Thanks to everyone who's taking their time to read this little blog, I really appreciate it!
Tomorrow is the first day of our first family holiday! A week in an apartment in the beautiful Peak District awaits and so this week has been about getting everything ready!
It always amazes me how much I need to think about and get ready for a holiday (washing, shopping for essentials, cleaning so I have a clean and tidy home to return to) but with our new little travelling companion, it's like the preparation stage is on steroids!
I have always been adament that I wouldn't be a parent who got all the latest stuff for her baby, after all babies have been brought up for generations without the plethora of stuff nd gadgetary available, but it seems that babies need a LOT of stuff. Stuff that is important. Stuff that I need to remember. Stuff that I need to get in the car along with my stuff (I don't travel light), J's stuff (7 pairs of pants and a toothbrush :-) ) and our food for the week (self catering ). I have found a new level of respect for travelling parents and their exemplary packing and planning skills.
So whilst I wait for the final load of holiday washing to finish, I am going over and over my packing list, hoping that I don't forget that one essential item. Inevitably I probably will :-) but hey who cares. I'm on holiday!
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Sunday, 23 February 2014
The dream
Ever since I can remember I've dreamt of the type of house I'd like to have. It's not a huge house, but has enough room for family and friends to stay. It will be filled with books, big comfy chairs, a huge dining table and a lovely garden where I can sit and have my breakfast on balmy summers mornings. I love the idea of a warm family home that's filled with people, good fun and delicious food.
The house I live in now is pretty cute, a 110 year old semi detached cottage that J and I (along with some very appreciated family and friends) have done some work to in order to make it a comfy house to live in. It's been a house that more often than not has been nice to in but I've never felt it was the house I wanted to stay in. I desperately don't want to sound ungrateful for saying that as I know that many would love to live in a home like mine but I have always had the dream of another home in mind.
With the arrival of O, J and I have been thinking about moving house. We have decided to come up with a 2 year plan so that we can hopefully move into or towards the dream house.
In essence the plan is to save as much money as possible towards moving whilst getting a few much needed jobs done to the house so that we can hopefully sell it for as much money as possible. The latter part of the plan should be pretty easy to complete with assistance of a few friends and some skilled workers. I am worried however about the part that involves saving as much money as possible as in order to do that, I will need to stop spending and therein lies my problem. I love shopping and am going to find it really hard to curb spending on stuff I really don't need. Although I get frustrated at the level of consumerism in our society I am constantly finding myself getting suckered in by something on sale or the thought that my life would be irreversibly better if I owned a certain thing. I don't think I'm alone in this but I do know that I want to challenge myself to consume/spend less and save some money on the journey!
I'm hoping that by posting my intentions and progress on here that it will give me a level of accountability and I will better stick to my plan.
I'll keep you posted!
The house I live in now is pretty cute, a 110 year old semi detached cottage that J and I (along with some very appreciated family and friends) have done some work to in order to make it a comfy house to live in. It's been a house that more often than not has been nice to in but I've never felt it was the house I wanted to stay in. I desperately don't want to sound ungrateful for saying that as I know that many would love to live in a home like mine but I have always had the dream of another home in mind.
With the arrival of O, J and I have been thinking about moving house. We have decided to come up with a 2 year plan so that we can hopefully move into or towards the dream house.
In essence the plan is to save as much money as possible towards moving whilst getting a few much needed jobs done to the house so that we can hopefully sell it for as much money as possible. The latter part of the plan should be pretty easy to complete with assistance of a few friends and some skilled workers. I am worried however about the part that involves saving as much money as possible as in order to do that, I will need to stop spending and therein lies my problem. I love shopping and am going to find it really hard to curb spending on stuff I really don't need. Although I get frustrated at the level of consumerism in our society I am constantly finding myself getting suckered in by something on sale or the thought that my life would be irreversibly better if I owned a certain thing. I don't think I'm alone in this but I do know that I want to challenge myself to consume/spend less and save some money on the journey!
I'm hoping that by posting my intentions and progress on here that it will give me a level of accountability and I will better stick to my plan.
I'll keep you posted!
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Why blog?
I've liked reading other people's blogs for a while. Basically I'm pretty nosey and like to see what other people get up to! I like reading about the way that people live their lives, the things that are important to them and the things that they experience. I think we can learn a lot from other people and blogging often provides a forum in which people can be really honest, something that a lot of people find difficult.
As a new mum currently on maternity leave I've had small gaps of time (in between feeds, nappy changing and all that comes with a new born) to start to evaluate and really think about my own life. My life has been wonderfully changed by the birth of my little girl but I have found myself challenged about the views that I thought I had and the things that I thought were priorities in life.
I want to use this blog as a space to really think about my values, my hopes and the type of parent that I want to be in a real and honest way.
Hopefully my musings might be useful to some of you along the way....
As a new mum currently on maternity leave I've had small gaps of time (in between feeds, nappy changing and all that comes with a new born) to start to evaluate and really think about my own life. My life has been wonderfully changed by the birth of my little girl but I have found myself challenged about the views that I thought I had and the things that I thought were priorities in life.
I want to use this blog as a space to really think about my values, my hopes and the type of parent that I want to be in a real and honest way.
Hopefully my musings might be useful to some of you along the way....
The first post!
I would start this post by saying 'welcome' but that seems a bit silly as I haven't yet told anyone about this blog. I do plan to and I do hope that people might like to read some of the things that I write about.
This blog is about me and my life, the experiences I have, the people I meet, the places I see and the dreams I have.
I am blessed to share my life with my lovely husband J and our beautiful baby girl O, some amazing family and friends and a faithful God.
As a new parent, life can seem all consumed by baby stuff and 'being mum' but I want to use this blog to explore a life that is multifaceted, that whilst I am a mum (and I really love it!) I am also 'other things'.
This blog is about me and my life, the experiences I have, the people I meet, the places I see and the dreams I have.
I am blessed to share my life with my lovely husband J and our beautiful baby girl O, some amazing family and friends and a faithful God.
As a new parent, life can seem all consumed by baby stuff and 'being mum' but I want to use this blog to explore a life that is multifaceted, that whilst I am a mum (and I really love it!) I am also 'other things'.
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