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#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week comes courtesy of my super talented cousin Jackie at Pampered Nails by Jackie, who helped the oldest [...]

By |April 21st, 2019|Family life, Parenting|6 Comments

10 tongue-in-cheek ways I’m dealing with my husband’s mid-life crisis

Growing a beard, taking up an extreme sport and suddenly popping vitamin pills. Those are among the top 40 signs [...]

By |April 5th, 2019|Family life, Parenting|19 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

Has it been a bit wet and blowy where you are? It's been a fairly lively week weather-wise where we [...]

By |March 17th, 2019|Family life, Parenting|10 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week comes from our allotment, where we've added a pond in the hope of attracting frogs. After digging [...]

By |March 3rd, 2019|Allotment, Family life|6 Comments

5 practical ways to deal with bad credit

Worried about having bad credit? Not sure what to do about it, or how to improve it? Then this post [...]

By |February 28th, 2019|Family life, Money|0 Comments

10 great reasons to live in a flat!

Almost three million. That's how many private leasehold flats the UK government estimates there are in England, and ours is [...]

By |February 18th, 2019|Family life, Parenting|5 Comments

Clever ways to make your home warm & cosy in winter

They say what good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter, but I’m not sure I agree. [...]

By |January 19th, 2018|Family life|2 Comments

Our summer of firsts with HUGGIES® Little Swimmers®! #ad

I know everyone says it, but I really don’t know where time goes. One minute Littlest B was born, and [...]

By |August 18th, 2017|Family life, Reviews|11 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

A midsummer night's dream. That's what I'm calling #MySundayPhoto this week, taken at my brother and sister-in-law's marquee wedding reception [...]

By |August 13th, 2017|Family life|2 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Last week for #MySundayPhoto I brought you a picture of Misery Guts and I on our wedding day to mark [...]

By |July 30th, 2017|Family life|5 Comments

A little bit of news!

Not that sort of news, but I've got a little bit of news nonetheless. Remember when I wrote a post [...]

By |July 24th, 2017|Family life|44 Comments

A last letter to my Granny

You can probably guess where this is going. Those of you who saw #MySundayPhoto this week will know that the [...]

By |January 9th, 2017|Family life|52 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

This week I'm sharing a photo taken on my wedding day in July 2010. The image became all the more [...]

By |January 8th, 2017|Family life|32 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Happy Christmas! By the time you read this the presents will probably have been ripped open and Santa's head will [...]

By |December 25th, 2016|Family life|5 Comments

Why I don’t want to see anyone this Christmas

I know, I know. Christmas is a time of sharing, of spending time with family and friends and being grateful [...]

By |December 19th, 2016|Family life|6 Comments