Fleeting thought #11 {Post-Christmas blues & Peanut butter cookies!}

Hey friends, I hope you had a good week!

Today I wanted to share my eleventh Fleeting Thought with you. If you’re reading one of my blog posts for the first time (hi/friendly wave) and if your back and happy to read more of my ramblings (massive hug!!). 

I haven’t written one of these for awhile, basically if you haven’t caught one of these posts before Fleeting Thought is something I’ve come up with while trying to post more of my feelings and be a little bit more blog-ish, these wordy posts might sometimes include stories or poetry or be a bit random and rambling about various things I think about.

So lets go…

The Christmas decorations have been well and truly taken down and safely packed away for the distant festive season…I don’t know about you but I’m always so sad when the decs come down, the house looks so dull without the Christmas trees (yes I have more than one!) and the outside is still too dark and wet to play outside.

Its the time of the year when the Post-Christmas blues can creep in. A period when the excitement of the season has worn off and we’re all back in the real, slightly grey world.

There are a few ways to combat these feelings of sadness, and I’ve got a number rituals that I like to do to get back into the swing of post Christmas living.

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Fleeting thought #9 {Learning something new!}

Hello friends, I hope you had a good week!

Today I wanted to share my ninth Fleeting Thought with you. If you’re reading one of my blog posts for the first time (hi/friendly wave) and if your back and happy to read more of my ramblings (massive hug!!). 

If you haven’t caught one of these before Fleeting Thought is something I’ve come up with while trying to post more of my feelings and be a little bit more blog-ish, these wordy posts might sometimes include stories or poetry or be a bit random and rambling about various things I think about.

So lets go…

Basically over the last couple of weeks I’ve been releasing my inner housewife and doing some old school things…I‘ve been learning how to bake my own bread! 

Having never baked bread before I’m totally excited about the magic of basically turning a yeasty bowl of water and flour into fluffy white bread it really is alchemy. I also genuinely don’t understand the cliche that bakers are overweight middle aged men, kneading dough by hand for ten minutes is tough on your arms!

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