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We are now into Day 8 of Blogtober 2020, and today the theme is Millennium. I do love the song. I am loving the song themed title prompts as I have the songs going around in my head while I am writing the post. When I was younger the year 2000 seemed like a long way off. We also watched films and TV programs where the year 2000 would be all science fiction like. How wrong was I. The Year 2000 The end of 1999 was totally different I had come out of an 11 year relationship and going through…
When I was growing up, I used to love spending time at my Grandparents house. My Grandad was a carpenter and ha his own workshops on his land. I used to love going in and watching him work, and the smell of wood always transports me back to those days. Which is why I have always seen The Beauty Of Wood. Using Wood Around The Home We all have wood around our homes, probably more than we really think when you start to look around. It is a natural material. Window Frames Older houses and also some new houses have…
Day 7 of Blogtober 2020 and the prompt is If I Could Turn Back Time. As will all the prompts it is down to each of us to interpret it as we feel. I found this very easy, as it is something I have wished for many times in the past. 22 years ago we said goodbye to my lovely Grandma, she was an amazing woman who I loved dearly. My heart broke the day she died. Even now I think about her all the time and sometimes talk to her. Two years later my Grandad died, I believed that they…
With the colder wetter weather coming, or after the past few days with the wetter weather. I seem to have been cleaning my floors more than usual. This is due to my two dogs who like nothing more than running about in the garden and then leaving muddy foot prints all over. While I have been mopping and hoovering, I have been looking at our current flooring. Thinking it is getting tired and old, or I am just bored of it. Flooring Options We have been talking about different flooring options, carpets are great. However, with pets, and in certain…
It is Tuesday again, which means time for my regular link up for the Life In A Lockdown Linky. We have now reached week 27, I can still see us here are week 52 the way things are going at the moment. It is nice to look back and reflect on how things have changed for us all. Also during October I am taking part in a Bloggers challenge called Blogtober. The challenge is to write a blog post each day for the whole of October. We are given prompts for each day, but we can also go off topic,…
Day 5 of Blogtober 2020 already, what better topic for today is Manic Monday. Oh and yes I do now have The Bangles song Manic Monday going around in my head. Mondays of the past Monday mornings used to be a nightmare in our household. My husband would start work early and was lucky not to have to deal with Monday mornings. Every weekend and school holiday C would be awake super early, bring on Monday morning and she would try to stay in bed. Breakfast was eaten at a snails pace, while I would put on a load of…
Today is Day 4 of Blogtober 2020, and the theme today is – Get Into The Groove. I have thought long and hard over this prompt, and all I keep getting is Madonna’s song going around in my head, which is a great song but not really helping me. Rather than list my favourite songs, I am going to write about the times I love to listen to music. Where I can just put my favourite songs on and sing along. Housework It is not a secret that I am not a fan of housework. I get fed up of…
The lock has taught me a lot. One of the lessons is certainly how much waste I was creating and money that I was spending on things that I simply didn’t need. The lock down has really taught me the things that are important and I think that we can agree that the pandemic has meant many of us have felt the pinch financially. So here are my top tips for how you can be more sustainable and be kinder to your pocket. Hate throwing away food? Guilty of buying a little (read a lot in my case!) more than…
It is day 3 of Blogtober 2020 and todays theme is Sweet Child O Mine. As I talk about her a lot I am going to introduce C to you all. Meet C C is our baby the youngest of our children, this picture was take in November last year. Just following her 16th birthday and on her birthday surprise. We took her away on a mini cruise on the Queen Mary II, as we wanted to mark her special birthday and give her happy memories to look back on. Growing Up As a child she was happy and very…
As nights become longer and colder, and days become shorter. Spending time in your garden may well be the last thing on your mind. However, there are plenty of ways you can create a great outdoor space to enjoy during the colder months. That will help to improve your family’s health throughout the year. Here we are looking at How To Enjoy The Garden As It Grows Colder. Here are some helpful tips that will allow your family to enjoy your garden as winter approaches. 1) Plant cold-friendly plants Cold weather doesn’t mean that your garden’s blooming days are over…
