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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!
A handy A to Z of Coronavirus. You know, should you ever feel you need one. Antibac. You can’t get anti-bacterial hand wash for love nor money. Actually that isn’t true. You can get it for money: £25 for 50ml on eBay from unscrupulous sellers who want to capitalise on our need for it. I have not held back on reporting every ad I see for it on Facebook
How Coronavirus impacted us in 2020 When we look back on this period of our lives it will be hard to remember just what has changed. Things will have gone back to normal (whatever the new normal will be) but people will have been lost, lives will have been changed and I don’t think things will ever really be the same again. And we will forget some of the smaller
The social isolation diaries — week 3 I have now got to the point where the days all roll into one and I am struggling to really know what day of the week it is. There’s a meme going round about how those pants we all had as kids that have the days of the week printed on them would be really useful right now. They are not wrong. This
Social Isolation diaries week 2 I cried over chicken breasts this week. I found three packets of two in M&S and literally cried. Seems as people started to realise that lockdown might become an actual thing panic buying is now a reality. Not just for Christmas and incoming snow, but for the entire population on a weekly basis. Fresh food of all types are now up there with loo
The social isolation diaries — Week 1 My granny was a hoarder. When she moved down to Hampshire from Lancashire 11 years ago the removal company said they had never moved so much stuff for a single person in all their years of business. When it arrived the boxes had to be stored in the garage and the shed until my parents could get them all unpacked there was
Getting ready for the arrival of our first grandchild You know I am about to be a granny, right? That we are currently getting ready for the arrival of our first grandchild in May? We are counting down the weeks, and chalking off the midwife appointments as the due date approaches. And of course with the imminent arrival of our first grandchild comes the need for us to think about
Could 2020 be the year you get your craft on? This is a collaborative post but all thoughts and opinions are my own When my children were little I didn’t ever really get completely into doing crafts with them, though I hate to admit that. Yes, we did cutting and pasting, and turning pasta into necklaces but I never really progressed with sewing, knitting or crocheting. I did try, in
Sanitizing and Disinfecting Your Business During the Pandemic The Corona pandemic got many businesses by surprise forcing some to ask their employees to work from home. Some businesses though do not have this luxury and need their staff on their premises for business to run. If you own such a business you are now faced with the problem of running a safe workspace protecting both employees and customers from the
How to decorate your home with personalised decor Our homes are often considered reflections of our inner selves. For example, we might end up painting the walls a colour we love, we’ll add garden furniture that we absolutely adore if we spend a lot of time outside, and we might even create custom artwork to add to our interior. There are plenty of different ways to personalise your home
Important Home Improvements Most People Forget to do This year, I have vowed to get everything in the house finished. A lot has been done already. But, now that each room is nearing completion, I can see things we have forgotten. I have added them to my to-do list, which I am still keeping and using on a daily basis. But, talking to friends it is clear that they have
Is your garden summer ready? This post contains an item sent for review. Summer has to be around the corner somewhere, doesn’t it? It can’t keep on raining for much longer, surely. I can’t believe that with the longest day next week we are still in a position where the big light has to go on before teatime and when I think I can get away with it
We love having guests coming to stay, it is why we bought a house with a spare bedroom, even better if they are last minute guests. We wanted relatives to come for the weekend, to be able to stay over at Christmas, friends who have moved away to be able to come back. Or for friends that come for dinner and enjoy more than one glass of wine to