Gardening is great for your health and it gets you out the house, away from the TV and into the fresh air – so why wouldn’t you want to get your kids involved? If getting them away from the screen is proving difficult and the response to you asking if they want to do some […]
An age old Christmas problem, fir real #terriblepun
The nation is divided, no doubt about it, between those who put away their beach wear and start hanging the Christmas decorations (no doubt peeling the sprouts as they go) and those who scrooge about decorations and put them up begrudgingly in the week before Christmas, muttering about it still being “a bit soon” as […]
Christmas Crochet Wreath.
We got the Christmas Decorations up last night, the annual strewing of pretties around the house which has, thankfully, become largely a joyful affair again over the last couple of years. It reminded me, as we unpacked the boxes, of the wreath I made last year which I had such great intentions of doing a […]
The thing we don’t talk about #oooopsmoments
You know how they say that sometimes you open your mouth and your mother comes out? No? Yes? That doesn’t happen to me so much; my mum and I aren’t particularly alike and I’d need far more intelligent stuff to drop pearl-like and wisdom-y for me to sound much like her. 😉 However, there are […]
Christmas Cheer with Frugi & the #giftofgiving
We were recently gifted a gorgeous top from Frugi by the lovely Jennie Edspire recently. Jennie and I have a good reason for being in each others thoughts at this time of year, with both of us bringing up our rainbow babies (and older children) while missing the baby we will never hold. Being nominated […]
Snowflake Journal #BostikBloggers
Apparently it is going to be the coldest winter in years with 56 days of unrelenting snow… can’t say I’ve seen much evidence of it yet, but since snow is such an intrinsic part of ‘getting Christmassy’ we had a go at some snow crafts anyway. Josie has been getting quite into journalling and scrapbooking […]
Soothing Stitches: Crochet Mandala Happy.
I don’t seem to have completed nearly as many projects as I hoped to this year, not least because of time constraints that have sucked my crochet time away and left me grateful if I manage a single row or block in the tail end of an evening. It’s annoying, especially since it is robbing […]
When the girl played for England #EnglandTouch
This summer had so many things in it that never got blogged, one of which was when Fran got to wear an England shirt. After a shaky start to her rugby playing career (roughly 6 years ago when we took her to play in cold and MUD and she told us she hated us!) Fran […]
How to have the perfect date night after 17 years of marriage #VelvetNightIn
Yeah. About that. If your marriage has been as prolific as ours has been, a quiet night in probably isn’t something you can remember; lately we feel blessed if everyone has beetled off to bed by 10pm, and that includes the boy, who is not famed for his early nights. Latterly, Max and I have […]
Editorial: 6 ways to look after your health this winter
We’ve had an attack of croup this weekend – Bene is particularly susceptible to it – and it has reminded me that winter is well and truly here and that the scourge of winter bugs that can sweep through 7 people in a house and bring misery is once again on top of us. My […]
