Things We Love: June

19 June

How did it get to be the end of June already?! Madness… I’m off to BritMums Live this weekend, and then we’re spending some time in Scotland, so I’m just squeezing in my June review roundup while I have the chance. As ever, any review items I’ve been sent are noted in the disclosure statement [...]

Carnival Bundt Cake

19 June

A few weeks ago Dr Oetker asked me whether I would like to review some of their products. I owned up that I used lots of their goodies anyway, including their legendary cake release spray. I never make a bundt without the stuff! Last weekend our WI group had a cake stall at Horwich Carnival, [...]

And they’re gone!

19 June

So they’re gone. All of them. Except for Pushkin that is. Erica from 92three30 had a friend who was looking for two kittens for her daughter and she came to pick up Tabitha and Stripey today. Talya went yesterday to live with a school friend of Flower’s. And look what Erica’s friend gave us to [...]

The Handmade Home: Knitting in a Free World!

19 June

A few days ago, my beau’s younger brother made an off-the-cuff comment about knitting. I can’t remember exactly how it was termed, but the particulars included something to do with knitting being for both the ‘sad’ and the ‘old’. I perked up at this, defending us young, hip knitters and I was temporarily excused for [...]

Happy Skin with Lush Dream Cream

19 June

There are so many reviews on Internet about this product… Dream Cream is a body&hand lotion. This is the Nr 1 best-selling Lush product of all time, the master-product for the sensitive skin. I don’t have sensitive skin but you know how in the summer is: the hair gets dry, the skin gets dry, under [...]

Pigeon Pair and Me: Clothing crisis

19 June

to every mother (whatever the number of children), there comes a day when you need to move on from maternity clothes. That day is a tough one. Here is what you will find*: gone are the days of leisurely shopping trips. In their place, you will find yourself grabbing desperately at the mismatching garments flanking [...]

All Year Round Blog Carnival: Summer

18 June

Today I’m excited to announce the beginning of the All Year Round Blog Carnival: Summer, a collection of summer posts sharing seasonal thoughts, pictures, activities, crafts, recipes, books, art, nature study, projects, celebrations and more. You are invited to join us and link up your old and new summer posts (maximum 5 posts a day [...]

Now I Understand…

18 June

I’ve just spent the last half an hour staring at the laptop screen wondering what to write. I thought I knew what I wanted to say, but… So let’s go back to basics! Stream of consciousness stuff and all that! Here goes! Like this?Read more… Recommended by Lost In Blaenavon

How to take you own pregnancy photos

18 June

Taking pictures of my (ever expanding) bump wasn’t something I really planned on doing until recently. There are no pictures of me pregnant with The Toddler. Well, ok, I’ve found one, but it’s at about 14 weeks and I just look a bit like I’ve had dinner. I’m not super self conscious about my body, but I think that, [...]

Special Needs Jungle

18 June

Last Saturday, Debs and I visited The Autism Show at London’s Excel. Poor Debs fell over the dog a couple of days earlier and has her wrist in a splint so my long-suffering husband, Marco, came along as chief wheelchair-pusher and photographer, so thank you to him for putting up with my constant requests to go, [...]

Special Needs Jungle

18 June

Last Saturday, Debs and I visited The Autism Show at London’s Excel. Poor Debs fell over the dog a couple of days earlier and has her wrist in a splint so my long-suffering husband, Marco, came along as chief wheelchair-pusher and photographer, so thank you to him for putting up with my constant requests to go, [...]

Special Needs Jungle

18 June

Last Saturday, Debs and I visited The Autism Show at London’s Excel. Poor Debs fell over the dog a couple of days earlier and has her wrist in a splint so my long-suffering husband, Marco, came along as chief wheelchair-pusher and photographer, so thank you to him for putting up with my constant requests to go, [...]