About me...

Hello there, lovely to meet you :)

Welcome to Rosie's Cottage HQ.  Do pull up a chair, kick off your shoes and make yourself at home 😊

What you'll find here are the musings of a blissfully happily married, incredibly lucky lady who is also mum to the sweetest furbaby you'll ever meet 💗  This is our baby Jade.....

Isn't she a cutie? We were blessed to adopt our precious angel from a rescue when she was approx. 7 months old, and she is the apple of our eye💖   I've been told our baby is spoiled (the cheek!) and I always reply that she is not spoiled! She's just loved an awful lot 💖

Jade loves walkies with Dad, cuddles on the sofa with her Mum and naps, she also adores her cuddly stuffed toys, especially the squeaky ones 😊 Back to me then, although I could chat happily about our baby Jade for hours 🐶

I'm a Spoonie and battle arthritis - inflammatory (RA) & osteo, fibro and asthma. Well meaning people often tell me that I'm "too cheery" or "don't you cope well."  I say well meaning (and I'm very sure they are) but it can grate on a person no matter how well intended. 

Anyone who has mobility problems & all of the other associated baggage that accompanies living with a chronic illness, knows how incredibly difficult coping is and really doesn't want it pointing out.  I know honeys, I sound ungrateful for the concern of others (and I'm so not) it's just that I'm really not a fan of "pity parties."

Self care is so important to everyone, not just those living with health issues, but there's a fine line between acknowledging the limitations a chronic condition might place on us and allowing them to exert too much control over how we live, in my humble opinion. 

I love reading, writing, and trying out recipes. My kitchen experiments are tested on my poor long suffering husband, who has yet to complain, well ever, bless him (thank you sweetheart x) 💕

We are currently involved in home re-organisation, yep I said we.  Of all the blessings I've had in my life, beyond a doubt my darling husband is the finest.  Anything I've ever gotten excited about, whether something silly like my latest recipe experiment or wanting desperately to organise our home from top to bottom, he's smiled his beautiful smile, given me a huge hug and joined right in 💖

I did say I was a very lucky lady, and when I count my blessings and say thank you every day, Hubby is my first, always 💗 I try to keep myself as busy as I can and love to tweet, pin and most of all to hug 😊 Seriously, I'm a serial hugger! Can't help myself 😄

Thank you for stopping by, do say hello in the comments section below and I promise I'll reply. Have a fabulous day dear ones, sending you heaps of hugs,
Rosie xx

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huggles xx