As mums, it’s not often we get enough time for ourselves. It’s a fact that with school runs, sleepless nights, work schedules and a “to do” list as long as our arms, we struggle to enjoy a bit alone time. However, it can be such an important factor for taking care of yourself and is […]
Switching up your festive drinks
Are any of you lovely readers fans of Costa or Starbucks? If you are perhaps you enjoy waiting to see what their festive special drinks will be each year? If you are a regular reader of the blog you will know that I’m a mad hot chocolate fan. A few years ago Costa did this […]
Making a snowy scene
We are all a bit bonkers about the snow in our family, especially me. There is something so magical about snow and it’s one of my favourite things ever. I’m a bit of a snow snob though really, I love proper snow, like this: In the absence of the real stuff we decided to make […]
Personalised gifts and decorations
These days we take so many photos of our children and have them all digitally, it is so easy to share them on social media, but there isn’t the printing off of actual photos or physical albums as I remember as a child. In terms of preserving the memories I do think that we are […]
Share With Me #49
Welcome to the Share With Me Blog Hop, which I took over at the start of June. I want to thank all of you who link every week, it is very much appreciated. Lots of you follow the rules, linking, adding the badge or a link, commenting on the HOST post and commenting on each […]
Turn your TV into a jukebox
I love a good old fashioned jukebox, although you don’t see these very often now. Also, they are absolutely huge things and must take up a colossal amount of room. No regular home these days has room for something like that, but also the way we are with music, no regular jukebox could possibly supply […]
Tea and weight loss
The internet is flooded with ‘incredible’ ways to make weight loss easier, although I’m still looking for the miracle! Those which work might either help to ‘mould’ your brain or stomach with the support of a healthy lifestyle. Some of the unhealthy practices obviously include smoking and excessive drinking, having too much fatty food, drinking […]
UK Blog Awards
I’ve never put my blog forward for any awards. It’s not that I don’t think awards are important, more that I’m not very good at the “look at me”, “vote for me” bit. It’s rather uncomfortable. Anyway, some of you lovely readers it turns out have nominated me in the ‘Parenting’ category in the UK […]