Win A coleman Octagon 8 Tent! This weekend for Jimmy’s lockdown birthday with an army theme we pitched our latest Coleman Tent in the garden and built an army base camp. It was great timing as we’d planned this already then found out that Jimmy and Florence both had been invited to join in with their beaver and cub groups for a remote camp in the garden with Zoom sing-a-longs around the camp fire! We might not be able to […]
Lockdown Diary Week Six! Six weeks, that’s a summer holiday’s worth of time that we’ve been home on lockdown and I have to say that really and truly, aside from the weirdness of not seeing Gram and other family, it has rather felt like a summer holiday in lots of ways. We have been happy and enjoying each other’s company while basking on sunny days in the garden – when we’ve been gifted some sunshine that is, this past week […]
Jimmy Is 8! Every time one of my babies gets a year older I say the same thing, how? HOW has it been another year and where does the time go?! I really do mean that though because it literally flies by making me know that I am having the time of my life bringing them all up and that it all evaporates is because we are having so much fun making me remember the age old saying of ‘Time […]
Cajun Prawn Courgetti Under 500 Calories! This was inspired by a dish in our @simplycookcom box which I have recently tried for £3 and liked very much but am not sure I’d want to part with £9 for. You get some great ideas if you struggle choosing what to make ending up with the same dishes over and over and the herbs and spices they deliver to go with the fresh ingredients and store cupboard fodder you already have are […]
Aqua Wipes! I’m not going to spin you a line and try to make you believe that Raffie, a third baby, had all his brand new baby grows washed in Fairy non bio before he was even born because let’s be realistic, the babies who get that are first borns and That. Is. Where. It. Stops! There’s lots of things I did with my first baby, things which seemed mega important at the time like making sure she didn’t even […]
Easy Empanadas! It seems to be rather conflicting about the origin of Empanadas when you Google them but they are definitely eaten in Spain, Portugal and Mexico to name just a few places. I first had them in a cafe in Leytonstone and I adored the sweetness to both the crumbly pastry (I’m not usually a pastry fan) and the filling despite the dish very definitely being savoury. They are little filled pastry pockets to eat as a light or […]
Don’t Move Home! Make The most Of The Home You Have! When it comes to your home, it’s pretty common to feel as though the place has started to become a little bit stale. After all, you spend the vast majority of your time at home, more than ever right now, so it’s only natural that the novelty of the place might wear off. The first instinct of a lot of people is to pack up and move somewhere new. […]
Lockdown Diary Week Five! Well… It would have been back to school after the Easter holidays so of course this meant back to the home school of dreams (read nightmares) for us! Florence is fine to get on with work but needs help when she gets stuck and frankly I have literally NO idea how to do a lot of the things she is being taught so that’s not exactly the easiest for me and Jonny HAS to take over […]
Top 10 Hobbies for Women After a Divorce Getting a divorce can incite a lot of new and strange emotions. So, for a list of 10 hobbies for women to get stuck into, to help you cope, read on… So, you’ve just gone through a divorce? Right now, I’m sure you’ll be feeling and myriad of the emotions, and these feelings might be pretty new to you. Whether you’re at the start of it all, mid-divorce and having to deal […]
The Grass Is Always Greener! Having a loft conversion means I have a vista advantage over my neighbours in that I can see everybody else’s gardens and yet they can’t see mine! This is a good job for more reasons than one as in comparison my garden definitely seems to lack their sparkle. I look at my neighbour’s lawns and next to my own they look far more lush, more plentiful in grass and frankly, though it’s a bit of […]
