Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaHolidaying at homeHolidaying at home…what a revelation! I first ‘bought into’ the idea of holidaying at home when we lived in Holland. We spent so much time…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaClip ’n’ ClimbMy daughter Zara has really low confidence in her physical abilities. She will immediately talk herself out of doing something rather than…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
Jill ShakespeareClip ’n’ ClimbMy daughter Zara has really low confidence in her physical abilities. She will immediately talk herself out of doing something rather than…Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaRain rain go away, come again another day (or don’t, whatever)So the house is progressing, we actually have builders doing work on it, which is great! Lots of positives to be taken from this. I am all…Feb 7, 2017Feb 7, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaMen.What is it about men these days (I appreciate I sound like a total man hater here, and thats not the case at all!) but seriously, I seem to…Jan 30, 20171Jan 30, 20171
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaI am…middle classThis week is a good week. Last week wasn’t really too shabby either; got loads done, saw lots of friends, visited my brother and sister in…Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaIts behind you…After a week of getting back to the drawing board (literally) and shuttling myself and the kids between our current house, our new house…Jan 21, 2017Jan 21, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaThe planning saga continues….So today I had to go to a planning council meeting to hear the fate of the 3-metre extension. It didn’t go quite to plan…from the start it…Jan 15, 2017Jan 15, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaJust your average Saturday night in WalesIt’s 1.30am on a Saturday night/Sunday morning and I am driving through the Welsh countryside. I’m sure it would be utterly picturesque was…Jan 11, 2017Jan 11, 2017
Jill ShakespeareinexpatandbackmamaPlanning, planning and yet more planning…I am living in a planning nightmare. The whole world of planning, the life of a planner, my life being involved with planners. Exhausting…Jan 4, 2017Jan 4, 2017