Tag: life
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Unlikely friends | the people we meet
A few extra days off over the Easter long weekend saw me take a solo trip to Bath on Good Friday, to catch up with a dear friend of nearly sixteen years and enjoy the sunshine that we have been severely lacking these past few months. The story I would like to share actually has…
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Breaking the silence | life updates
Things have been busy for us these past few weeks, hence my quietness on this front. Reuben has finished his stint of third manning as part of his initial induction phase and is now acting as lead clinician when on road. He has stepped into his role with diligence and comes home each day with…
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Small spaces | fitting life into less than 40 square metres
You’ve probably seen that episode of Grand Designs that features an innovative tiny home or swish mid city apartment. It makes small spaces look quite appealing, and really they are quite comfortable and effective as long as you can avoid ‘stuffocation’. For the majority of the renter’s in the UK and the rest of the…
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On night shift | adjusting to upset routines
Shift work in any field, let alone medical, can be gruelling, and this week saw Reuben with an array of overnight shifts with finish times between 2am and 6:30am. Being a stay at home wife with “no money, and no prospects” (peep Jane Austen fans), his routine inevitably becomes my own. If you are anybody…
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Sunny with a chance of meatballs
Despite outside temperatures being at thirty degrees, today (Thursday) has been a day of baking in the British Jarvela household. Why I have delayed using my oven until the second heatwave of the year I do not know. Each time I open the door a waft of hot air sweeps out and hangs overhead, compounding…
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Building a home
Starting afresh with no furniture meant the first weeks of British life saw many compromises and truly formed as a season which we will forever look back on as the some of the best days of our life. Homemaking has forever been my dream occupation, and the perfectionist in me was hesitant to share photos…
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40 degrees and counting
It’s been all over the news – London has recorded some of its hottest days in history. From what I can tell, no bridges dissolved thanks to the engineering of tin foil, but fires were raging and people on the underground were melting. I’ve spent the earlier half of the week hiding away inside behind…
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