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The One With the Goals
I’ve been an occasional reader of The Organised Housewife (as my disorganised house will evidence!) So, when I saw that Katrina was launching a 2019 Challenge to Declutter 52 Things in 52 Weeks, I signed up. A pre-challenge task was to think about what I want to achieve by the end of the challenge. So, […]
The One About The Right to be Remembered
I’m going to utter 4 letters that are currently striking fear into the minds of Headteachers everywhere. No, not SATs. GDPR. There have been many posts on social media with GDPR myths – no names on displayed work, no named trays in classrooms, no named peg labels, no birthday displays…. It’s not these aspects of […]
The One About One More Year
Context: a grey Wednesday, a woman washing up the dishes in her forever house in an oversized village somewhere in the East Midlands while listening to The Girls cast recording. If you’d asked me in March 2010 where my forever house would be, I wouldn’t have said this one. I’d have told you how I […]
The One at the End of Lent
Happy Easter! 40 days & nights without Facebook completed. And oh, the nights…. feeding a baby at 3am without social media is so lonely! Other than that, I haven’t missed much ( if you exclude 2 babies, a shop closure and 1 house move) I’m not even planning to reinstall the app. I do plan […]
The One from Mid-Lent
Mothering Sunday marks mid-Lent. Which means I’m halfway through my Facebook fast. How has it been? I haven’t missed the scrolling through pages of posts I’m not bothered about reading. I have missed seeing pictures of my nephew and niece, the news of an old friend’s new baby arriving, and being able to browse the […]
The One Without Facebook
I’ve given up Facebook for Lent. I’m still using Twitter, Messenger and WordPress, and I may briefly check Facebook notifications on Sundays if I have time (mostly for event and selling post notifications) This is my experience. I’ll update as and when I get time! (updated 8/3/17) Day 1 – I’ve noticed that I open […]
The One Where I’m Outnumbered (part 2)
I shared week 1 of being outnumbered here. Below is week 2. Day 8 – at the risk of sounding like a broken record (haha! A new descriptor is needed – WTF isa record!?!!) we had another bad night’s sleep with MissE up for the day from 0520! MrA woke at 0730. By 1000 we […]
The One Where I’m Outnumbered Part 1)
MissE and MrA’s Daddy travels for work. Usually only short trips away, but a few times a year he’s away for a week or two. Today saw the start of what has become his annual January trip across The Pond. My first time being outnumbered in terms of kids:adults. I should say at the outset […]
The One at the End of a Difficult Year
I’m not sure if I will actually hit the publish button on this post or not. 2016 has been a really varied year, not just globally, but personally too. It’s had its high points (MissE’s birth, an amazing holiday to Venice, our first camping trip to a music festival, MrA’s first day at school) but […]