Today is Day 12 of Blogtober 2026 – today I have gone with the prompt Three Things I Would Tell Myself A Year Ago. As you know I love my husband February 2025. He was my world and we worked so well together with me doing my jobs and him doing his. There was never any arguments we just knew what needed doing and get on with it. I am not going to lie, and say I have moved on 100% and life is great etc. As that would be a lie, slowly however I have moved forward quietly and…

Today is day 10 of the Blogtober 2026 Challenge and the prompt today is A Challenge I Am Currently Working Through. After a lot of thinking, as I really did not think I was working through a challenge, apart from not tripping over falling over the dog. I realised I am trying to be more productive in my days and realising I just can not do everything. Before I start, it should just be me I have to think about. With my husband no longer here and C in university. I should be able to get up each morning and…

Today is Day 9 of the Blogtober 2026 challenge and today prompt is Five Things I Am Grateful For Right Now. When you sit down and look around you, there is so much you can feel grateful for in your life. My husband always said as long as you can find at least one thing to smile about each day you will be a happier person. Below is 5 things I am grateful for and why 1 – Biscuit Although I sometimes ask myself why did I decided to get a puppy. I am so glad I did. He is…

Today is Day 8 of the Blogtober 2026 Challenge and today the topic is Share a recent win. There are two ways of looking at this is it an actual win or is it a win in life? I can talk about both An Actual Win For years I have been doing the Postcode Lottery. We started doing it when one of our friends parents won £20,000. Along the years we have won the odd very small prize of £10 or £15. Last month, I had an email I had won and I ended up with a new Tefal baking…

Today is Day 11 of the Blogtober 2026 challenge and the prompt for today is My Favourite Way To Spend A Rainy Day. I do write my posts in advance as found this way I can keep up with the challenge. Today, it is a rainy day and very grey and miserable outside. Apart from fighting with a 17 week old puppy who does not like the rain. I have had quite a few battles with him today. I do also like to vary rainy days. What I do on a rainy day, really does depend on the day. At…

Day 5 of Blogtober 2026 and I have gone off topic as today is National Do Something Nice Day. I love these random days, and thought what a lovely idea. How doing something nice can just make someone’s day. We never know if someone is having a hard day and doing something to make them smile, or just feel seen can really make a difference. How many times has someone made a compliment that just lifted your day. Or a gesture that they did not need to do. I am a firm believer in paying it forward and what better…