting with a client/friend, just needing some help finding her way around WordPress so it was just a couple of quick questions but it... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: January 2019

January was here and then gone so quickly! What happened? Highlights from January The month started bittersweet and it wasn’t really a highlight but the fact that I got to see a lot of old friends was a highlight. Our... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: October

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is October’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: September

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is August’s review. You can see others here. Highlights from September September started with two of our... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: August

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is August’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: July

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is July’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: May

This is May’s review – it’s been sat in my drafts waiting to be completed and here it is. This month’s Monthly Review. Do you write a similar post? I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: March 2018

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is March’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: February 2018

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is February’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: January 2018

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is January’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: December 2017

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is December’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: November 2017

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is November’s review. You can see others here. What went well this month Get Christmas shopping finished... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: October 2017

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is October’s review. You can see others here. What went well this month Complete portfolio for job interview. I... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: September 2017

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is September’s review. You can see others here. What went well this month Continue to work on... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: July 2017

I’m back with a review of July. I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is July’s review. You can see others here. What went... Continue reading →

Monthly Review: June 2017

A while back I used to write a monthly review on a regular basis but like a lot of my blog posts – it stopped happening. I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to... Continue reading →

August in Review (August 2016)

With it being the school holidays and the boys being away, Jaxon and I had lots of extra adventures in August. The boys had their adventure to the Southern Hemisphere. They spent a fortnight at Home of Hope Orphanage in... Continue reading →

February 1 – Review – January 2014

Books Speak Love by Annie F. Downs The Five Teenage Love Languages by Gary Chapman Ink Heart by Cornelia Funke Films The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug Happy Endings Into The Wild A Slightly Pregnant Man (French film I... Continue reading →

review – march

Books (Read and actually finished….) A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans (Started and not finished, or carrying on with but not finished…) Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch... Continue reading →

sixtyone: review – february

Books The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Dune (well less than 20 pages – I wasn’t really getting into it) by Frank Herbert Dracula by Bram Stoker The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs Films Under The Tuscan Sun... Continue reading →

thirtysix: review – january

Books Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes Nikki and The Vampire by Yaritza Garcia The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Films My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend Babe Horton Hears a Who Couples Retreat Conversations With Women Les Misèrables Television Numb3rs (Season 1) Dexter... Continue reading →

three: review – december

Books About Falling In Love by Yaritza Garcia Bah, Humbug! A Romantic Comedy Novella by Heather Horrocks The Girl in the Converse Shoes by Yaritza Garcia City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare You Had Me At Hello... Continue reading →

339: Review – November

Books Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Films Skyfall Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part Two Frequently Asked Questions about Time Travel CatWoman Seeking A Friend For The End of The World TV The Good Life (Season 1 – again!) Warehouse 13 (Season... Continue reading →

306: Review – October

Books Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Been reading it virtually the whole month!) Films Sister Act Stardust The Bucket List Turner and Hooch Moulin Rouge Your Highness (well the first half an hour ish then I switched off) The Hole... Continue reading →

276: Review – September

> Books Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs (started in August finished in September) Films The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Did You Hear About The Morgans? Hope Springs Untouchable Hop Albums Babel by Mumford and Sons Our Version of Events... Continue reading →

247: Review – August

Books We Can’t Go Home Again by Max Dubinsky The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (In Progress) Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs Films Shipping News Batman Forever Ice Age 3: Dawn... Continue reading →

181: Review – May and June

At the end of each month I write a review of the books I’ve read, the films I’ve seen and a quick round up of the month but I realised on Wednesday that I hadn’t done this for May which... Continue reading →

124: Review – April

April Books Read Divergent by Veronica Roth The Radleys by Matt Haig Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Heat Wave by Richard Castle Films Watched Avengers Assemble 50/50 Big Mirror Mirror Month in... Continue reading →

098: Review: March

March Books Read Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse Book 1) Heat Wave by Richard Castle Interrupted by Rachel Coker The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda E. Brunstetter Films Watched The Hunger Games Month in Bullets My blog... Continue reading →

061: Review: February

February Books Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Blogged about here.) Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg (really close to the end!) Places Visited Milton Keynes – for my friend’s birthday Films Seen Howl’s Moving Castle... Continue reading →

033: Review: January

January Books Read The Cause Within You by Matthew Barnett Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Places Visited Ikea at Milton Keynes The Lyceum in London – The Lion King Films Seen Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows The Iron... Continue reading →

002: Review: December

Places Visited Suffolk – to see CJ’s Aunt and introduce Our Sidekick to more family members Renhold – to see my Grandparents and family (my cousin had to work so we didn’t see my Aunt Uncle and other Cousin *sad... Continue reading →

Review: November

Places visited Oldham Ulverston Coniston Windermere/Bowness-on-Windermere and The Beatrix Potter Museum Tarn Hows Keswick Lake Coniston Lake Windermere Wast Water Honister Pass and Slate Mine<> Derwentwater Conkers National Forest around Ashby-De-La-Zouch London – BBC Western House London – Royal Albert... Continue reading →

Review: October

My Manager at work retired at the end of October (Well kinda yesterday in fact) which means it might be all kinda of crazy soon – if life wasn’t already bonkers. Went to the cinema with Dad which was kinda... Continue reading →

Review – August

August Chris’s birthday was at the beginning of the month – as two of our friends celebrated their birthday’s at the beginning of the month we had a group get together which was fun. We met at the new Pastor’s... Continue reading →

2007

1) Where did you begin 2007?At midnight, I was at church giving people hugs then running down the corridor to tell Karen “I’m getting married this year!” 2) Where do you intend to end 2007?I wanted to go party but... Continue reading →