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Monthly Archives: January 2016
2016 Goal Recaps – January
We made it to the end of January! How did the first month of 2016 treat you? Overall, I would say mine was off to a good start but the last two weeks, which were also the weeks that I … Continue reading
Posted in Goals
Tagged 2016 Goals, aims, goals recap, Intentions, planning and dreaming, word of the year
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Friday Links
Happy Friday! Today I am working from home and then having the afternoon off to have a haircut, it’s all excitement, all the time around here! Here are this week’s links… As we give up on saving, we give up on … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged business, Cecil Parkinson, childcare, cocky politicians, finland, finnish baby boxes, Gaby Hinsliff, George Osborne, google, liars get caught, libraries, older children, parenting, pensions, planned parenthood, SAD, SAD treatments, savings, sex education, Simon Jenkins, social inequality, Suzanne Moore, Taxes, The Guardian, the making of Grease, toddlers, vanity fair
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Marmalade
Two weeks ago my friend Sue posted a picture of her batch of just made marmalade, which reminded me if that I wanted to make some this year, I needed to get a move on. I didn’t make much jam … Continue reading
January doesn’t last forever…
Yesterday, I woke up grumpy. I didn’t feel good and I just wanted to go back to bed. I actually consider it to be a sign of what a grown up I have become that I got up and out … Continue reading
Food and Budget update: 16/01 to 22/01/2016
So this food week wasn’t overshadowed so entirely by the mice but I’m still gradually replacing things. The shopping list looked like this So there were some changes, I decided I wanted to try a new recipes so needed porridge … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, Goals, Money
Tagged 16/01 to 22/01/2016, budget challenge, food budget, money, weekly shopping, weekly update
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Life Happened: All work, all the time
Last week had two goals keep on top of the housework (and mice) get through the week on full time hours I did managed both but not without some issues. The week started off alright even if I had to leave … Continue reading
Posted in How I Live
Tagged 11 to 17 January 2016, diary, how I live, Life Happened, the week in review, what I did
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Friday Links
Happy Friday! This week was apparently the worst week of the year or at least the most depressing, given that it started off with Blue Monday. Hopefully, your week wasn’t too awful and here are this week’s links… How to … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged Blue Monday, books that really ought to have been thought about before they were published, capitalism, Church of England, escalators, gay marriage, George Washington, housing, Housing Crisis, liberalism, London Underground, Parliament, Robin Lustig, slavery, The Anglican Communion, The Guardian, The Housing and Planning Bill, The Independent, the opposite of acceptance, the problem with the market, The Telegraph, Will Hutton
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