What's New?

Hey everyone! So I've decided to write a little bit of an update post. I've been gone for a month, and before that I was posting quite sparingly. I'm eager to get back into the swing of posting regularly and consistently, so here I am!

I've gone with writing an update post instead of just a post that falls under one of my categories as I feel like a lot has gone on recently and it's been affecting my mood and motivation to blog. I won't be concentrating on that though, because I've taken a new look on life to only focus on the positive. I've also changed a few things on the blog - like the categories and header, for example - so I'm here to tell you all about it.

What's new with The Life of a Farmer's Wife?

Well, quite a lot as it turns out! I've come up with a new way to schedule posts and plan what I will be posting and when, which I think I will make into a post of it's own as I'm pretty happy with how it's working out. I'm going to be posting from Monday to Friday, hoping life doesn't get in the way! I can guarantee there will be at least 2 or 3 posts a week though, as I'm going to be scheduling into the future as far as I can to prevent abandoning the blog again.

The categories have changed too. Before I didn't really know how to categorize my posts, or even if it fitted in with my blog at all. I've surfed the web, spent hours on Pinterest and found some helpful posts that led me to some awesome blogs. Honestly, I think the best way to update and better your blog - if that's what you are looking to do - is to look at your favorite blogs. Inspire yourself - don't copy! - with whatever it is about their blog that makes you love it so much. Is it the color scheme? Maybe their way of being completely and totally themselves? Go pick out a few blogs and find what it is that you love so much about them, and that's exactly what I have done to help myself find what I want my blog to be.

IKEA Budget Wish List

Since moving in together, me and B have been trying to make our rental house into our home. I love watching home-wear hauls, especially from Ikea - who doesn't like IKEA!?) or Primark. They are pretty much my favorite shops for house bits.

I'm only about half an hour away from my closest Primark, but my closest IKEA isn't exactly close at 3 hours and 27 minutes away. I'm pretty sure there is a collection point somewhere near us, though.

I've given myself a budget of £100 pounds for my online window shopping. Some might say it's a lot, and some might say it's not very much. B and I try to budget everything, we're a young couple and B has two young children - we're also hoping to expand our family more - so money is something we try to save whenever possible. 

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Anyway, here we go! Here's my IKEA wish list- on a budget.

Trofast - £29

Having two kids - even if they don't live with us all the time - means we have toys everywhere. Our downstairs is pretty much drowning in toys and kids' bits and bobs, so this box system seems a pretty good idea. The kids are old enough to know to put their toys away, so having boxes where they can just throw everything in before eating or their bath and bed-time would help keep the downstairs tidy. Failing that, once the kids are in bed I can put everything in the boxes haha!

£100 - £29 = £71

Weight-loss journey: weeks 2 & 3

First off, I'd like to say thank you for your support and interest in this mini series and in my blog in general. It means so much to me! I'm planning a Twitter give-away when we reach 500 followers to say thank you to you all :)

Getting back to this post, I joined two weeks together as I was insanely busy the day Week 2 was meant to go up. I'm trying to get some more time to sit and write, and fortunately it should only be 2 or 3 more weeks of absolute mayhem and after than life should go back to relative normality.

Why I can't share what I want to

This post is a little more serious than my others, but it's only to explain a little of what's going on and why I can't share everything with you. If you have any tips or advice for me, please share :) .