Despite the fact that I rarely update it, I love the theme of my Raising Evelina blog so much that I have decided to bite the bullet and use it over here too. I was wavering because of the lack of sidebar (and I do love a sidebar) but I figured the large majority of… Continue reading A New Look
Category: Simple Life
Happy
I don't generally think of myself as an unhappy person. I have a wonderful family, a great (if demanding) job and a lot of superb friends. Yet I was still intrigued by the #100HappyDays challenge that I had heard of - a colleague was doing it in order to focus on the positive things about… Continue reading Happy
Regaining Simplicity
While I was on maternity leave and then working part time, I was drawn towards simple living and embraced the idea of paring everything down. I made my simple goals and as a family, we made decisions about our spending, our ambitions and our way of life which centred around intentional living and which moved… Continue reading Regaining Simplicity
Back for the Summer
Back when I was waist-deep in PGCE stress, one of the things I was looking forward to in June was being able to blog more regularly. I miss writing and am looking forward to writing as much as possible over the summer. Yesterday, we returned from a week in Bognor Regis with ricardo's family. It… Continue reading Back for the Summer
Clearing the Decks
Since moving into our home just over 2 years ago, we have been slowly getting our belongings into their 'right' place. At times it is difficult not to get overwhelmed by all the things we have that do not yet have a place. Some of these things are things we need, use and want but… Continue reading Clearing the Decks
Our Family Purpose Statement
Project 6 (a Living Well project) from One Bite at a Time: Create a Family Purpose Statement I must admit that I have already done this but since I wanted to get my 52Bites posts on the road, and I am really too busy to try anything today, I thought this would be a good place… Continue reading Our Family Purpose Statement
One Bite at a Time
It's no secret that I am a massive fan of SImple Mom and her book Organized Simplicity. It helped me get my house in some semblance of order and it was particularly useful when I was only working a couple of days, since I had the time at home to put a system into place… Continue reading One Bite at a Time
A Journey, Not a Destination
If you know anything about me, you will know that I love a list. And I love a to-do list even more. What I hate is an uncompleted to-do list. I started reading Organized Simplicity back in March last year and it has been bothering me for a while that I hadn't finished. I hadn't… Continue reading A Journey, Not a Destination
A Space of My Own
I realise that a lot of my quirkiness is just another excuse to procrastinate but I find it extremely difficult to focus on studying without an orderly place to do it. When I was given a day to myself last week I used part of it tidying up our spare room. I forgot to take a… Continue reading A Space of My Own
Plate
Does it sometimes feel that all you are really working towards in life is an empty plate? That is, having the opposite of having a lot on your plate? This is what it feels like to me. And it is pretty futile since life will keep piling the food on, no matter how much you… Continue reading Plate
Notes From My Day 