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Confessions of a Single Mum

The ups, the downs and sideways views of life as a single parent

Goal Ticking and Feeling Old

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Ok where have the last week or so go? Who pinched time? I do love a good motivational bit of text and I think the most poignant one I've read recently is that the most valuable thing you can give anyone is your time because it's something you never get back again. So very apt this week as my eldest turned 21. Seriously 21? Where on earth did all those years go? I can't believe she is 21 but I must admit rather thankful that it's for her big birthdays for a few years. At 21 I still had to put ... VIEW POST

Its A Happiness Thing

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So this whole new life thing involves a lot of thinking. And I mean deep thinking stuff that makes your brain hurt and your eyes leak. I have been reading lots of working out what you want in life articles and of course got lost on the internet and ended up learning about things that you can do each day to improve your life. Added bonus there isn't really anything to make your bank manager weep. Laugh - one of the therapeutic things you can do is laugh. They say that when you are feeling down ... VIEW POST

5 Reasons I Am Not A Summer Person

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This isn't a new revelation as I have been saying this for years and yet people laugh or tell me I don't mean it. But I am really not a summer person. There you go said it out loud. There are lots of reasons why like we don't actually get a summer here in the UK just a few warm days and that's about it. Or the thought of upping sticks and moving somewhere hot isn't on my bucket list. But here are my 5 main reasons I am an autumn/winter girl. The Heat - I can't deal with it. It makes me all ... VIEW POST

As adults, we’re pretty awesome at a lot of things

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As adults, we’re pretty awesome at a lot of things. We tackle big challenges in our careers, our finances, and our health. We build impressive things. We write legal documents. We manage teams and conferences and estates and classrooms. But when it comes to parenting, we often feel surprisingly unsure whether we know what we’re doing at all. We love these kids of ours with a love so fierce and strong, and yet, half the time we shake our heads and wonder if we’re getting it all wrong and ... VIEW POST

Getting Money Off Coupons Is Like Christmas Everyday

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When you spend most of your time at a desk, you start looking for ways to making it all much more exciting. I did go a bit extreme and got a MacBook which is just so beautiful it’s almost strokable. But not everyone is as mad as me and most people go the stationery route. There are whole groups committed to being stationery lovers and I must admit I totally get it. But it can be a costly hobby. Especially if you get addicted to notebooks. They are no longer boring ruled pages that you have to ... VIEW POST

10 Common Misconceptions about Teenagers

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More often than not, the older generations categorize every teenager as the same, which is not all true. Although teenagers share the same similarities quite often, there are still a whole lot of misconceptions about them that don’t even describe them. Teenage behavior is the same all over the world Although the younger generation tends to be more open, straightforward and spontaneous, it doesn’t mean that all of them (or even most) act like that. No, definitely not. I do have a post of 5 ... VIEW POST