The weather has most certainly turned cooler over the last week. After that initial couple of weeks of glorious September sunshine, it’s feeling a little nippy this week. It is certainly feeling more like Autumn now, that’s for sure!
We are living through a pandemic. We have never done this before. We are learning new things everyday about not only COVID-19, but also about the pattern of pandemics in the past. This is all new, this is not a time for resistance, it is a time for listening and responding and considering others in a way you may have never done before.
Whilst it’s lovely to feel a thick, plush carpet under your feet at home, there are tons of benefits to having a wooden floor. I accept you might not want wooden floors throughout your home but they absolutely have their place.
Do you worry that your teenager lacks important life skills? Personally, I think that one of the positives to come out of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown period, has been a chance to build on a range of life skills with children of all ages.
Something I realised very quickly when I became a mama was that the role comes with worry and stress. Like, constant. There are tons of stressful situations I’ve been in over the years with the children, but by far the most stressful is if one of them has needed to go to hospital, or generally just been unwell. I hate it and I hate not being able to instantly fix it.
An estimated 4 million eye tests have been missed over the last few months of COVID-19 – are you one of them? Looking after your eyes is so important.
I know, I know, I said the C word. SORRY. There is something to be said for planning ahead when it comes to personalised gifts though.
Pensions – one of those things that can be quite headache inducing for people to consider. Years ago you started a job, paid a bit from your salary each month, and you could just forget about it. When I started my first job, working for the NHS, I paid out money towards my pension and my student loan every month, and that was that.
