Life & Leisure
This is the collection of all the other stories I wanted to share, covering family, love and loss and many things in-between!
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Tribute to my Dad -The Eulogy of Alan Carter
This is the Eulogy that Jason my older brother and I wrote and delivered at my Dad’s funeral. He died Christmas day 2015. It is really wonderful to see so many people that knew and loved my Dad here today. It has been very challenging for Jason and I to…
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5 reasons why I’ll never be a fashion blogger…
I’ve been blogging for 3 years about lots of things – but not fashion. Recently however I started following a couple of fashion blogs for tall women that I came across, and there was a glamorous appeal to joining this world where one gets to attend fashion shows and waft…
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The great childcare debate
After over 17 years, 3 children, and many thousands of pounds spent, I am now childcare free. When I say free, I mean free of a regular contract, thus marking a shift in my working pattern from office based to full-time home based. We’ll talk more about that later. For…
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The ‘Get-It-Done’ Mum
In an effort to use my ‘dead’ driving time more effectively, I have recently embraced the pod-cast for my journeys to and from work. One of my favourite pod-casts is the ‘Get-It-Done Guy’ whose catchphrase is ‘work less, do more, and have a great life’. After a week of having…
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On death and dying
When you know someone you love is going to die it’s a strange thing. When you spend time with them they seem just the same, aside from their illness. You have to try and put it out of your mind, when you’re with them, that they won’t be with you…
