There have been so many times this week that I have had to remind myself to just exhale. Both for good and bad reasons I have found myself just pent up and wanting a release. Do you sometimes have that happen to you? We should really just trust the process and exhale when we need to. Taking in a deep breath and holding it forever is a killer, so just breathe. On Friday night last week, the men who were working on the kitchen finally finished and gave us back our space. Although things were a ...
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‘Chuffed’ is our Word of the Week
It is funny, well I think so at least, that we have chosen to use chuffed as our word of the week. I say it is funny because prior to coming to live in the UK at the ripe old age of 35 I had never heard of that word. I heard it in teaching […]
Dough-Saving Decisions to Reduce Work Expenses
It would probably help most of us to reduce work expenses for each day. A lot of your hard-earned cash goes directly towards your job, making it feel like you are working for nothing sometimes. From your daily lunch break and travel to software and clothing, it feels like there’s no end to the money […]
Spring is our Word of the Week
This week we had lovely weather and lots of other little things that remind us of the word Spring. Last week was just routine but this week was not at all routine. We had lots of signs of new life, opportunities, circumstances, etc. It started out on Sunday when we went out as a group […]
Routine – Word of the Week
Hello happy gang. Yes you guessed it from the title, this week what we got on with were the mere routines, nothing really stood out. So here goes: The decorator who had not shown up last week to complete a job he started, did eventually show up after 6 one evening and completed the job. […]
This Week was a Challenge
As much as we like to keep it positive and be always optimistic, this week we have to admit that it was definitely a challenge in more ways than one. Of course, some good bits worked really well and we have to count our blessings. On Sunday we had plans to go to an Easter […]
BOLD is our Word of the Week
Have you ever done anything that you previously thought you would never do? It happens to us sometimes, but it happened so much this week that we thought bold is an apt word to describe the week. Let’s tell you about it and see if you would agree. So we are having our kitchen redone […]