A lifestyle blog
Getting ring marks off a table with an iron When it comes to homehacks this has to be up there in the “bonkers” category. Along with the one that says you can clean a loo with cheap cola, taps with vinegar, brass with ketchup and get static off your silk trousers with a metal hanger. What’s the best way to get white marks off a table? Every time I do
Things to consider when buying shoes online It’s one of the last big “in person only” purchases isn’t it? Somehow clothes from a catalogue or from an online shop has seemed easier, but shoes have always needed a trip to the high street to ensure that they fit properly, havent they? Apparently not. It is now possible to buy shoes online and not make a costly mistake. There are, however,
Sing the movie! Everything I have seen about this film has screamed “cancel all your plans and go see it”. It comes out on general release tomorrow (January 27th) though there were special preview screenings last weekend all over the country. And let me tell you I was looking daggers at those on Facebook who were posting pics of it, I was uber jealous. To celebrate release tomorrow I have
Selborne is a sleepy village near Farnham in Surrey and features on Window Wednesday this week We have seen the signs to Gilbert White’s house so many times that we thought it might be worth a trip to finally see it. That and we only had a couple of hours to spare on Sunday morning to go out and take photos. But then when we got to Selborne it
Another Monday night, another gig in Central London. We’re such social butterflies, we’re always* out going to concerts, art galleries, museums, cinemas – you name it. *not every often. So when one of Mr B’s few Twitter followers (he’s a bit of a recluse on there, bless him) said before Christmas that he was playing a gig at the Albert Hall, well we had to go, didn’t we? In all
You know how people say that variety is the spice of life? They say this because it’s true! No one has the same background. We don’t have the same aspirations. We don’t even experience things the same way. So naturally, when we go through a divorce or the loss of a spouse, of course, it’s going to be hard. However, the bounce back is going to be different for
Who knew such a day existed? Well I didn’t until I got my social media calendar pinned up on the wall at the beginning of the year. Yesterday was National Popcorn Day, and tomorrow is National Hug Day. But today is National Coffee Break Day. It is hard having a coffee break when you work from home because there is never anybody around to say “fancy a coffee?”
This is why children need to start taking more risks with play. With being outdoors, with being out of sight for a short while (if safe to do so) and why they need to be allowed to climb trees and scrape their knees. Ask anyone above the age of 30, and they’ll tell you how different their childhood was from the one that kids experience today. Gone are the days
Probably the oldest window to ever feature on Window Wednesday this week, Waverley Abbey near Farnham Oh how I wanted to rename that Waverley Wabbey. Child that I am. Anyway. Yes. Waverley Abbey is another little find that is just up the road from us. We attempted to find it last year but realised, it being ruins and all, that it was along a footpath from the car park.
Gin of the month for January is Jawbox There was a time when the front door was left unlocked. When the kitchen was the scullery. And in the tiny scullery stood this big sink. Clothes and dishes and weans got washed there. A lot of craic was heard around a jawbox. It still is. From the moment I first heard about this gin I wanted to own a bottle and have
Last week whilst doing my semi regular “We need something for tea, I need to go food shopping” mercy dash to Sainsburys I was driven into. It couldn’t have been a more ridiculous car accident. I was stationary, waiting to turn right off the main road and the man that hit me pulled away from the road I was turning into whilst I was sitting in front of him.
I love circles. Some of my favourite things are circles My wedding and engagement rings The rim of a glass full of gin My favourite plate from Barbados A mug of tea A glazed ring doughnut from Krispy Kreme Wagon Wheels Chocolate Digestives All circles. All on my favourite lists. But this week something else has joined the list, something I hadn’t even heard of until Sunday. The day I
