If you are a regular reader, you will know I have joined a walking group of ladies of over 40. But if this is your first post, let me quickly fill you in. I walk with these ladies every Sunday, we walk at a different location each week. There are 6 of us who regularly…

The weather this week has perfectly reflected my mood. There have been cold, raining mornings (or afternoons) with hot, clear moments in between. There have been moments where it has been gray and cloudy on one side of the house and clear, bright blue skies on the other. Which has kinda how I have felt….

It is time to Share Our Lives with My Slices of Life. This month we are talking about creative outlets and free time. It has taken me a long time to prioritize free time and focus on my creative outlets but now they are a big part of my life and a powerful tool that…

Once a week I walk with my Ladies Over 40 group. Each week we walk somewhere different, which I love because it means I get to explore my city and go to places I probably wouldn’t have. I have written about the tough walk we did already and don’t want to milk it too much…

I hate saying “I am so busy” but at the moment life is busy. David is organising an air show on the Easter Weekend, so there is lots to do. On top of that there is our normal work that needs to get done plus all the kids stuff. The juggling is real right now….

I wrote the glimmers for this post first and realised that a lot of the week was focused on Emma. It has been emotionally exhausting for us all but we finally have a team of health care providers we trust and who are working together to help get her healthy both physically and mentally. Glimmers…

I was reading my regular blogs can came across this one from My Slice of Life where she shares her quarterly goals. I haven’t really done this before but for the first time David and I have a list of things we want to get done around the house/car etc. I am also trying to…

Lion’s Mane Mushroom: The Fluffy Fungus for Your Brain I have been considering Lions Mane for a while now. My neighbour mentioned it a few months ago, she had started taking it and had noticed the difference. It was around the time I was weaning off my antidepressants so I thought it would be a…

I am joining in the Share 4 Somethings prompt today with Joyful Jenn.  The prompt is to share some things we loved, some things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of.  Some things I loved My new printer arrived and I have had lots of fun (and frustration)…

Here we are at the end of March. It feels like we have lived a thousand years in this year already and we still have 9 months to go. If I look back at the chaos, it hasn’t been bad. A lot of positive things have happened despite the chaos. We recently entered the season…

Has the season changed where you are. I am not sure what is happening here in our little corner of South Africa. We are 3/4 of the way through March, which means we are well into Autumn and it is still raining here, which is not “normal”. I won’t lie though I am not complaining…

And that’s March halfway done! I don’t even know what to say. It feels like I have lived a thousand years in the last 10 weeks. So much has happened. We received some feedback from Emma’s therapist that is good news but it did make me very emotional. I am, once again, very thankful for…

I haven’t done one of these in many years so I thought it would be fun to join in with My Slices of Life. This is what an average Tuesday looks like in our life. 6h00: Cocoa and I headed out for a hike. When I started this walk I wasn’t sure how far I…

I am not enjoying the chaos that is clearly 2025. My spider bite, it turned out, was not a spider bite but rather a tick bite which led to tick bite fever. I discovered this on Saturday morning in the ER. I have never had to go to the ER since being with David- that…

I am taking part in Joyful Jenn’s currently post again. Today I am talking about the things I am currently loving, craving, pinning, planning, and appreciating today. I am currently loving I received the new Cricut Joy Xtra and I am loving the thought of all the new projects I can do. The slightly cooler weather….

We did not intend to end up where we are work wise. Fifteen years ago when David and I got together and started planning our lives, working from home, homeschooling, flexibility – none of those things were on our lists. We didn’t have the corporate life high up on the list either – I suppose…

This week has been so BLERGH! It started off with a spider bite on Friday that got progressively more painful. The pain lasted until about Wednesday when it seemed to start subsiding but it just made me feel horrible which impacted on my week. We had a lot going on this week – work is…

I am joining in the Share 4 Somethings prompt today with Joyful Jenn.  The prompt is to share some things we loved, some things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of.  Some things I loved Coffee with Eve – we had a great chat yesterday. Our weekly Friday…

We have had almost a full week of rain and it was glorious. It rained and rained and rained and it was cooler for a few days which was so lovely for those of us (me) who seem to be perpetually hot at the moment. Glimmers (Glimmers are micro-moments of joy that make us feel…

A few weeks ago when I was out walking with my friend Eve at 6hoo in the morning. Part of the walk runs along one of our main highways – its close but not that close. It was just after 6 and the cars were streaming past. I remember feeling so incredibly grateful that I…

I love writing these weekly round ups but the last few weeks have felt very boring. I have been distracted and not focused but I think I am getting my mojo back. Might be thanks to the Lions Mane I have been taking for a week now or it could just be that things are…

How does it always seem to be Friday? I have the best intentions of starting this post earlier in the week but always end up only getting to it on Friday morning. Thankfully this week has had more positives than negatives, despite a few days of intense menopause rage. Emma is better thankfully, I am…

If you remember that song by Des’ree you are probably waking up with a sore neck and a dodgy knee while you sing Life Oh Life in a resigned tone. Well if you weren’t, I was. But it was quickly followed by this, sung through tears of frustration. You’re still in bed at ten and…

The theme of the week was SICK SICK and MORE SICK! Emma woke up on Saturday morning with a raging temperature and things just spiraled from there. Ear infection, congestion, fevers, coughing – poor kid had it ALL! A trip to the ER and an injection helped her to turn the corner though. She still…

I was scrolling and came across this quote. I stopped to read the comments and there was a mixed bag of responses, as there generally are on this topic. Having been on my own personal decluttering journey for many many years I think people often misunderstand this. The assumption is that it means throwing out…

This week has been CHAOTIC. Every day has been more unhinged than the day before. It was a combination of Jack starting school, our new routine, work being busy and stupid things things going wrong (no water, roaches, tummy bugs and broken boreholes). I hate weeks like this. I do everything I can to avoid…

Oh look its Friday again! It’s been a week. All the kids sports are back this week, we are all back to our regular therapy sessions again. Our diaries are fulling up fast again. January and February are busy months for us, we have a lot of birthdays that happen over this time as well…