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#Project365 2024 week 30

Anya and Zach have broken up for the summer. Matthew has 2 more days next week but I don’t think much work will be done! It feels like a big week as the kids are getting so grown up. Zach was invested in Cubs and finished his first year at junior school. Anya has now […]

#Project52 2024 week 28

We’re still recovering from the stress of last week. It has been a big week for Anya as she went up to secondary school, officially joined her new house and received her tie. Then she had a special watersports activity day and I took her shopping for her first bra at the weekend. My baby […]

#Project52 2024 week 24

Well it has been another manic week! I have been leaving the house before 7.30 for cat feeding and then invigilating exams until gone 4 each day. I feel like I have hardly been home 🙁 but at least I have been greeted by some rosy blooms to cheer me up! The weekend was not […]

#Project52 2024 week 23

Half term! Sadly it didn’t start too well and, as anticipated in last week’s post, poor Phyllis had to be put to sleep. We cancelled our trip to the Natural HIstory Museum as we were all feeling so low. But we rallied to celebrate Matthew’s 14th birthday with Clip and Climb with his siblings and […]

Saying a final goodbye to a pet and helping children with grief

We have had a bereavement this week and our hearts are broken. Two months ago, a local rescue reached out looking for a loving retirement home for some elderly guinea pigs. Sadly but perhaps understandably, wannabe owners want babies or younger animals so Phyllis and Mabel and other ‘old ladies’ had been left in the […]