I like..... Long dog walks Quick and easy meals New craft items Unexpected chocolate bar finds Fresh cut flowers Fresh bedding Tea in bed in...

I have 61 hours a week of unused spare time, to watch TV, garden or take part in a hobby.  How do I know this? It was enrichment week for th...

Not in denial, not even sure if it's happening or whether it's happened and as the GP pointed out 'it's not helpful'  In...

Life is hard enough as it is parenting a disabled child, but to not have access to clean and hygienic toilet facilities when out and about i...

Arriving home: We arrived back in the UK a year ago on last Friday after almost 11 years abroad. Our return home was marred by 10 nights hot...

Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Lifeat139a and I. A weekly linky where you can join in with any post written this week. You Post...

I get fed up of people complaining about some of the content I post. I over share in my blog, I take too many pictures of cups of coffee.  M...

We moved to the UK in June 2021. Originally from the UK, we left in January 2011, 11 years ago for 4 years in South Africa and 7 years in Du...

I mention my neighbours a lot. The ones to the right we only met in January 2020 when I moved back to the UK, I've borrowed their lawn m...

In January 2011 we moved to South Africa, leaving 3 adult children in the UK and taking 2 with us. I've moved a lot as a child and as an...

Hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year however you chose to celebrate, or not. We've been back in the UK full time now for ...

We don't do Christmas. Well we do decorations, cards and presents and like to eat well, but we've not done Christmas in the traditio...

We are parents to 5 and grandparents of 2. And that is that. There is a biological mother of 2 somewhere and a biological father of 3 around...

As landlords for the past 11 years with 2 properties and tenants ourselves for 10 of those years whilst living abroad, we've had our fai...

Some background for context. We have 5 kids, all adults now. Eldest is profoundly disabled and lives in a care home near by. Up until 2011 w...

How do you wear yours? With no verbal communication or the ability to express their needs other than crying, laughing, dropping to the groun...

This is a question my son was asked in school in South Africa. I'm hoping the teacher meant 'cluttered' rather than dirty. Howev...

Age has never been an issue to me. I was able to go into pubs and clubs below the legal age and I never had issues buying cigarettes, althou...

I've been reflecting on our expat journey over the past 10 years that is coming to an end soon. I've realised that my life hasn'...

The answer is, you don't. That's why you hire professionals to do things for you. You ask others to help you and you do your researc...