What do they serve our children for school dinners? It’s been a hot topic ever since good ole Jamie Oliver exposed the short comings and the turkey twizzlers of school dinners. I have always taken a packed lunch so except for the annual Christmas dinner never got to see what the children had on their [...]
This post will not educate you. It will not make you deeply question your beliefs. And it will not provide you with any tips as to how to manage your life. It may or may not inspire your blog-writing. It will make you laugh. Especially if you are from Cheshire, Kent, the Cotswolds, or any [...]
We’re trialling a new LAB Bookmarks feature on the site at the moment. At the top of every post you’ll see a star icon with ‘Add to your LAB Bookmarks’ written beside it. If you click that it’ll save the post title and link on LAB to it on your ‘Your Bookmarks’ page which you [...]
For all who are feeling all patriotic here’s something rather nifty for you to turn your hands to. Lately I have read posts on making Union Jack bunting and icing Union Jack cakes biscuits, if like me you are feeling the effects of too much red, white and blue but want to get into the [...]
Save Every Step is a gorgeous blog written by the owner of the SaveEveryStep.com, a website where anyone can record their family’s defining moments on a timeline, with photos and stories. I often enjoy trawling through Helen’s (yes another Helen, but it’s a coincidence, and if your name’s Anita and I love your blog I’ll [...]
I love this post from new father Babberblog. It approaches the much discussed topic of parenting classes with a gigantic splash of humour. Brilliantly written in a way that makes you want to keep reading throughout. Lewis takes you through examples of different fathers and their imaginary opinions on what they are thinking about the classes. From James [...]
Every now and again I come across a post that I read. And then I go back the next day and read it again. And then the day after that I go back and read it yet again. A brilliant post. One that you hear other bloggers buzzing about for days. ‘Twitter is like‘ by [...]
I may not have an oven but I do love cooking – and eating and I’m a bugger for trying out new recipes. More often than not I tweak a recipe to suit my tastes and pass it on to a friend, who no doubt does the same again. When I came across a post [...]
Bernard has just pointed out to me that today is a seminal moment in the Keynko house. Sunday evenings have a routine to them and have had for many years. Dinner, last minute check on homework, school uniform, PE kit etc. Lazy soak in a bath and then an early night ‘cos the weekend is [...]
“Our life right now probably won’t seem very interesting to most outsiders. We’re in one of the in-betweens; waiting for the results of the last set of the appointments as we wait for the start of the next round. It’s an odd place to be, this in-between. We’re not quite anywhere, but rather on the [...]
With my lovely new camera and hobby of snapping away for my photography course I now have absolutely no excuse not to join in See it snap it love it hosted by Dear Beautiful Boy So seeing as though this week’s theme was fun and I am back from hols just in time to join [...]
I’m very excited to have recently received the rather gorgeous Sunshine Award from the lovely Fab40Foibles. The Sunshine Award is a lovely orange flower that bloggers give to other “bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere”. To have only been blogging for 3 months and to receive such lovely recognition from other [...]
The reality of my pregnancy settled in after a few days and it was strange, but within a week or two and over the weeks following I was already noticing changes. Like this?Read more… Recommended by AMummysView
Eight years ago the Husband (who was then The Boyfriend) and I moved into our flat. We’d been hunting for ages, been gazumped, been fed up and finally, in my lunch break one day I’d nipped in to the estate agent’s over the road and found The One. Bigger than any other place locally. Nice [...]
Found this old trunk at a yard sale for $3. A million coats of paint later, I’d say it’s $3 well spent Like this?Read more… Recommended by A Smith of All Trades
I’ve hardly touched my knitting this week, it’s far too hot for me to do anything much at the moment. Seems weird to be knitting a heavy Winter jumper in this heat. I have been doing some of my cross stitch again, which seems more in keeping with this weather. Like this?Read more… Recommended by [...]
A fantastic way of keeping your wedding memories: the wedding time capsule. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Feisty Tapas
Aunty Maggie is a knitting enthusiast and collects chickens (not real ones – the ornament version) so with chickens on my mind I set about my first card. A finger puppet chicken. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Mummy & Mimi
I love Cobb Salad, it’s simple but seriously tasty. Cobb Salad has been around since the 1930′s in L.A. when it was invented by Robert Cobb of the famous Brown Derby. Traditionally it includes lettuce, cheese, bacon, chicken, egg, avocado and tomato and I think that’s why I like it so much, a great combination [...]
This is an old post for the first cake I made in my slow cooker almost two years ago.I’m linking this post up to Mediocre Mum’s Slow Cooker Sunday Like this?Read more… Recommended by PLUS 2.4
It’s National Vegetarian Week and I’m sharing 7 salads on this weeks Viva Veg! linky.Come and have a browse and add your vegetarian and vegan recipes.Posts can be old or new. Like this?Read more… Recommended by PLUS 2.4
Have you ever watched Masterchef and thought how fantastic it would be to cook in a professional kitchen where all of the ingredients are set out, ready for you to get your hands on? Where every little dish, knife, board and utensil is just sitting there on the work top complete with a kitchen fairy [...]
Well I couldn’t let talk of picnics this summer go by without sharing a pudding with you. Especially when it’s in a rather patriotic red, white and blue. These individual no bake cheesecakes are just the ticket; quick, yummy and require very little effort. I decided to make mine in nutella jars. Do you keep [...]
Hunter was 9 years old and was staying with his grandfather for a few days. He’d been playing outside with the other kids, when he came into the house and asked , ‘Grandpa, what’s that called when two people sleep in the same bedroom and one is on top of the other?’ Like this?Read more… Recommended by Dribbling [...]
Fond memories of canine obedience classes. Like this?Read more… Recommended by fab40foibles
This is the car park over the road from my supermarket. It was carefully laid over the top of some Roman Baths. Yes. They found some Roman Baths. And decided the best plan was to carefully pop a car park over it like a concrete duvet. Genius….. Like this?Read more… Recommended by The Ramblings of a [...]
Actually Daddy goes spinny winny! Like this?Read more… Recommended by Mammasaurus
Good weather. Great innit? Um. Mostly. You know what’s not great? Bearing witness to those chomping away at a non-existent rung of economic contribution, who, having wobbled their way into two sizes too small garmentry, must then expose vast expanses of pasty, mottled, stretch marked, dimpled hide to my revolted eye. Unwittingly gazing upon the [...]
Here’s a random selection of my pictures, I always have a camera with me of one sort or another, as you never know when you will get that awesome shot… Like this?Read more… Recommended by Me, Myself and I
Silent Sunday #silentsunday Like this?Read more… Recommended by Herding Cats
This week when I told my son we were on the letter J he told me that it was for Joe his best friend. (you can see previous letter learning here). First I started with my youngest child and we did jumping then we played with the Jungle animals and we had jelly and played [...]
What do they serve our children for school dinners? It’s been a hot topic ever since good ole Jamie Oliver exposed the short comings and the turkey twizzlers of school dinners. I have always taken a packed lunch so except for the annual Christmas dinner never got to see what the children had on their [...]
I wish the azure blue skies and sweltering heat hadn’t arrived quite yet. Why? Because every teenager I know is revising for exams right now. And while the papers are full of annoying articles declaring that A levels and GCSEs have been dumbed down (not true, they’re just different), a generation of 16 to 18 [...]
I have been teaching my son about the alphabet (that post is still to come this week) and this week is the turn of J so as part of that we made a Union Jack for the Jubilee out of Lego. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Pinkoddy’s Blog
We had acquired a wicker coffee table last year, which I had painted white and put in our old bathroom as a stool for Jake to brush his teeth and wash his hands. Now we’ve moved we no longer need one. Ive recently been creating a new play space for Jake (and Poppy as she [...]
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