A lifestyle blog
When you’re earning a fixed salary and there’s only so much you can squirrel away each month, the time it’ll take to reach retirement seems years or decades away. When using one of the popular early retirement calculators like this linked one from Networthify, it offers clarity about the amount of time it’ll take to reach your retirement target. To help you stay positive while chopping down the time it’ll
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
Galentine’s Day is a relatively new phenomenon and isnt one we have ever really considered acknowledging before to be honest. But this year, well this year, since we have just launched #FridayWithFriends Annie and I thought we would, after all Galentine’s Day is all about celebrating those female friendships we have in our lives. Annie and I met online about eight years ago, and then finally met in person when
In praise of a supermarket breakfast People often talk about the amazing breakfast they have in a cute, Instagram worthy, cafe but we don’t very often see discussions in praise of a supermarket breakfast do we? Why is that? Why don’t we see people talking about the fact you can get a cracking breakfast at a really reasonable price at the same time as doing the weekly shop. Maybe
9 Budgeting Hacks to Help You Pull Off That Dream Family Holiday Dream holidays can be ruinously expensive, but if you want to make some wonderful memories, it’s worth splurging on at least one amazing trip somewhere fantastic. In this article, we have some great tips to help you save up for a vacation of a lifetime. Devise a Budget It’s impossible to save if you have no clue what
Mementos for school leavers Have you ever heard about personalised mementos for school leavers? You know, like leaver’s hoodies, gym bags, pencil cases? To be honest, they really weren’t a thing when I was little (well to be fair it was 40 years ago) but in the last couple of years it really appears to be something that more and more schools, or PTA’s are organising. When I was leaving
To be honest I had forgotten about the snowdrops at Welford Park until Annie mentioned it last week. They are only there for such a short time that if we wanted to see them we would have to be quick. Which is how we ended up there this week, for the first time in a couple of years. Welford Park is more famous these days for being the home of
So here we are, Annie and I announcing #FridayWithFriends. For a while now Annie and I have been chatting about launching “something” called #FridayWithFriends. What form that “something” took we weren’t quite sure. We thought about sticking to IGTV, maybe doing a podcast, or just doing what Annie and I do best, setting up a new website and social media channels. We knew we wanted to celebrate friendship, to
There will be no rotting teeth in this family! It is sad that for much of human history, rotting teeth were a fact of life. People simply didn’t know how to protect themselves from plaque-causing bacteria, leading to untold misery for millions. With the advent of modern dental practices, however, things began to improve. Fluoride toothpaste and regular trips to the dentist meant that society could finally turn a corner.
Turkey and vegetable bake is the ultimate in mid week comfort food. Though to be fair Mondays are the worst day of the week for cooking for me. I am tired after the weekend, invariably there is nothing in the fridge, I am chasing my tail to try and get ahead of myself and plan the week, oh and dinner needs to be early as Mr B is out on
How to socialise with zero energy Getting together with friends can seem like a lot of effort. You have to get up and dressed, you might end up cooking or going out, you have to keep up with conversation all night. And when you are already exhausted at the end of the week, this is often the last thing you want! But it would be a real shame for your
It was a frosty foggy Hinton Ampner house that greeted Annie and I this morning. The main house is currently closed for some much needed TLC but the grounds were open, as was the cafe so Annie and I picked Hinton Ampner as our spot to meet up for a mooch, a catch up and a sausage roll. Hinton Ampner, of course, is somewhere I have featured on here
