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Why We’re Home Educating & What’s Working Right Now
I’m going to say this upfront, so nobody feels lied to halfway through: this post does not contain an inspiring origin story, a five‑step guide, or a confident woman standing at the top of a hill proclaiming she has cracked parenting forever. This is not that; this is the slightly frazzled, real explanation of why…
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Our Travel Checklist So Far: What We’re Preparing Before Leaving Scotland
Right… deep breath. We are leaving Scotland. Not right now obviously (although I wish it was) but it is one of those things that I don’t think I’ll believe until my butt is on the airplane so I am saying it as much as I can in hopes that my brain finally clicks on. We…
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Why I Went Back to School as a Mum — and What I’ve Learned So Far
If you had told 17-year-old me that I would one day be studying for a university degree by choice, as a mum, while home educating, running a business, and preparing to move across the world… I would’ve assumed you’d been hit on the head with something heavy. Because back then?University wasn’t on my radar. Not…
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Degree Progress With The Open University – Round Up
Ok, I know it’s been absolutely forever since I’ve written a post. It hasn’t been that I forgotten (at all!) – just that I’ve been super busy with work, home education, our moving plans, uni, and tbh the more time that passed the more I stared at a blank page, scared of my keyboard and…
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What I’ve Been Up To At The Open University
I was trying to study but it appears to be a fruitless attempt at productivity as my neighbour has decided to either build an ark in their front garden or it could just general DIY, who knows! … At any rate it is not a conducive environment to focus and try write an assignment on…
“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
Scottish Roots, Wandering Boots 