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What does it say about me?September always feels like the start of the last chapter for the year. Time to explore what m...
01/09/2026

What does it say about me?

September always feels like the start of the last chapter for the year. Time to explore what makes this year extraordinary 😍

I just spent a week at the amazing Fringe Festival and not a single picture to share - because a while ago I decided that I don't want to live my life through the phone camera...

I found out why I love music events most - it's the emotions of people play. I don't really mind what they play 😊 I just love watching people playing and not caring about anything else around them...

The only reason I went to more than one comedy show was because people next to me. As English is my second language, I do struggle to understand comedy. But I don't need to, because what makes me laugh is the person next to me laughing. There is nothing better than sitting next to someone who is laughing their head off, especially when I have no idea what is so funny 🤣 🤣 🤣

I realised that my love for food is very simple! I don't need expensive restaurants - all I need is simple, tasty food prepared from local ingredients and made with love in an independent cafe or restaurant.

I also loved so many amazing charity shops in Edinburgh. Because I don't really care how much I paid for my clothes, what I do care about is how they make me feel.
I am a strong believer that you can wear whatever you want, as long as you feel good.

Red is my comfort colour 😍

My favourite audiobooks are those read by the author.

I love water and mountains.

I am also the Piece of Cake Accountant, I love all of my clients as long as I am making a difference to their lives!
And this year is already one of the best:
🍰 Holidays taken
🍰 Dream cars bought
🍰 Mortgages repaid

Not by me, but by my clients - and that's why I love what I do!

Who said accountants are boring?

I believe accountants are life changers!

I am so excited for the last few months of the year - new office, new clients and even more little steps to changing someone else life!

I hope you all are as excited as I am!

Challenge accepted! Make a cheesecake in a student's kitchen... Anyone else tried whipping cream with a fork? 😂😂😂 Or bak...
28/08/2026

Challenge accepted!

Make a cheesecake in a student's kitchen... Anyone else tried whipping cream with a fork? 😂😂😂 Or baking a cheesecake with no tin?

It turned out really nice, so here is a recipe:

For the base crumble as many Scottish shortbread biscuits as you have energy for. 😂 No fancy tools, just your hands, fork, bottom of the glass... Use your imagination!
Add chopped pistachios till it looks like it's enough.
Melt some butter and mix in till it resembles wet sand.
Bake in whatever container you have for 10 min at 170 degrees.

For the filling, mix 3 tubs of cream cheese with some sugar, finely chopped lemon zest from 3 🍋, hand squeeze juice of the same three lemons and three eggs. Add some vanilla and roughly 2/3 of a cup of sour cream. Mix it all well with a fork or a spoon ( or both, just in case) but don't overdo it 😂

We also found a jar of pistachio cream in a shop, so added blobs of that into the mixture.

Add on top of the pre baked base and bake for an hour and a half at 160 degrees. Let it cool completely and top up with some whipped cream and more pistachios.

So the only thing we where able to measure accurately was time. We had to trust the oven for the temperature and just wing it with everything else 😂😂😂

The result was very good, everyone was happy, but I don't think it's for me. I rather bake in my own kitchen 😍

Oh and I definitely prefer shortbread base.

The lesson here is - just have fun and it all will work out 😍

Here is the crumble for your apples (last week's post)I must admit that crumble is an odd one out. Normally with baking ...
23/08/2026

Here is the crumble for your apples (last week's post)

I must admit that crumble is an odd one out. Normally with baking you have to follow the recipe and best to not make changes, especially if you are sharing the cake with someone later 😂😂😂

Here situation is different and normally I just check the cupboard and use what I have. A random combination of oats, flour, nuts, sugar and butter/oil of some sort and it works! Mostly 🤣🤣🤣

I also don't really way anything, do it with my hand and when it feels right - good to go. This way we normally end up with a lot of crumble, but that's ok as I freeze it and then get a bag of apples, put them in a tin, top up with some crumble from the freezer - bake and enjoy!

But this time I did measure thing, just to be able to write a recipe:
50g of flour
50g of outs
59 g of chopped almonds
50g of sugar
100g of cold butter

I crumbled it all with my hands - best method to relax and meditate!

Baked for about 20 min at 170 degrees.

Enjoy! And share your best crumble recipe 😍

20/08/2026

What's next in the business journey?

🍰 We have an idea?

🍰 We know it's doable...

Now comes the fun part - is it a sustainable business? The first thing I know we all ( me too!) think about - is it going to make money?

And that's very important. We do need to think what it's going to take to keep business surviving and how we will make the money?

🍰 What we will sell?

🍰 How much will we charge?

🍰 Does it all add up?

I think this is where family and friends are invaluable. And not because they know more than you do, but because they will do their best to protect you!

And they will come up with 101 reasons why you shouldn't do it, this is if you have friends who are brave enough to say what they think 🤣🤣🤣

Don't take it as negative, or jealousy or anything to feel bad about. Take this as opportunity to test how much you know about your new adventure and how well prepared you are.

Go and do some more reasearh if you need to, go and look up your competitors and go listen to your gut - are you ready? This is going to be the most exciting, amazing and exhausting journey! But if you want it - go for it!

And don't think that if numbers don't add up it's a NO. You might need to adapt instead.

So my office idea started with me having an office for my business, it then very quickly changed to being a place that I will be sharing with others ( because I do not feel ready to leave my home office every day for an office in the village 🤣) and while doing the maths I soon realised that my current business being registered for VAT might be a problem.

I could have said that it's not working, so I won't do it! But instead The Village Office was born as a new and independent business 🎉🎉🎉

If you believe in something, there is a way! You just need to find it.

And this is where my adding up ended - I am setting the whole new business! Exciting, but as you will see from future videos - challenging, draining and annoying!

For now - if you want to test your idea and need help with numbers - send me a message. I would be very happy to help, or should I say annoy you? 🤣🤣🤣

20/08/2026

As I see more and more apples for grabs, I thought I will share what I do with them 😍

It's hot, so we don't really want apple crumble now. But come autumn it's one of my favourite treats. Especially if made with apples from the garden and it has that sourness of a real apple 😍

I cut them into chunks, size doesn't matter and I do not peel them! It really doesn't ruin the taste and makes it a very quick job.

Add them all to the pan, a bit of sugar, vanilla and cinnamon - let it heat up and as soon as it's all bubbling turn it off. I like mine with bits, I don't want it all mushy.

Let it cool - bag and freez.

I have bags in various sizes to make sure I can take out what I need for the day. It could be that it's just three of us and we need a small one, or if all kids are visiting we will need a bigger bag 😊

I will share my favourite crumble recipe on a Fridays cake post. Meantime go and check if any of your neighbours are giving apples away 😍

20/08/2026

What do you do with the idea?

I am not going to suggest talking to family and friends, not because that is wrong, but because it wouldn't work for me.

The next step for me is to check if I can actually do it.

When setting up Piece of Cake Accounting I did some research and I needed:
1. License
2. DBS check
3. AML training
4. Insurance
5. Computer
6. Big screen

None of the above is huge, big or impossible. It's all doable, so I decided I will give it a go!

The office idea is a bit different, as I need premises and that is much harder to find (and more expensive) than all of the above.

So that's exactly what I did - started looking at what's out there, what could I find and how much it would cost.

There was nothing online! And for a while I thought it's just not going to happen.

Eventually I went to see our local estate agent Parnell Jordy & Harvey and Martin showed me a couple options on the day.

Unfortunately none made my heart sing 😂 And yes, that's how I make my decision, or at least some of them!

Few more calls and rejected premises. I started doubting myself. Maybe it all is just a nice dream to have and actually I don't really want it...

Then there was one call that did make my heart sing 😂 And a reality hit. It was possible and I had to make a first out of hundreds decisions - do I actually want this?

The complicated bit for me was that the premises I liked and thought would be amazing for what I need - was a very much loved village greengrocers. And I knew it was going to make a lot of people, including me, sad.

I love the high street concept and all the independent businesses, they provide so much to the local community...

It took me a while to be comfortable with it.

That day back in May was when the idea became a dream 😍

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1. Idea
2. Can it actually work? What do you need? License? insurance? Shop? Warehouse? Lots of stock? Team? Special equipment? Software?

I can't fly to the moon 😂 not yet, so if that was my idea it would be a NO.

Can your idea become a reality?

20/08/2026

It all starts with the idea 💡

🍰 Six years ago I had an idea of running my own business and I did it!

🍰 A few years later I had another idea - that it's not about the tax, VAT returns or payroll! It's all about human connection, numbers that tell the story and business that we (business owners) can love! That's how Piece of Cake Accounting developed into the business it is now.

🍰 And about six months ago I had another (one of hundreds of amazing, beautiful, silly and sometimes totally unrealistic) ideas - zoom is no longer my freedom tool. It's amazing, but I could do so much more having a safe space to meet clients in real time and have those conversations face to face 😍

This is how The Village Office in Overton was born 🎉

It's going to be much more than an accountant's office. It's actually going to be nothing like an accountants office we all know.

Watch this space, I will be sharing hundreds, if not thousands of the decisions I am making to bring this idea to life.

I am so excited, I cannot tell you 😂

Price of privilege to call two countries home...Something I never talk about, but live it every day.If I say I am going ...
17/07/2026

Price of privilege to call two countries home...

Something I never talk about, but live it every day.

If I say I am going home while in UK, I get asked - so after 22 years this is still not your home?

And when in Lithuania, if I say I am going home, I get asked - so only after 22 years you already forgot where you come from.

There is no right answer and hand on heart both feel home in a very different way.

We came to UK almost 22 years ago for a bit. At a time opportunities and experience my husband could have where much better here than in Lithuania. And I was on maternity leave, so it didn't matter where I was.

We never made a decision to permanently move to UK. Life just happened.

My husband got a permanent job, we had our son, I started accounting qualification as that was what I wanted to do after studying Business Management and ... 22 years, one more child and a business later here we are.

Calling two countries home and trying our best to not say a wrong thing when asked - so where is your home?

Every time I go home (to Lithuania) I come back a bit sad, a bit happy and a bit messed up.

Sad that I don't talk my own language every day (all three kids are bilingual), that I don't eat tradition food and that I left my mum behind.

Happy to be able to go home and enjoy time with family, take in nature and swim in lakes and rivers. Eat good food and switch off for a bit.

Messed up, because even I question myself - so where is my home?

I will always be a foreigner in UK. I don't think I stand a chance of getting rid of my accen 😂😂😂

And Lithuania has changed so much in the last 22 years that sometimes I don't recognise it.

I changed too, but in a different way.

So while I call two countries home, few days after coming back from Lithuania I feel like I have no home.

Picture taken a few days agos in my mum's garden 😍

Lithuania is a bewtiful country!

My day in a picture 😍 Just wanted to give a shout to New Energy Yoga Wi******er for creating an amazing space for body ...
28/06/2026

My day in a picture 😍

Just wanted to give a shout to New Energy Yoga Wi******er for creating an amazing space for body and mind 😍

What I love most is that I can choose what I am doing depending on where I am at this specific moment.

I joined Yin for summer today, because I felt exhausted after the amazing week we just had.

I am not complaining about the weather 🌡️ - just saying!

And on the way back I saw this leaflet - yoga for men! Love this, because I believe yoga is so powerful, but is seen as something women only do.

I am so happy to see men including - come and join us! You will love it 😍

And then I had to stop at the Hampshire Pantry. What an amazing stop for a coffee and a few other bits.

Can you guess what's in the paper bag? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Two local businesses spreading love, joy and energy - thank you !

As it's on my mind - here is a very unpolished job add 😉As Piece of Cake Accounting grows, we are ready to welcome someo...
17/06/2026

As it's on my mind - here is a very unpolished job add 😉

As Piece of Cake Accounting grows, we are ready to welcome someone with experience preparing both self assessments and company year end accounts.

It would be amazing if you also love bookkeeping, people ( this one is a must 😂 bookkeeping is optional) and making things simple for clients.

This would be perfect for someone who is taking a break, but still wants to keep working on a part time basis and increase hours with time.

Or someone wanting to come back from a break slowly.

You must have experience with Xero and preparation of both company accounts and self assessment. The rest we can work out between us.

Pay will depend on experience. It's always going to be flexible and mostly remote. But I would love for you to be travel distance from Basingstoke/Wi******er.

If you think this could be suitable for you, or someone you know - just message me and we will arrange a chat 😍

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