We drove up to Derbyshire on Saturday from the south coast, arriving oat out holiday apartment in Litton in the early evening. The apartment we’ve rented is amazing. The living room is probably only a little smaller than our entire flat, it’s in a converted mill building so the ceilings are high and the windows are huge, with views over…
Last week was a fairly stressful one for a few reasons, our car finally gave up the ghost and we didn’t think we’d find one in time for our holiday this week,hiring one would then cut in to the money we would have to buy a new one. Sam also left my (uninsured) mobile on a car roof so it…
A couple of weeks ago I was sent a lovely parcel from Creative Tops with some items from their Retro Treats range, a 50’s inspired range of dessert-type goodies! Think American diner and you’ll not be far off! I have been happily making good use of them since they arrived and today I am sharing two simple recipes, Peanut Cookies…
A couple of weeks ago I was set a challenge by Debt Free Direct to see if I could spruce up a room in my house using items from a supermarket, and then report back on how they fared in relation to their more expensive counterparts. I chose to give my kitchen a mini-makeover as now I’ve moved…
This week has been a proper mixed bag. Sam finished at the job with the shitty shifts and started at a new job, only to be told they are training him to go and manage a different hotel asap. This is good because it is more money but bad because it is further away and not as easily accessible via…
My husband Sam did his last shift at his old job this week, so as a celebration of the fact that we will be spending a lot more time together as a family (finally!) we celebrated with a roast dinner, which I actually enjoyed preparing as he took Athena to the park so I had no distractions and didn’t need…
I have been doing a lot of ebay and charity shop scouring recently with the sole aim to build up a library of wooden toys, and (if I do say so myself) I think I have done quite well! I will admit that part of the reason for loving wooden toys is purely aesthetical on my part. They just…
On Monday we went to the beach. In March. If you remember, this time last year it snowed! I’ll let the pictures do the talking, but my favourites are the photos I took of Athena playing with seaweed, which was a great distraction to get her to stop eating stones. Oddly as I was uploading these photo’s of…
We’ve been using this travel system for around 7 months now, and now we’ve used it in all positions I thought I’d do a proper review. We originally had a 2nd hand Mamas and Papas Pliko pramette but I didn’t like the handles (not a bar, 2 separate handles so steering with one hand was impossible) and I also didn’t…
This week we had a family day together, and whilst we had the camera with us for beach snaps I thought I might as well do an outfit too! I’ve had this dress for a few months as I was originally going to wear it to Athena’s christening in November but didn’t, but its one of my favourites, and is…
A couple of weeks ago Donna (my new favourite twitter pal) who blogs at Red head & Baby led tagged me in the ‘fictional world meme, so I here’s my answers. I tag everyone, and you should all go and read the other posts people have added to the link-up, just click the button at the end of…
I like tea. Quite a lot in fact, I have a whole shelf in one of my kitchen cupboards devoted to various teas (and hot chocolates). I rarely get to drink a whole mug whilst it is still hot during the day due to an increasingly speedy and exploring baby. Once she’s in bed I try and treat myself to…