It’s Christmas Eve, and I’m sat with my family eating sausage and chips from baskets; the NORAD Santa tracker is up and running, and we’re about to settle down to watch a few Christmas movies. The Grinch and Elf to be specific. In the meantime, I’d like to share my answers to ‘The Christmas Tag’, which I found on Nat’s blog ‘There Might Be Coffee‘. Make sure you go and…
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How to Practice Self Care at Christmas
Christmas is coming, which for many is a happy time of year. Full of family visits, Christmas parties, shopping trips, and of course, presents. But for some it can also be a very stressful, and often sad time of year too. Especially for those with an existing mental health condition. Many of us are often expected to be jolly and sociable at Christmas, which can take its toll on anyone…
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How Flowers Can Improve Our Mental Health ft. The Flower Shops *
AD, Gifted | It’s well known that getting outside, especially in nature, is a great way to improve our mental health. In fact, research has shown that people who surround themselves with flowers, and other forms of natural beauty, – both indoors and out – experience reduced stress, decreased symptoms of depression, and increased creativity. But it’s not only our mental health feeling the positive effects. There are also physical…
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10 Bookish Questions Tag
I was kindly tagged to answer the 10 Bookish Questions tag – and as reading is one of my favourite passtimes, I couldn’t say know. I’ve also always enjoyed answering tags so this one is pretty perfect for me. So, without further ado… The 10 Bookish Questions Tag 1. How many books do you currently own? Far too many to count! I have two bookcases full of books and more…
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Gift Ideas for Gamers
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you’ll know that I love gaming. Solo games, party games, or even a date night game session with my partner. So it should come as no surprise that there are a few gaming gifts on my Christmas wish list this year. Luckily there are so many gift ideas for gamers out there, especially from independent sellers, so it’s even easier to…
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The Sister Tag | P.S. I’m An Auntie!
In case the title wasn’t clear enough… I’m now an Auntie! 😀 Yep, my sister gave birth to two beautiful twins (a boy and a girl) last week. Mum and babies are all doing very well, and I’m feeling so proud of my sister at the moment. I can’t wait to meet my nephew and niece very soon! 😊 Until then, I thought it would be a great way to…
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30 Spooky Halloween Questions
Happy Halloween! For those of you who celebrate it, I hope you all have a wonderfully spooky day, and for those that don’t I hope you have a great Saturday. 🙂 Today I’ll be doing some Halloween baking, pumpkin carving and having a movie marathon later on. We’re hopefully going for a moonlit walk this evening too and sharing some spooky stories around our fire pit! I’m actually really looking…
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Date Ideas for Gamers
AD | It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a geek – my profile photo is me in a Yoda hat… with ears! After all – so, it should come as no surprise that I love embracing my geeky side when it comes to dating. Especially, if I get to combine that with my love of gaming too! Thankfully, I’m lucky enough to have found someone who is also…
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How to Relax After Watching a Horror Movie
With Halloween around the corner it’s the perfect time to watch a horror movie. In fact, in my house October becomes horror or Halloween movie month; and we have a large collection of horror movies we enjoy watching this time of year. Or any time really! I’ll find any excuse to stick on a horror movie. 😉 However, I do understand they may not be everyone’s cup of tea and…