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Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth Because I’m happy Clap along if you know what happiness is to you Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do —… read full entry »

My housing status is basically an unstable mess. I have no idea where I will be living in 6 months time, and part of that is because Karl and I own an equal share of this house and one of us will have to buy the other out at some point (or sell up and… read full entry »

I have felt pretty good for the past week or so. I ended my 12 year relationship – it was the right thing to do. I started to take control of my finances and things – an annoying necessity. I started to plan how I would move forward – so everything is set in concrete… read full entry »

It’s only been 3 days and apparently the role of a single person — single parent — is to have one’s feelings dictated: I’m not allowed to feel what I want to feel. Oh you must be so sad I know you’re just hanging on for the kids Don’t worry, you’ll get back together when… read full entry »

I am a single mum. I am a single mum. I am a single mum. If I say it enough times, the reality might sink in. Karl and I split on Monday. I have to admit it seems pretty radical to make my May ‘me’ thing the end of our 12+ year relationship (I was… read full entry »

I’m declaring 2014 to be the year of me. It started in January, when I chopped my hair off again because that’s how I like it. It continued into February when I put my kids back into nursery every day and I took on a new role as senior developer (or old role, depending on… read full entry »

It’s just taken me 3 attempts to log in to my blog, which pretty much sums up my efforts so far with regards to point 6 of my yearly goals. Must try harder. The thing is I can’t even remember the last time I actually had time to sit down and blog. Even my last… read full entry »

From looking back, to looking forward. Here’s my rough list of things I’d like to do/achieve this year, including some most bits I didn’t manage last year: Go one month without using a supermarket / chain store Get my budgeting back on track Reach ‘inbox zero’ on my personal email Give up sugar for a… read full entry »

I’ve waxed lyrical on and off social media recently about the benefits of going back to work on my mood (and sanity) and I think, in the process, somehow given off this impression that working for myself was the worst thing I’ve ever done and nowt but a bump in the road of my career…. read full entry »

I’m trying to crack on with some work but one of my servers is 503ing, which – as you can probably imagine – is not particularly conducive to “cracking on”, so as an interim measure I’ve just read Alison’s latest post Trying to be as strong as I want my children to be, which surfaced… read full entry »