Not long ago I was added to a Facebook Messenger chat by old schoolmates looking to arrange a high school reunion at the request of an...

I sometimes find myself getting too stressed about work. The corporate world can be harsh and doesn't truly empathise with our personal...

Since we moved, 7 months ago, this is the first time our house is really starting to look and feel much more like a house. I mean, I...

So he decided to show his face. Yes, I forgave him for what he has done to me so I could move on with my life. But I still rant at all...

Alongside weeding and other gardening tasks, are in themselves, forms of therapy. The same as other house chores, that we perform nearly...

The house is still quite a boxing mess, but we are starting to see a little bit of progress around it. While it is a waste of our time to...

We finally had a date to collect the new house keys. It’s been a long and hard wait. Loads happened during this time and not all were...

Since January, I have volunteered to work an average of 10 hours overtime a week more. This may not sound much, but when we’re talking...

I try preserving that traditionalist taste for things that are so typical of me. I like old towns, I like handcrafted, homemade, old...

In our 20s we’d start planning our weekend a week before, sometimes a month before. We’d plan what we'd be doing, where we'd be going,...

My thoughts on the new house have been very focused on our garden house. The office, the leisure hub, the sleepover hut, the snug room,...

The closer we are to the reality of having our own house the farther away it feels we are. Living in a rented accommodation limits our...

Birds are looking for twiggles, trees are starting to sprout, we’re starting to have the odd day where temperature feels milder, to the...

My first job was at a wine store, in Lisbon. Face-to-face customer service, selling Portuguese traditional wines to tourists downtown....

I am going through very exciting times. There is a lot happening at the moment. I have got a job I enjoy, we’re buying a house. I’m on a...

Young, pretty, with a bubbly personality. I literally lit every room I got in. I could feel it. I've always had this magnetic...