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Happiest of Sundays peeps! As always I have had a ridiculously busy week made even busier by the time of year. June is the time of half yearly developmental summaries and I have been snowed under getting these written in time to hand out to families this week. I spent yesterday proofreading and adding any…

Happiest of Sundays everyone!!! Today’s ‘These thankful things’ is going to be a quick one because I’m not feeling the most healthy today and I am busting to curl up and have a little nap….and that’s my first thankful thing…afternoon naps and the fact that even as adults we are allowed to have them. YAY!!!…

Happy Sunday peeps! Sunday being when I share what I have been thankful for this week, starting with my family…in particular my mother-in-law…strange as this may seem to some..and even to me who did not have a relationship of any kind with my ex-husbands family. My new mother-in-law is a truly wonderful human being….and she…

This whole week has been a bit of a blur but as always there have been so many things to be truly thankful for. For one thing, it’s the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend; meaning an extra day off work to enjoy the beautiful winter sun; spending time with family and completing masses of reading. YAY!!!…

Woops! I was so busy last week, redesigning this blog, I completely forgot to share all the wonderful things I was thankful for….and there were many. The most important of which was the support and encouragement of my peeps as I start to follow my dreams; sharing the things I love all over the internet…

Happy Sunday peeps. I hope you’ve had a lovely week filled with so many wonderful things to be thankful for. For me, it has been a bit of a milestone week. My son turned 20, which is not in itself an amazing feat, but is something medical specialists had told us might not happen. After…

Super quick gratitude post tonight because it’s Mother’s Day and I’m getting ready to snuggle on the couch with my peeps; watching Masterchef and wearing the cute new sunshine yellow socks my daughter gifted me. Just some of the things I’m thankful for this week: time spent connecting with my beautiful sock giving girl…playing ‘this…

Happy Sunday peeps!! I hope you’ve had an amazing week filled with so many wonderful things to be thankful for. Last week was the first “These thankful things” of what I hope will be many. If you missed it you can visit it here: https://bookish-me.com/2019/04/28/these-thankful-things/ I have been looking forward to writing this post and…

Starting something new today…a weekly post of gratitude…why gratitude? …because expressing gratitude can transform the way we think, feel and behave. Being thankful for the big and the small things in our life creates a calmer; more focused; more positive state of mind. Appreciating what we have, rather than worrying about what we don’t have,…