A lifestyle blog
I am sick of it. And why am I telling you this? Because KT Hopkins has reared her head again this week. Doing what I can only refer to as fat shaming. Because, presumably, she has nothing better to do. For the past four months she has been filling her face to put on weight. And now has been parading her new body across the media
Well I could have taken a photo of our back to school preparations but, well, we haven’t done any yet. And when we do there won’t be much to show. This term is the first that I only have one child in school. Now that J is no longer at college and is working, and C continues to work, I only have E in school.
Is there any sight more sad at 9am on a Sunday morning than the car you have loved being driven off your drive? I think not. I can honestly say that we have loved driving this car over the summer and learned alot about Hybrid technology. To be honest I didnt’ know an awful lot about how Hybrids worked and was very sceptical about the fuel savings and
That picture up there is of my best friend friend, Jo, or Mrs Cooke as I always call her, and her husband, taken on our recent holiday to France. Mrs Cooke is a highly respected teacher so I always call her that, she is even in my phone under as Mrs Cooke and when she rings me the screen displays “Mrs” as though that is her actual first name.
I long for weekends. They are like the little shining beacon at the end of the week long road. Saying “just get to me and you have survived another five days”. No 6.30am alarm call to wake me up, but a chance to lie in bed and relax. In fact I have a vision of my perfect Saturday morning. A vision I see every
You might not have heard of Benihana and their amazing Japanese food, which to be honest is a HUGE shame. And if you are a blogger I would like to put that right by inviting you to come along to a little celebration I am helping them to organise. First of all, some background. Benihana was first opened in New York, in 1964 by Rocky Aoki who pioneered “Teppanyaki”, chefs combining
“Sum up your summer in one picture” asks Tara Cain for the Gallery this week. Well that is far from easy is it?! Though Tara does admit that it could be tricky. Our summer seems to have flown by. We have had A levels and J making the decision that he is not going to uni. C continuing to battle the landlord from hell and eventually telling
Harry Potter and the things we haven’t seen beforet seen before We decided to have a day out last weekend so I could finally meet eldest daughter’s boyfriend’s mum, Rachael. A lovely lady I have heard lots about but had yet to meet. There was only one place for this meet up: a pub for lunch. Actually that isn’t strictly true. The main focus of the day
You must have been living under a rock if you haven’t heard of the latest viral fund raising challenge to sweep the world. Social media is full of this one. Started as a fund raising idea for ALS as it is known in the US, or MND in the UK, the idea is a painfully simple one. Get challenged to have an ice bucket of water and
You know what it is like when you get a new piece of kit, you stare at it for days, putting off the inevitable faff of setting it all up. Well I needn’t have worried with this one. The HP Envy Printer that we recently received to review was a doddle. There are no wires or cables as you connect it to your home wi-fi system so you
You know sometimes something comes along that makes you scream “OH MY GOD I HAVE TO HAVE THAT” and you get that tingly feeling on the back of you neck when you try it out? Well that is what happened to me with the Livescribe smartpen. It is a concept so simple, yet so brilliant, I kind of wish I had thought of it myself. And if you are
I can hear you saying “what? I thought this was a gardening linky. What is she doing talking about Thorpe Park”. Well let me explain Since I have been joining in, albeit sporadically, with this linky, I have become more aware of gardens. Of shrubs. And of hanging baskets around town. I have found myself thinking “hmmm that would make a really nice blog post” and merrily snapping away
