Hello! I hope you all have been feeling rested and happy during the Christmas/New Year limbo. Today I am going to look at 2019 and wrap up the year. At the start of the year, I set myself 19 goals for 2019, and here is how I went with them!… Travel to and explore at least two […] Read more…
Glimpses of Gembles – updates
Life Update – Dec 2017
Hello! I’m back! Life got more than a bit hectic over the past few weeks and sadly that meant blogging had to take a backseat. But now the university semester is finished, which means I can channel my time and energy into writing posts, and what better a time to start than the first day […] Read more…
Diet update – AIP, meat & food intolerances
It has been a long time since I have done an update regarding my diet plan, so I decided that today is the day to talk about it! I began the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) three years ago (time FLIES!). This is a diet that aims to heal the body when there are autoimmune diseases present. […] Read more…
It has been four years…
This week marks 4 years since I stopped working as a nurse. I remember a doctor telling me a little while before that it would be ideal to have at least 6 months off to deal with my health. I drove to my parents’ house and burst into tears to Mum, thinking how on earth […] Read more…
Blogmas days 22 – 31
Day 22 (Tuesday): Stocking filler Short stories are great for little gifts. My current favourites are anything by Karen Russell, in particular ‘Haunting Olivia.’ Her writing style is amazing – interesting, quirky, deep, startling, raw – absolutely stunning. Day 23 (Wednesday): Read a Christmas Story I read some of the classic, “A Christmas Carol.” I think […] Read more…
Blogmas days 15 – 21
Blogmas Day 15 (Tuesday): Joyous I have had a massive headache today (since last night) and feel pretty gross all over, so today’s prompt is a little tricky! But Mum and I did watch the movie “Inside Out”, which I have wanted to watch for ages, and it was great!! It is about the little […] Read more…
Blogmas Days 8 – 14
Day 8 (Tuesday): Book on my wish list I have bought quite a few books lately, but my to-read list is forever growing, so a book high on my wish list that I haven’t bought yet is ‘Beyond the Pale’ by Emily Urquhart. This book tells the story of the author’s daughter who was born […] Read more…
Blogmas: Days 1-7
Day 1 (Tuesday): Merry Happy Blogmas! Welcome to the festive month! I started the day with Human Nature’s, “Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer”, which was the perfect way to get into the merry spirit (though my brother was not quite there, so I was ordered to turn it off after a little while…. :-p). […] Read more…
Blogmas – Christmas blogging
This December, I want to take part in some sort of festive-spirit blogging challenge, so I have decided to use a daily prompt, which I will collate and post weekly. I hope this will be a bit of fun for me, but also for you, allowing a glimpse of my festive month, including some book […] Read more…