There’s not many of us who haven’t wished for more hours in the day at one point or another but today I want to share a few simple ways to manage your time better so you won’t need any extra time to get everything done…..Create a to do list! Honestly this is the best thing you can do if you’re looking to improve your time management skills.  I have a lovely A5 leather bound notebook that I treated myself to when I was planning to start bullet journaling but it actually just morphed into a to do list book.  I probably write a to do list most days in some form as I always start my working … [Read more...]

To the very lovely people at our local branch of Tesco,I want to thank you for the kindness and compassion that you have showed my Dad over the last six months or so because you really have made a huge difference in his life and I want you to know about it.At the age of 77, my Dad's found himself alone (apart from me) in a world filled with technology that he really just can't get his head around.  He's grumpy, stubborn, and thinks he always knows best but he's my Dad and I love him more than I could tell you.  He's also getting to the age where things confuse him very easily so when … [Read more...]

There's been a few changes in our house over the last few weeks and I'm sat here in the back garden typing this reflecting on the changes with mixed feelings.The first change is that I've changed my hours at work and in the near future I'm planning to go from part time back to full time. Reducing my hours at work was the reason we realised we needed to be more frugal so we could save money and afford for me to work less hours so I could spend more time with the kids.  We've been so lucky with my hours of work because I've been able to work between 8am until 2.30pm weekdays with just the … [Read more...]