Tribal instinct
The human need to be part of a tribe is so apparent to me this year. It’s not just adults who yearn to be part of a community or support…
The human need to be part of a tribe is so apparent to me this year. It’s not just adults who yearn to be part of a community or support…
No toilet roll panic buying. No home-schooling (so far). This second lockdown is looking up already. Other than hastily replacing Child 1’s ‘rule of six’ compliant birthday party with a…
‘Working from home’. The regular commuter’s holy grail. We used to dream about this when we commuted home on a jam packed train facing yet another signal failure. We used…
Half term holiday has finally arrived. It signals the end of the weirdest first half of summer term schooling that we have collectively experienced. In the Stingyfit household, pupil and…
I’m turning 40 this year. Lockdown has scuppered any lavish birthday party or mini break plans. Instead, I’ve been wondering, amongst other things, how my body is likely to handle…
We are now in week 6 of the Covid-19 induced UK lockdown. This is what the Stingyfit household has learned during this time. Weather conditions determine everything We have been…
Prenatal exercise Modern day pregnancy. Social media often conjures up the image of a lady in glamorous ‘bump-friendly’ yoga wear, beaming whilst effortlessly engaged in a sun salutation. Whilst pregnant,…
It’s been a whirlwind of a few weeks since the UK Government implemented a series of extreme measures to try and ‘flatten the [Brexit-friendly] sombrero’ of the Coronavirus curve. At…