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What if I make the wrong decision?

One of the biggest reasons that people get stuck in the decision-making process is due to the crippling fear of making the wrong decision. If this is the case for you, let me tell you one of my decision-making stories…

10 years ago, I was 30 years old. I had just moved into my forever home – a house we’d had built, and that I’d seen transform from architect’s plans and an empty field into the home of my dreams: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge fireplace, a kitchen we’d designed down to the last cm, a lovely garden with a mountain view, a swimming pool in the garden.… Read more

How to test 45 years of marriage

This weekend my parents celebrated 45 years of marriage. I don’t know about you but I think that’s pretty impressive, especially as they are still very loved-up even now (they’re going to hate me for saying that!).

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Mum and Dad on their wedding day in 1969

Their wedding anniversary made me think about everything they’ve gone through over the past 45 years, and I thought I’d share it with you.… Read more

What I’ve learnt from 10 years of marriage

This blog post is dedicated to my baby brother, A, and his wife of (just over) a week, E.

In August Hubs and I celebrated being husband and wife for a whopping 10 years. I’m still not sure where the time has gone. Since then and especially with my baby brother’s wedding last weekend, I’ve been thinking about our marriage, how it’s changed, how we’ve changed and what I’ve learnt over these 10 years.… Read more

The one where Baby Brother got married

It’s taken me a while to write this blog post as this weekend has been so amazing and emotional at the same time. On Saturday my youngest brother got married and it was such an incredible day, night and weekend.

Confetti deluge, coming out of the church

Confetti deluge, coming out of the church

For those who don’t know, I am one of five children (before you ask: same parents, not catholic, one accident), and this wedding was essentially the last one of me and my siblings. … Read more

I do: 10 years on. An open letter to my husband.

10 years ago today I said “oui” and “I do” to my husband in French and in English (just to allay any doubt!), so I’d like to dedicate today’s blog post to him with an open letter. (I will post about our wedding next week when we’re back home and I can access photos and – dare I say it – videos, for a trip down memory lane.)

To my frog*,

I can’t believe that it’s been 10 years since I stopped calling you my nearly husband and started calling you my husband.… Read more

Romantic al fresco dining experience in central London

It was my turn to organise our wedding anniversary celebrations this year, and with it being our 10th I wanted to do something special. Originally I had looked at various different style cinemas, with the aim being to have a special movie experience followed by dinner, then I looked at the weather forecast – hot, hot and more hot.… Read more

Wedding dress – 10 years on

On the 2nd August Hubs and I will have been married for 10 years. However we will be on holiday en famille then, making it hard to celebrate just the two of us. Enter our saviours, my mum and dad, who came to stay and look after the girls yesterday so that we could go out.… Read more

I actually went out. For a date night.

Hubs and I used to go out once a week. We were so smug. We had a child yet we still managed to frequently go out for a date night. To the cinema, out for dinner, for a stroll around the tourist attractions of London if the weather was good. We didn’t question it.… Read more

What does old mean to me?

This week’s Gallery theme over at Sticky Fingers is “Old”. When I first read that the first thing I thought was “how I feel now”. At 36 weeks pregnant and a lot less mobile than I usually am, I feel very old and creaky, but I didn’t think that would make an attractive gallery photo, so I carried on thinking.… Read more