Approximate reading time: 5 Minutes Well as fate would have it, no sooner than I finished the last blog post, I got a message from my estate agent saying that the tenant will sign for a year…..so disaster averted I’m back in my happy place:-) All that worry and angst…for nothing I tell you! It …
Category: Children Tales
The pain of not being seen
Estimated reading time: 5min I found this little story below in my journal a couple of weeks ago. The horrible thing about becoming more aware of what is going on around you is that once you start seeing something, you can’t EVER go back to “unseeing it” Which, honestly, sometimes fucking sucks! I wish I …
What I learnt from 6 months in Nursery. (Part 2)
Approximate reading time is 30 min All eyes on you Towards the end of the last term, I took an assembly with my nursery children and the two reception classes. At the end of the assembly, I put up a YouTube video of one of the songs that we always sing, and then I sat …
What I learnt from 6 months of teaching Nursery (Part 1)
Approximate Reading time – 25min When I signed up with my supply teaching agencies at the beginning of the year, I had two very explicit instructions: Unfortunately, what I hadn’t factored into my steadfast “DO NOT WANT” list was the fact that having just relocated to a new country would mean I might need to …
Pass the Novocaine…
I have to admit….life isn’t that exciting right now. But in an attempt to keep my promise (to myself) that I will write a post at least once a week, I need to find something to say by 12 pm tonight… so let’s see how I do!🤷♀️ When I made the decision to quit my …
Much ado about nothing
Hello all🤗 So I thought I would just give a brief rundown as to how things are going so far. The good news is …I have a home and a bank account!! Wohooooooo!!! My bank account is still currently at ZERO pounds. (The only way is up👆) ….um and I am paying £800 a month, …
Music For the Soul
It’s meeeeeeeeee I’m back😂 My friend Marieta joked yesterday that I’m not going to be able to stop writing…and day 42 will roll into 43…into 44….. Um, I think she might be right…🙈 This is just going to be a short one, cause I have a date with an actual book tonight. 👍🌛📕📖..But I just had …
Day 41: Be Brave Challenge – For Love of Monkey
So today was DEFINITELY supposed to be my final post and I have honestly been working on it for the last 3 hours and I am all of a sudden ready for bed. 😳So I think I am going to have to end my 40-day-challenge on the day 42 now. 🙈 Was wondering what I could put up…and …
Last Ever Choppie Day!
So today was very sadly my last Choppie day.😢 As much as I love him he is frankly getting a little too big and a little too demanding. (I personally don’t handle demanding to well😬) No longer the little pup that falls asleep for the whole lesson he is now the small dog that bites and …
Day 31: Be Brave Challenge – Falling off the Gratitude Wagon
This morning I woke up feeling like I’d just slept under a thundercloud.😤Tried to meditate, but it didn’t work, so I picked up my ‘ morning pages’ book that has been relatively untouched for the last…mmmm..28 days. Decided maybe I should start writing again…😓 (Clearly I haven’t reached equanimity status just yet.🤔) Then I decided to …