by Debbie O'Connor | Apr 15, 2020 | Latest, Parenting, Well-Being and Self Care
When the weather is good, it’s time for garden games with the children. Getting out in the garden is one of summer’s pleasures. That’s what I wrote 10 years ago now But Summer 2020 is shaping up to be a weird one isn’t it? If you are lucky...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jun 29, 2017 | Home Working Hints
“Summer time, and the living is easy….” Well maybe for some, but summer holidays for mumpreneurs are often a complicated mix of childcare arrangements, snatched hours at the computer, all washed down with a massive amount of guilt. Why guilt you may ask? Well,...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jun 21, 2015 | Home Working Hints, Parenting
It’s holiday time again and already you may be beginning to wonder ‘How am I ever going to fit in any work?’. Most of us are self-employed because of the flexibility this affords us to be able to be with the children during their school holidays. But...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jul 21, 2010 | Home Working Hints, Parenting
Are you looking forward to the summer holidays or dreading them? However you feel you can’t escape that they are now upon us. As we embark on the holidays I’m actually really looking forward to a break from the school run routine – but I know that a week...
by Debbie O'Connor | Feb 16, 2010 | Home Working Hints, Parenting, Well-Being and Self Care
It’s half term – my favorite time! Now I know that at least half of you are thinking I may be suffering some sort of delusion or mental breakdown; how can she possibly be cheering the school holidays? The other half know why. It’s quite simple: I...