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Tidy House, Tidy Mind
We cannot dodge life and its hiccups. With us freshly moved, the house is still in a bit of chaos, and that on its own is putting my...
Andreia Viegas
May 1, 20222 min read
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Kitchen first, please!
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...
Andreia Viegas
May 1, 20223 min read
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Parenting Contract
Following all that is going on with Charlotte, we were called out by her school - due to her low attendance - to set up a contract. Her...
Andreia Viegas
May 1, 20223 min read
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The Move finally happened!
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...
Andreia Viegas
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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Old therapist, new attempt
Looked up in my contacts for the therapist we tried before when I first got divorced. We had something like three sessions and stopped. I...
Andreia Viegas
Apr 10, 20223 min read
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Reset
Accomplished. My second detox was completed with success. No adverse reactions. I went through three full days on apples, tea and water...
Andreia Viegas
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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SPA day on the horizon
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...
Andreia Viegas
Mar 6, 20223 min read
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Where did I fail as a parent?
Two whole weeks and two days of consecutive full-time attendance and she decided to take the rest of the week off school. How do we talk...
Andreia Viegas
Mar 6, 20223 min read
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Dave
I try preserving that traditionalist taste for things that are so typical of me. I like old towns, I like handcrafted, homemade, old...
Andreia Viegas
Mar 6, 20222 min read
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Repurposing content
At times like the one I had this past week, one of the things I still dismiss, while busy dealing with everyday life, was that I have...
Andreia Viegas
Mar 6, 20222 min read
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Niche: finding or creating one?
Many people talk about it as if it was an essential thing. The definition of a niche is, in reality, a gap in the market that no one else...
Andreia Viegas
Mar 3, 20222 min read
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Detox preparations
My body’s telling me it’s time for detox. A little flushing never harmed anyone. So, for three days this week, I will be ditching any...
Andreia Viegas
Mar 1, 20222 min read
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A girls' night out after 40
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,...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 27, 20222 min read
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A mum and daughter brekkie was needed
This has been a hard working week for all of us. We are all trying to keep the enthusiasm going while waiting for those moving dates to...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 27, 20222 min read
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That garden house
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,...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 20, 20222 min read
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Breakfast: Check!
"Just not hungry". "I will eat on the way to work". "I'll just grab something later". People underestimate the boosting power of...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 20, 20222 min read
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My very own chatterbox
My little boy. He loves playing computer games. And which child doesn't? He's keen on getting to 13 so he can have his very own YouTube...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 20, 20222 min read
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So long, technicalities.
Yeah, learning a language when we don't have a linguistic background can be daunting and put you off from learning. Being born into an...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 20, 20222 min read
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Do goals really expire?
Goals are a funny old thing. Some people hold on to them forever, only to finally find that goal was just a milestone in their journey....
Andreia Viegas
Feb 13, 20222 min read
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A carrot and a stick
Charlotte is, after months, on her second week of full attendance. In normal circumstances I would find this a reason to celebrate...
Andreia Viegas
Feb 13, 20223 min read
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