Wishing all of my readers a wonderful New Year! I hope the festive period bought you much merriment and that the arrival of 2016 has been met with excited anticipation. The end of a year always serves as a reminder to reflect on the months gone by – what has changed, the highs and lows, the hopes and wishes for the year ahead. 2015 has felt the fastest year of…
Daily Greatness Journal
I stumbled across this beautiful journal just in time for the new year. With our upcoming move to the USA, there are all sorts of plans and goals we want to put in place, in the hope that they will lead to a better life, and this journal is the ideal accompaniment. The Daily Greatness Journal: A Practical Guide for Consciously Creating Your Days is a motivating and self-reflective diary, planner and…
New Beginnings – Moving to America
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but ourselves” – William Shakespeare The beginning of a new year is the ultimate time for reflection and mindfulness. Where we are, where we have been, where we’re going. The past year has been the first good year for Matt and I in a long time. The end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 marked itself as the most…
Life Lately
A little note to say I hope you all had a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. It was a magical time for our family – last year when we celebrated Henry’s 1st Christmas, it was all a bit of a newborn blur, but now, at 14 months old, it was a joy to see Henry participate in the magic of Christmas. Taking us by the hand and leading us…
New Year Hopes & Wishes
♥ Remember I’ve always been an optimistic and positive person, and live by the saying, ‘count your blessings, not your sorrows.’ Even in our darkest moments during my pregnancy last year when we didn’t know how or when the complications would end, I took time to remind myself that although what was happening to us was terrible and terrifying, there were people who were much worse off and I still had…
Looking Back & Going Forward
It seems just like yesterday I wrote last year’s Looking Back & Going Forward. This year seems to have passed more quickly than any other and I fear as I get older, time passes faster. Here’s a little summary of the past year and my hopes for the year ahead… What happened in 2010… ♥ I had my first real job ♥ I experimented with ombre hair ♥ I joined the organ donation register…