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Confessions of a Single Mum

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

It will happen

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With it being 13 years since my ex and I separated and later divorced, I have learnt  a thing or two about managing a house, job and children on me own.It can't be all bad though as my me and my partner have never done the living together bit. I love climbing into a double bed on my own. I love sprawling on the sofa with full control of the remote. I love the fact that if I want to watch trashy tv all evening with the kids I can. There are though a few things  I can just about guarantee this ... VIEW POST

Such A Sad Day

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Today I heard the most saddest news. News that mad me stop in my tracks and made me look at my own life and appreciate how precious the time we actually have is. A school friend passed away this morning. Being the same age it has really hit home. In later life we drifted apart but still caught up through the power of Facebook. As school friends we had sleepovers, a joint love of playing make believe and far too many trips to the corner shop for penny sweets.  ... VIEW POST

A Veg Patch Full of Hope and Mischievous Cats

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A short spurt of sunny days and I have got busy in the garden. The last few years my veg patch has been rather neglected to say the least. The strawberry plants have been the only thing to produce anything unless you count weeds that the veg patches produced in abundance. In desperation I scattered green manure on the two empty patches. Green manure is a Monty favorite, he raves about it in his programmes. Green manure is basically a plant you ... VIEW POST

Changes to CSA

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It's all over the BBC and other news channels. CSA is being abolished. Letters are being sent out today to single parents explaining the changes. But if you want to now more now have a look at Gingerbreads interactive post on it.  Under the old system many single parents could use the CSA to calculate and sort out the payments. Now it will be encouraged that the parents work it out between them. If parents are unable to do this then there is still someone they can turn to for help. The Child ... VIEW POST

Well I Was Doing Ok …

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...then I got cocky and did too much. Typical me. Up until a few weeks ago I was doing really really well. I felt like my old self and even muttered the fateful words out loud that I was starting to feel like my old self. Energy levels were up, get up and go had returned and my brain was firing on all cylinders. Heck I even managed to make the scales move down a pound.  ... VIEW POST