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Random, as it suggests!
This is another regular blog feature that got binned because I thought regular ranting might not be good for my blood pressure. But I have missed getting stuff off my chest so have decided to bring the feature back, though I can’t promise it will be every week. In fact this one has been in my “I really must blog about that because it is RIDICULOUS” pile for a month.
I wasn’t sure what to call this post that wasn’t a long waffly one but this is the last post from me that will land in your inbox because I am turning email notifications off. Not my last ever post (don’t be ridiculous) but I won’t be sending them out automatically and landing in your inbox anymore. For all sorts of reasons I have decided the time has come for
Custom Star Maps I had no idea what to get my daughter Caity, and her new husband Dan as a wedding present. They had been living together for a couple of years and had most of the things you would expect to buy for a newly wed. Then I was asked if I wanted to review a custom star maps and you could say that the “stars aligned” (did
There are lots of reasons to love the Warner Bros studio Harry Potter tour. Many. But one of them has got to be how it is constantly changing. Yes the major attractions will always be there: The Great Hall / a model of Hogwarts / the wand room but along side those there are ever changing exhibitions that focus on a part of the films. The Goblet of Fire was
Top Tips for being Mother of the Bride Have a daughter Wait for her to get engaged Until earlier this year I thought that was pretty much it but since Caity has started planning her wedding in earnest over the past six months I have had more of an insight into what the role of Mother of the Bride actually entails. Or doesn’t. The temptation is to get heavily involved
This weekend was my future son in law’s stag do, and next weekend is my daughter’s hen do which means one thing: their wedding is imminent. This time next month in fact. They have been engaged for almost two years and saving hard from the minute the ring hit Caity’s finger at the Trevi fountain in Rome. All the plans are in place now (except for bridesmaid’s dresses, don’t mention
I was recently tagged by Nickie at I Am Typecast in an old school, this is me post. Not so much because Nickie wanted to tell us more about herself, but more because she wanted to participate in a blog post meme like we all used to do when we first started out on our blogging journey. When not every post was sponsored or a review (which I am
With all the cold weather we have been experiencing – is Spring really here?! – you have probably been spending a lot of time indoors. Naturally, that means you’ve noticed those unfinished bits of DIY and imperfect living room décor more than usual. But enough is enough. You have decided to do something about it. Now you need a little help to create the perfect living room for you and
I am newbie when it comes to shopping from TV channels but when Ideal World recently asked me if I wanted to work with them I jumped at the chance. I have to admit that I have never really thought much about shopping via a TV channel, despite a very good friend of mine being a regular on one of them with her world famous chocolate brownies. Which is a
We weren’t even really meant to be in the Leake Street Tunnel on Saturday. Heck before we arrived I hadn’t heard of it, despite it being under the train tracks at Waterloo, our point of arrival into London whenever we travel by train. We arrived there as part of a group taking part in a “night photography tour of London” trip that I had booked through Red Letter Days for
Two things happened this week, well two things that weren’t snow related. The first was I did some much overdue blog maintenance and finally created a Thermomix category to share my posts on this kitchen gadget. And I re-jigged some existing posts about it, naming the series “75 Reasons to love Thermomix”. I have no idea it will become 75 reasons, I mean I know there ARE seventy five
Have you ever fancied rebooting your life? If you are anything like me you do it about four hundred times a day. Sometimes it is something small you want to change like finding a way for you to not have to empty the dishwasher for the third time. Sometimes it is something huge like dumping 48 years of emotional baggage and running off in a floaty white dress like the