A lifestyle blog
Mooching is my new thing. New favourite thing. I love a good mooch. A couple of weeks ago, with no plans, I decided it might be nice to get out and play with our cameras again. And since Mr B has had a National Trust membership for 20 odd years and rarely goes to any of their properties, we should visit our nearest property. Wallet checked to ensure
. You may be having a Peter Kaye cheesecake moment here…”rent a camera ?……cameras, to rent? Renting? Cameras?” Why would you do that? As it turns out, quite a few reasons. Let’s ignore, for a moment, the chap who borrowed his son’s camera to record the trip of a lifetime to Las Vegas and spent the whole trip taking his own picture, and let’s talk about why you would want
Well it is never going to be easy is it, doing Christmas when you have divorced? Though actually I remember doing Christmas just after I got divorced and hoping that it would always be that straightforward. I split from my ex five weeks before Christmas about twelve years ago. Out of the blue, it just happened. The reasons don’t matter now but I found myself thinking “what on earth am
. I am not a huge fan of Christmas. There. I have said it. Out loud *waits for the world to end* If I am honest it exhausts me. Well at least the build up does, it seems to go on forever. It feels like Christmas is marked by the fact that Easter Eggs on sale and children returning to school in September is the cue for retailers to
. I have spent a lot of time recently thinking about how lucky I am. I know I often whinge out loud about how tired I am, how busy, how broke etc, how the house is a mess and how the laundry pile is never ending but do you know what, actually, things are okay. For many they are not okay and I have become increasingly aware of those
. Farnham Castle has sat on our doorstep for ten years and yet we have never visited. Well technically speaking it has sat on the hill just outside Farnham for 900 years but our doorstep has only been around the corner from it for ten years. On Sunday morning last week we decided to go for a mooch. Mr B has been sent a camera by Calumet
. Well it was only a matter of time really. Though I swore I would never discuss politics on my blog because it always divides opinion, gets heated, and well, earlier this year I lost friends over politics so I am not prepared to open myself up to that again. This week though George Osborne said something that made me rage more than any other, and with one fell swoop
. The Secrets from Yiayia’s Greek Kitchen: Meze, Soups and Dips is a book I have been eager to get my hands since I first heard about it earlier this year. In May in fact, my lovely friend Sarah mentioned she was working on it. And then I promptly forgot about it, I am ashamed to say. Until last month when over dinner in Devon Sarah mentioned it again. That
. The third Thursday of November is known as Beaujolais Nouveau day. Started over 100 years ago it was seen by wine producers as a way to get rid of large quantities of wine and to get some cash in before the end of the year. And was a way to celebrate the end of another year’s harvest. In the 1970s this turned into a race to see
Pressure cooker baked cheesecake. I am a huge fan of baked cheesecake, the crunchy base mixed with the smooth topping is a combination I love. Add to that the tartness of some lemon, and some berries on the side and I am in pudding heaven. Matched only maybe by a warm chocolate brownie and a dollop of ice cream. For a dinner party on Saturday night I decided to do
<sigh> I am beginning to wonder if the sight of the Coke truck on TV triggers something in Janet Street Porter’s mind that means she has to suddenly become The Grinch. Or maybe it is the thought of having to spend money on presents that means she needs to write another click bait newspaper article. Four years ago JSP declared that working from home made you mad. I
Pressure cooker beer can chicken I hear you say. Has she gone mad? Nope I haven’t gone mad, this really does work. If you follow me on social media it won’t have escaped your attention that for the last few weeks there has been a new weapon in my kitchen arsenal: a pressure cooker. Known as the Fast Slow Pro it is made by Sage Appliances and retails at