A lifestyle blog
All things related to our home and garden are here. We are always making plans or talking about what we do next in the garden or around the house so those posts can be found here!
There is no denying it, we all need to be greener, to think more about the impact we are having on the environment, and to, well, just doing more to think about our green credentials. So with that in mind here are my 5 ways I think we can be greener in 2021. Sign up to Save Money Cut Carbon Club This is a game changer for me,
A review of the Catipilla Cat Scratcher AD — This post contains an item sent for review If you know anything about our elderly cat, Bob, it’s that she rules the roost here at Barrow Towers. As an example, we can no longer eat at our kitchen table as it is where she eats her food, and it is where she sits to keep an eye on the dog.
This is a collaborative post Creating an area in which you have room to spread out and relax in is one of the joys of owning your own home. Even better, is if this space happens to be outside, preferably in a position to capture the sun on those warm summer evenings. Even properties with a modest amount of outdoor space have the potential to offer a comfortable relaxation area
Week 21, twenty one weeks, 147 days since the first announcement that Coronavirus was serious and we were going to be locked down and not able to move about as freely as we had before, or as we ever would again for a long time. We finally got confirmation this week that our holiday in September to Morocco has been cancelled by BA and they have refunded our tickets. To
I should probably think about renaming these now we are no longer in social isolation. Week 20 though, twenty weeks since the drawbridge got completely pulled up and just a few weeks since it slowly began to lower again. Unless you’re in the beauty industry that is. For this week, here in England, we had been told that the beauty industry would be able to open fully on August
Week 19 Pick n Mix is back in Tesco. If ever there was indication that we are being encouraged to “get back to normal” that feels like the surest one yet. As I wandered into Tesco at the weekend I saw that the cafe was open, though hardly anyone was in there, and that the pick n mix was stocked again. Though, everything in the little pods was
Week 18 There’s no denying it is noisier, busier, harder to believe that all this <waves all around> is still going on. To be honest if you had been in hibernation and only now returning to the open air it would probably take you a while to realise that we are actually still living with a pandemic in our midst. There is very little to show for it
week 17 of lockdown Have you had a haircut? I am loving mine, and could have cried when I finally saw my hairdresser on Tuesday. I was terrified we would go into a local lockdown like Leicester and my appointment would have to be cancelled. I know that sounds pathetic but I hate having messy hair and looking bedraggled, so getting my haircut and catching up with my hairdresser was
Week 16 in lockdown Haircuts. That is all we cared about this week. Haircuts and when we can get one. Since it was announced that hairdressers could open again on July 4th social media has been awash with people gleefully posting that they have an appointment booked. Or smugly posting that they were in the salon at 12.01 on Saturday morning (lucky buggers). I had to wait until Tuesday
If you are thinking about buying a Quooker, or indeed any boiling water tap, there are one or two things you need to think about. We didn’t really consider these things before we bought ours recently so I thought it might be helpful if I wrote them all down! We had been thinking for a long time that we would like a boiling water tap so when our old
Week 15 That is an exact representation of the number of cups of tea I have drunk this week, a week that felt like it was a month long. Probably because all the weeks are merging into now, aren’t they? Though this was a lovely week as we got to welcome Lady Barrow into our support bubble. Lady Barrow has been living on her own for the whole
Week 14 of lockdown and it is all change again Might need to change the title of these now since we are no longer socially isolated. Although in fairness we still pretty much are keeping ourselves to ourselves. I have struggled to keep up with the rules recently, and worry that if I do something I think is right and post about it on line people will jump on me