Reasons to be Cheerful – Staycationing

I don't feel very cheerful writing this post, I have to admit. I feel very tired and grouchy, full of anxiety about returning to work tomorrow and I have a mountain of washing and a shed load of grown up jobs to do before that happens. So I'm not in the best of moods. But [...]

Reasons to be Cheerful – Theory Test – DONE!!

When I wrote my monthly round up post post yesterday I failed to mention something very important - I finally took and passed my driving theory test! Woohoo! Here is me celebrating with a beer! That feels like a really silly thing to be proud of at the grand old age of 35, but the [...]

August Round Up

In case you hadn't noticed from yesterday's post, I am more than a little alarmed that we have reached September already. It feels a little odd to say 'already' like that, because on the one hand this gorgeous weather we've been having sometimes makes it feel as though this Summer has stretched out endlessly, I [...]