A lifestyle blog
“Sum up your summer in one picture” asks Tara Cain for the Gallery this week. Well that is far from easy is it?! Though Tara does admit that it could be tricky. Our summer seems to have flown by. We have had A levels and J making the decision that he is not going to uni. C continuing to battle the landlord from hell and eventually telling
Harry Potter and the things we haven’t seen beforet seen before We decided to have a day out last weekend so I could finally meet eldest daughter’s boyfriend’s mum, Rachael. A lovely lady I have heard lots about but had yet to meet. There was only one place for this meet up: a pub for lunch. Actually that isn’t strictly true. The main focus of the day
You must have been living under a rock if you haven’t heard of the latest viral fund raising challenge to sweep the world. Social media is full of this one. Started as a fund raising idea for ALS as it is known in the US, or MND in the UK, the idea is a painfully simple one. Get challenged to have an ice bucket of water and
You know what it is like when you get a new piece of kit, you stare at it for days, putting off the inevitable faff of setting it all up. Well I needn’t have worried with this one. The HP Envy Printer that we recently received to review was a doddle. There are no wires or cables as you connect it to your home wi-fi system so you
You know sometimes something comes along that makes you scream “OH MY GOD I HAVE TO HAVE THAT” and you get that tingly feeling on the back of you neck when you try it out? Well that is what happened to me with the Livescribe smartpen. It is a concept so simple, yet so brilliant, I kind of wish I had thought of it myself. And if you are
I can hear you saying “what? I thought this was a gardening linky. What is she doing talking about Thorpe Park”. Well let me explain Since I have been joining in, albeit sporadically, with this linky, I have become more aware of gardens. Of shrubs. And of hanging baskets around town. I have found myself thinking “hmmm that would make a really nice blog post” and merrily snapping away
It is safe to say that as I have begun taking more and more pictures I have tried to think more and more about the photo composition, and not just snapping. I do take too many pictures, it is true. I probably take around 20 photos every day, even on a day when I don’t think much happens. Those “improvements” include things like: Trying to off set the
10 things we love about the Toyota Prius Plug in We have been driving the Toyota Prius Plug in now for over a month. Lent to us for six weeks we are thrilled that Toyota have agreed to let us have it for a few weeks longer because we had been trying to come up with ways to keep it for good. Like moving house. Hiding it behind the
S’mores over a camp fire I really got the bug for cooking on an open fire at Camp Bestival. And whilst we didn’t get around to doing the whole “muffin pizzas” (yes I really did take chopped coriander with me in the cool bag) we did eat the most incredible bacon and egg sandwiches. My brother in law was a huge fan of cooking outdoors and even learned how to
Sage Appliance’s waffle maker You will know by now if you are a regular reader that I am a huge fan of Sage Appliances. Huge. Massive. Everything they put their name to not only looks great, but works. Like properly works. The attention to detail is fabulous. Incorporating things that you never knew you wanted on a kitchen appliance until it is sitting in front of you on your worktop.
Dolce Gusto Review Earlier in the week I told you about my recently acquired love of coffee and how lucky we are to have a top of the range coffee machine. Now I freely admit that it is out of the price range of most people, even those that love their coffee as much as Mr B (who spent most of his student grant at uni on coffee). So
When we were approached by Lindeman’s wine and asked if we would like to be one of their #SunshineAmbassadors following our meeting them at Britmums, we couldn’t be happier. Because, well, you might not know this, but we do like a small glass of wine of an evening. I know I know, that has come as a shock to you I am sure. As will the knowledge that the day