Have you ever seen the GIF of a child holding onto a merry go round? They’re clinging onto the pole, being dragged around on the floor face first, going round and round with the ride. They aren’t enjoying it as someone should, they’re holding on and being pulled through, letting go is risky because the […]
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Personally I find it hard to have a shower that is peaceful and relaxing, for me it is practical and quick. In out, shake it all about. Jobs a good ‘un. For me baths are were it is at, I’m the sort of person who can easily spend over an hour in one, feeling the
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“Don’t pack anything we haven’t used this year.” Me to the husband That was our motto for the first few years of our marriage. As a youth worker taking on roles with small funding, the husband and I found ourselves travelling a lot to live near to the community I would be working in. Lots
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Can creativity help improve our body image? That’s the question I asked myself the other month. They say it’s good for your health, improves your moods etc, so can it help improve our opinions of our own bodies? I’m on a quest to find out in my own personal challenge. The Mirror Mirror, mirror on
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I remember the first time I made a tiramisu (bare with me this is a post about cushions) I nearly threw it away. I honestly thought I’d gone completely wrong even though I’d followed the recipe. Once everything was assembled it looked like a mess, a sloppy, cream covered mess, and it wasn’t cheap to
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Can creativity help improve our body image? That’s the question I asked myself the other month. They say it’s good for your health, improves your moods etc, so can it help improve our opinions of our own bodies? I’m on a quest to find out in my own personal challenge. Lessons from Week One I
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Me and houseplants have a love hate relationship, I love them but they hate me…and the way I look after them. Some days we get on and others we don’t. Some hate me so much they die within days of being in my home, and others string it out for awhile before finally saying goodbye
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Can creativity help improve our body image? That’s the question I asked myself the other month. They say it’s good for your health, improves your moods etc, so can it help improve our opinions of our own bodies? The Back Story Brace yourself, it’s not a happy one. I dislike my body greatly. I’m small,
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The rain was strong, so strong I nearly left my umbrella at home for fear that my walk would involve multiple inside out incidents before it would be eventually given up on and I’d wind up becoming thoroughly soaked. In the end I braved it, with the umbrella in hand, living in the hope that
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The smell of freshly cut grass, the waft of lavender that swims its way to my nose after I accidentally brush past it, the butterflies landing on the Verbena as they gently wave around in the breeze, and the sweet tomatoes! Those juicy plump vividly red tomatoes that I can pluck from inside the greenhouse.
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