A lifestyle blog
If you watch me walking down a road you might not be aware of the things I am doing, almost unconsciously. See that car that is parked with two wheels on the pavement? I won’t walk alongside the car, edging between it and the fence, I will step out into the road to walk around it, rejoining the pavement after I have gone past the car. I won’t take short
This post contains products sent for the purposes of this review Mother’s Day is rapidly approaching and lots of lovely companies have sent me products to review and include in a gift guide. The majority of them cost less than £30, and are all guaranteed to bring a smile on March 14th. Chocolate You cannot go wrong with chocolate, can you? Cadbury’s Gifts Direct site has a whole LOAD of
I feel for kids born during lockdown, like Lily. They think their entire world is just their house, maybe one supermarket, and a handful of people. One day this summer their tiny minds are going to be blown as they suddenly realise there is a bigger world, more places to visit and more people to meet. It is such a shame they will never remember those days because they really
I hate the phrase “roadmap” being used in relation to lockdown ending about as much as I hate the word “jab” being used instead of injection. As you can imagine watching the news is a barrel of laughs for me, leaving me raging not at the actual content of the news but at the terminology we are now using. But that’s all a different story. Roadmap is, apparently, the phrase
I am not kidding when I say that needing present ideas for grandchildren when you first become a grandparent is crucial. I don’t have a large family (I am neither an auntie nor a godmother) so I haven’t really had to buy presents for small people since my children were little: 20+ years ago. Last Christmas though with little else to do in October and November, thanks to lockdown, I
Another week of lockdown, and it’s been freezing, hasn’t it?! So many people had snow again and whilst it did snow here for a couple of days it was more like sleet so nothing really settled and we got all the downsides of it being cold enough to snow but none of the benefits. However, I have seen people sharing photos of the first snowdrops appearing so I am starting
And so it begins, the box being more interesting than either the contents or the pile of toys just out of shot. This box was sent to Lily for her to review and for me to write about but because I haven’t taken the photographs yet the contents are still in the box. Every time Lily comes over she empties and plays with the cereal bar and tube of body
What is Clubhouse? Good question, thanks for asking. Clubhouse is an app (currently only on iOS) that allows you to connect to people and chat. Like actually chat, not type, but chat. Or if they prefer, listen in on others having a chat. That chat might be a morning “let’s smash the week” motivational session, it might be an interview, or it could be an expert sharing some wisdom. The
The fact there is a 7am might be the first thing on many people’s lists of “9 life lessons learned power walking at 7am” but not for me. I have always been an early riser, not so much for any need to see the sunrise or to get the most out of the day but because I just like getting up early. I don’t enjoy lying in bed because as
Last week I received a very intriguing email asking me if I wanted in on the secret that is McQueen Gin and their new #WorldsCoolestLabel. I often get sent gin to try out and when it arrives I am always excited get hold of the bottle not only to see what the people behind it have designed but also to learn more about them too. There is always a story
Living Arrows, week 5 and January is almost over, thank heavens. Gosh it felt long, didn’t it? Our routine now is that Caity and Lily come over once a week and it is lovely to just hang out and not do too much, other than sit on the floor and play for a few hours. It’s a wonderful distraction from all that is going on, and also to be able
This post contains some items sent for review I recently wrote about my ideas for things to do for a lockdown Valentine’s Day so thought I would do a separate gift guide with a few ideas of things you can buy online and have delivered. Valentine’s Day this year is going to be very different and where many of us in long term relationships might ignore Valentine’s Day I think
