A lifestyle blog
Stuff I have found myself panic buying because of Coronavirus It started with a new sideboard. Though the use of the word “new” in that sentence would imply there was an old sideboard. There wasn’t, there has never been a sideboard in this house. Yet as soon as the lockdown was announced I decided we had to have one for the office which duly arrived several days later. Knowing
Social Isolation week 8 Here we are then, another week under our belts and still almost 500 people a day are losing their lives to this hideous illness. Countless thousands of others lie in hospital beds away from their loved ones, whilst underpaid care professionals to their very best whilst risking their own lives because there isn’t enough PPE. The longer this now goes on, the more I see of
Social isolation diaries week 7 The numbers this week are utterly depressing. 178,000 people have tested positive for Coronavirus and heartbreakingly 28,000 have passed away. The daily death rate is still somewhere between 400 and 800 every day yet Boris Johnson has said we are now passed the peak. I am really not sure I believe that. People are desperate to know when the lockdown will be lifted, but
I know we can’t visit National Trust properties at the moment but we went to Basildon Park a few months ago so I have finally got around to sharing the photos for Window Wednesday in the hope you can add it to your list of places to go when we are able to travel again Basildon Park is one of the most modern properties we have visited because although it
The social isolation diaries — week 6 If we didn’t suspect it already this was the week that we finally realised Donald Trump is batshit crazy. He suggested this week that if bleach and disinfectant can kill germs on surfaces in a minute why don’t we start injecting it into ourselves in an effort to kill Coronavirus. No, seriously he did. Within 24 hours the likes of Dettol
A quick and easy lemonade scones recipe I have been making this recipe for about 20 years, simply because the first time I heard about it I thought it was just too bonkers to be serious. And then once I had done it a few times and realised it did actually work it became my “go to” scone recipe. It is also a great way of getting children involved in
I realised recently whilst doing some blog admin that I have quite a few ice cream recipes so I have rounded them up into my top five ice cream recipes to make it easier to find them all! Ice cream is one of those magic desserts for me. It can be really mundane or it can be knock your socks off incredible, and actually it isnt a case of the
National Tea Day As National Tea Day on April 21st in the UK is a day I felt I couldn’t let go unnoticed given that my actual name is T. Okay so maybe that is my nickname but it still feels like a day I should mark. There is also an International Tea Day in December should you want to read a post I wrote about that a few
The social isolation diaries — week 5 Is it really week 5? It feels so much longer than that to be honest, and in reality it actually is. The last time I went out for anything other than the supermarket was on March 11th when I went to Westfield for the day with the girls. Even then we knew lockdown was coming, and debated whether we should have gone at
Banana, maple and pecan bread The internet seems to be awash with banana bread recipes at the moment and it seems you can’t be in lockdown unless you have made one. So you don’t really need another recipe but, well you’re here now so I am going to share this one: Banana, maple and pecan bread Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 1 hour
If you’ve never tried a Gregg‘s sausage and bean melt then you don’t know what you are missing. And if you HAVE tried one, well, you will really be missing the fact you can’t grab one of these at the moment. They aren’t a regular staple in our house but something about not being able to buy one as we self isolate is really making me want to buy
The social isolation diaries, week 4 The statistics are horrifying, the stories heartbreaking. This week we passed 10,000 deaths being recorded, whilst also being reminded that this is just deaths recorded in hospital. This doesn’t include those dying in the community, or indeed in care homes. One care home has recorded 12 deaths in a fortnight. We also learned that 31 members of front line NHS staff have
