If you’re struggling to find a happy medium between running a business but also being present and constant for your family, this post could be for you. The struggle is a continuous one that you have to manage on a daily basis. I feel your pain. Here are the 6 Lessons I’ve learnt so far […]
A Little Catch-up #3 Welcome to a Little Catch-up #3. It’s been a while since my last catch-up, click here to check it out. Busy busy It’s been a busy working week this week. My business partner is enjoying a lovely holiday and I’m here, holding down the fort. But that’s ok, he’ll have to […]
Interesting Facts about Redheads You Might Not Know As a young teen, I hated my ‘ginger’ hair. So much so that from the age of 16 I bleached it blonde. It wasn’t because I was bullied necessarily, it was more that i was very aware that people just didn’t seem to like red hair. I […]
Word of the week: TIRED So, the word of the week for me is tired. It’s Saturday morning and I’m writing this post from my bed. Mr O did the wonderful thing of getting up with our toddler to let me have a sleep in. BUT like most mums will agree, having a sleep in […]
How to Survive your First Baby Swimming Lesson – How the hell was I going to survive my first Baby Swimming Lesson when I was struggling to keep my head above water at home? What if baby gets hungry and kicks off, starts screaming uncontrollably? Do I even have the right baby swimming gear? […]
Google searches of a Clueless Mum – If motherhood came with a manual, things would be so much easier. The problem is, nothing about motherhood is predictable. You just have to ‘go with it’ and rely on your instincts. But what if your “instinct” is broken. What if when people say, “oh don’t worry, you’ll […]
A Promise to my Teenager. I talk about my kids all the time on my blog. What books they like, the activities we’ve done and places we’ve been, when they might have been a pain in the arse. What i don’t really talk about is that my teen is not actually “mine” in the […]
Welcome to Our Top 10 Favourite Kids Books which includes – a purple Rhino, a ginger-haired Witch, a very greedy Rat, a monster with turned out toes and an incredibly out of season Christmas book. We love reading in our house. Well, I say “we”, I actually mean “I”, I love reading and basically force […]
Homemade Halloween Decorations. Halloween is just around the corner. With both our girls birthdays being around the same time and what started as a small gathering with a few spider webs hanging around here and there, has escalated. It’s now this big affair we host every year as a Birthday/Halloween celebration. And it takes a […]
