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Wednesday 4 Jan 2023: Pomodoro Baby!

Tuesday started really late for me. This was too bad as it was the first day of the new year and I had great plans to follow. The problem was,…

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Book Review: Coming Home to Mistletoe Cottage

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Apologies for the bauble on the graphic when it’s no longer Christmas. I did finish the book a couple of weeks ago but…

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And so the new year begins… with new NOTEBOOKS!

Christmas and New Year are over but today is still a holiday in the UK. We were going to go out as we should have gone out on Sunday but…

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Happy New Year!

The bit in the middle, between Christmas and New Year, has been mercifully quiet for us. We knew that we would probably crash and burn once the big day was…

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Merry Christmas!

So we pretty much ran out of time. We did a helluva lot… but we ran out of time. Saying that, there are only a couple of things we wanted…

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Curtains!

We were supposed to break up for the Christmas holidays on Monday, but as I was clawing back time from the week before, I actually finished on Tuesday night… or…

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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 13 Dec 2022

Chapter 59: Tuesday 13 December When I started to draft today’s post, I wasn’t sure yet if it would be published on Monday or Tuesday. If I finish all my…

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Diary of a Tiger: Fri 9 Dec 2022

Chapter 58: Friday 9 December It’s the last few days of Diary of a Tiger, which is both refreshing and scary. Refreshing because it’s a year old and I need…

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Diary of a Tiger: Wed 7 Dec 2022

Chapter 57: Wednesday 7 December First job of the day today was planning work. I already know I have a lovely new FiloFax coming for Christmas, along with day to…

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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 6 Dec 2022

Chapter 56: Tuesday 6 December (or… I don’t have a book review at the moment so the diary will have to do…) At the end of last week I wrote…

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Diary of a Tiger: Fri 2 Dec 2022

Chapter 55: Friday 2 December So I’ve not done a Diary of a Tiger since 16 November. That’s dreadful, Diane! Not that I’ve been idle, of course. Or not all…

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That time of year – planning!

Today is 1 December, which means for me it’s the time of year for planning ahead. And I have a lot of planning to do for next year if I…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: WINNER

Day 16: 30 November 2022 I took it to the wire, but I got there! Day 1 = 3,706 words Day 2 = 2,508 words Day 3 = 2,585 words…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 15

Day 15: 29 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, the plan was to write for 22 days in November. This gave me a daily target of 2,273 words, which should…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 13 & Day 14

Day 13 & 14: 27 & 28 November 2022 I always brag that I never, ever get flu and that I’ll never, ever have a flu jab. I did get…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 12

Day 12: 26 November 2022 I’ve not been well all week, since last Sunday, in fact, but I had paid client work to do and so that’s what I did….

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 10 & 11

Day 10 & 11: 24 & 25 November 2022 Thursday was Day 10 for me, but I only managed to add 1,659 words. Today is Day 11, and it started…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 9

Day 9: 23 November 2022 Yesterday I said ‘Tomorrow will be better’. I added 2,730 words to the mix yesterday and today I added 2,935 words, so yes, it was…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 7 & 8

Day 7 & 6: 19 & 22 November 2022 On Saturday I was rattling along but had to stop writing when tea appeared on the table. I didn’t have time…

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Book Review: The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop

This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop by Cressida McLaughlin Many thanks to NetGalley and to Harper Collins UK for letting me see an advance…

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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 6

Day 6: 18 November 2022 I’ve fallen such a long way behind on my NaNo that I’ve had to recalculate. As of today, Saturday 19 November, I still have 12…

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Where to find me

It looks as though there’s been a mass exodus of staff from Twitter over the past few hours and the knock-on effect is that everyone seems to think it’s the…

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Diary of a Tiger: Wed 16 Nov 2022

Chapter 54: Wednesday 16 November I’m running a bit behind on my NaNo at the moment, mostly due to all the red-tape stuff I had to do last week. I’ve…

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Book Review: Aging Gracefully for Women over 50

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Aging Gracefully for Women Over 50 by Dr Steve Kringold Many thanks to NetGalley, to BooksGoSocial and to the author for letting me…