I wanted to take the opportunity before I set my goals of 2020 to look at how I did in 2019. I like to set myself goals, I suppose they are new year resolutions. I felt this year (2019) with them written down on my blog it helped me immensely to focus on the things that I think are important to me. No, I definitely didn't achieve them all, and I'm not really the kind of person who beats themself up when they don't achieve something. Well in most things anyway, I am very frustrated with myself ... read more
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Hive Home Active Heating
What new year resolutions have you made? New year for me this year is a repeat of last year, and a promise to try to do new things. To take control of my life, and to get out there and have fun with my family. Have you heard of Hive Home? Hive is an award-winning kit, which can be purchased from British Gas that gives you the ability to control your heating and hot water remotely. I'd written about how Hive works earlier in the year actually, I was so impressed I did a little more ... read more
Putting my Photography Plans Into Action : Update
In January one of my promises to myself was to take more photographs, try different things, and play around with the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 I had been given thanks to Itellicig, in their quest to help bloggers with their new year resolutions. It's not wholly been a success I'm afraid. I can't say I've taken more photographs primarily because I've been so busy with work, I've just not found the time to. I have been really pleased with some of the photographs I've taken for the blog. ... read more
Team Honk : Walking from Nottingham to Derby for Sports Relief
This is my final post in my New Year Resolution Series, and its an important one, as tomorrow I will be walking from Nottingham to Derby (approximately 15 miles) in aid of Sports Relief. The cycling crew are out there now, cycling a gruelling 50km in the wind and rain. As one of the biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active raise cash and change lives. The money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help transform the lives of some of ... read more
10 Ways to Avoid Conflict During a Divorce
Divorce is one of the most stressful life experiences that a person can go through, but it doesn’t have to be acrimonious. In this article, we’ll share 10 ways to avoid conflict during a divorce. Divorce affects a huge number of UK couples every year and it is rarely a positive experience. Despite new laws such as the ‘no fault’ divorce making divorcing smoother, it’s still difficult to avoid conflict all together. In the film The War Of The Roses, a divorce between Oliver and ... read more
Life Update : May 2019
In January I set myself some goals that I want to try and achieve by the end of the year. I've updated you sporadically but decided to wait a while to give you this update in May, to let you in on my progress. Some have been going well, others I've yet to get off the ground. I knew it wouldn't be plain sailing, resolutions or other new things rarely are. I do think its good for me to write these things down, check in with you, as well as sit down and objectively look at how I'm ... read more