Heading out on my own for a walk and pray around the grounds of my home Earlier this week I was booked in for a spa day at our local...

Image Credit: Pixabay   {This is a collaborative post} We all know teenagers have their moments, they can be a delight one minute a...

I've been reflecting this weekend on how lucky we are to every new day in front of us. Each is a privilege that we need to make the m...

Image Credit: Lake Moraine by Garrett Parker  on  Unsplash {Collaborative post} I often think that people miss a trick when they p...

I'm a little early but that's OK, as it's my blog and I can choose what I want to do. To be honest I've not been feeling ...

Myself and my friend Rachel ( Mid Life Single Mum ) agreed we'd post every couple of weeks to stay accountable for how we are doing i...

Photo by  Kevin Delvecchio  on  Unsplash {Collaborative Post} In this day and age it is far to easy to allow time to whizz by and fo...

Photo by  Alexandru Zdrobău  on  Unsplash {Collaborative Post} My kids went back to school yesterday and I know I was supposed to ha...

We've been to Port Lympne animal reserve a few times now and each visit has been so much fun. We've been in the summer when it ...

It's been a lovely summer and it feels like a very long one. We've had a short break in Kent and a couple of days in London and n...

We've visited the National Trust site Sheffield Park a couple of times before and both times had a lovely visit, but recently with the...

Happy Saturday friends!  I hope you've been well and enjoying Summer. I have a double whammy edition of Reasons to be Cheerful today as ...

I love to get away with the family but with three adult sized kids, it is becoming harder and harder to find an affordable option that h...

It was my birthday earlier this week and our family had decided to have a night staying up in London, along with a theatre show. We were ...

Photo by  Allie Smith  on  Unsplash As I turn 46, I find myself thinking about my life and what has passed. What I'm doing now and ...

Photo by  Austin Distel  on  Unsplash Most of us spend hours on our smartphones. We have become very reliant on them. So much so that ...

I'm really enjoying the summer and I hope you are too. I think it helped immensely that I had a whole week without any children! My hubb...

We're fully into the summer holiday now and I'm sure you might have heard the dreaded words 'I'm bored' so far. No ma...

Morning all, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the summer holidays. Reasons to be Cheerful is back with me for the month of August and I...

Photo by  Nick Pampoukidis  on  Unsplash After 35 years with HSBC (formally Midland Bank) my husband and I have just switched our curr...