Judging by these photos my new year’s resolutions demonstrably do not include any delusions of dietary restraint. In fact, I don’t have any new year’s resolutions. I have some gen...
It’s been a fabulous Christmas break {and not over yet – whoop whoop!}. We had a relaxing family Christmas, our usual raucous Boxing Day with family and friends {where Mum and I cooked a...
At 23 weeks I am well and truly pregnant and beginning to reap some unexpected benefits. Obviously I knew I would love being pregnant: the excitement and miracle of growing another living human bein...
One of the many many edible joys of Christmas for me is party food. My motivation for hosting any kind of festive drinks evening is largely to have an excuse to put together a plethora of tasty trea...
We had my parents round recently for an evening of festive drinks {non-alcoholic for me} and nibbles and I was procrastinating over the dessert. I almost fell back on some fail-safe favourites such ...
I’m in full festive swing now. The tree is up and decorated and wafting its delicious Christmassy smell all over the lounge, my fireplace garland is complete {well, for now – I may well ...
I never seem to have grown out of my childish excitement for Christmas. I spend most of December {and the latter part of November for that matter} in a near-constant state of grinning giddiness. So...
mohair pink booties - www.notonthehighstreet.com Put out the pink bunting! We found out this week that we’ll be having a little girl. We’re very excited, although hubby has already star...
Being pregnant somewhat limits the crazy raucousness possible for celebrating one’s 30th. I’ve maintained that I would love to be out partying and celebrating in style but that having to...
Well! What a wild and over ambitious claim “I finally have my blogging mojo back” turned out to be. It has been an embarrassing two months {gasp!} since my last post. How woefully neglectful of you a...
You would be forgiven for wondering if I had fallen down a well, had my arms rendered useless by an extremely enduring case of pins and needles, run off to India to “find myself” spiritua...
Who knew it was so hard to take photos of brown stuff? {in this case, gingerbread cake}. Granted, I only have a hand-me-down point and shoot camera. Granted, my photography skills are minimal {poss...
I’ve been on a roll lately discovering all sorts of hidden gems. It turns out Bournemouth has some excellent alternatives to the regular run-of-the-mill shops and cafés. Saturday was a particu...
I had planned to bake a banana cake. On opening the freezer I sadly found only 2 black bananas languishing in its chilly depths, not the requisite 4 for the cake in question. And yes, I said “...
1. and 2. I’m a big fan of quirky cafes – certainly beats the homogenous décor of coffee chains with their over-priced lattes and soul-less surroundings. Don’t get me wrong, you wi...
No, I’m not hooked on crack {not yet at least}, I’m hooked on something far more rock ‘n’ roll: crochet. That’s right, the granny craft hobby of choice. I’ll hav...
I’ve become somewhat of a cookie fiend lately, baking a batch whenever there’s so much as a hint of an excuse. A friend’s coming over: “I know, I’ll bake cookies!”...
Perfectly pale? Or pale and pasty? English rose complexion? Or just plain ill-looking? It seems that there are more and more celebrities setting the trend for pale skin lately {maybe with the popu...
In the absence of significant spare time or significant surplus cash it’s easy to forego a holiday until time and/or money constraints let up. However all that work and no play can make for a ...
I have become addicted to one too many American blogs of late. This has manifested itself in two ways: 1) eating considerably more burgers than is normal and 2) jealousy of their Sundays spent with ...
This is going to seem shocking to many English readers, but I’m loving our weather right now. Yep, you heard me: I’ve been enjoying the rain. I’ll give you a second to stop frowni...
Dear Daddybear Without you I would never have… …danced around the lounge to northern soul music …enjoyed washing up while doing our duo rendition of Midnight Train to Georgia by Gla...
Although I endeavour to keep up a masquerade of being a domestic goddess, I fully admit that there are times when I feel, well, just too pooped to bother. I sometimes find myself staring blankly at ...
In addition to barbecues and baring flesh, there’s something else us Brits like to do when the sun is shining {or when it’s the time of the year that the sun should be shining but doesn&#...
After my last seven small things was so well received, I thought I might make this into a regular(ish) feature. I absolutely loved hearing your lists of seven simple things making you smile, so keep...
You know my friend with the excellent buns? *sniggers* {read about them here}. Well she invited us to a barbecue a couple of weeks ago, and both she and her husband {being outstanding cooks} delig...
What a perfect start to the long weekend this was. On Friday evening the delightful Mr and Mrs C were chez Javid for an evening of pizzas, pavlova and much silliness. It always amazes us that there...
The title of this post somewhat belies the situation. It would be more appropriately titled “bottom of the basket finds”. But that fails to conjure images of Narnia. As I am shamefully ...
Although I have several big things to be grateful for, I think it’s important to find happiness in the small things in life too. As I mentioned here, my friend and I went to a talk on positivit...
The main reason I devour books which are set in the past (and by that I mean pretty much anything up to and including the 1960s) is because I love to immerse myself in the foods, styles and feeling o...
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