I am a lazy cook… and not a very good one, either. I replaced my broken slow cooker right before Christmas though, and was determined to use it a lot… so I have been. Here is a really simple recipe for sausage and bacon casserole that tastes amazing… Read more…
Sabina is a college student, traveller, blogger and photographer. You can find her blog at VictimtoCharm.com. This is a day in Sabina’s life… My alarm went off at 7:35 AM. I always set it ten minutes before I actually have to be up. I’ve found that ten minutes is Read more…
S’s nursery broke up for Christmas on 19th December. As two weeks alone with a toddler stretched out before me, I will admit to feeling a little apprehensive. I did my best to get on top of my workload before the holidays, so that I wouldn’t have to Read more…
I spoke to the Sunday Times this week about S being an only child. Apparently families with only children are on the rise, and at present 47% of families have only one child. I know lots of people who have taken the decision to have only one child, for lots Read more…
I seem to have started a tradition of monthly challenges. It started when I gave up interacting on social media for Lent. Then, in September, I gave up eating sugar. In October, there was the #OctoberLetters project, where I sent a letter each day (actually by the end of Read more…
My month of selfies is over! At the start of the challenge, my plan was to get so used to posting selfies, I would be less petrified of having photos of myself published. Until December, I did occasionally post selfies… but they were usually the result of my taking Read more…
2014 is nearly over. A little while ago I wrote a post about how easy it can be to get caught up in what’s going on right now, and forget that the end of the world is not upon us. It’s safe to say that right now I am Read more…
Rosie Hill blogs at Eco-Gites of Lenault. She and her family have lived in France since 2007, and opened Eco-Gites of Lenault, a family-friendly holiday cottage, in 2010. Her blog covers a wide variety of subjects from parenting to France, green issues, animals, gardening, cooking and life on the Read more…
This morning, the above photo came up on my Timehop. It’s from two years ago today. The below is the story of what happened on that day. It’s raining. When we woke up this morning, the roof had leaked again, and I had to call the council repairs department. Our Read more…
My challenge for December is to post a selfie on social media every day. I’m three weeks in now, and nearing the end of my challenge. This week, I’ve been ill all week… as you can probably tell from the photos. I promise I’ve not been wearing this scarf Read more…
Last week I reviewed Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon. In my review I mentioned that while reading that book, I spent a lot of time Googling things and buying related books. This is one of those books: As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Read more…
AB InBev’s SmartBarley℠ enables UK Barley farmers to lower their environmental impact The SmartBarley℠ Initiative established by AB InBev will allow farmers to compare their barley production with other growers around the world, enabling them to tweak their production using other farmers insights. Although this will be the first time Read more…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about how since we moved, S has been a lot closer to Ted than ever before. I was worried that she was relying on him for comfort so much. I felt that I must be failing as a mother, that she Read more…
Alison Cragg blogs at Messed Up Mum, a lifestyle and beauty blog. She is a twenty-six-year-old, recently single parent of one. Josh was born in May 2013. This is a day in her life… I’ve agreed to do a guest post about how my usual day goes as I did Read more…
Suddenly, seemingly from nowhere (for nowhere, read probably nursery), S is pointing out letters and numbers. She’s been able to recognise the number 8 for a while, and enjoys pointing it out wherever she sees it. I thought that was a one-off though, because it’s kind of distinctive. The other day, Read more…
What do you do in case of a financial emergency? In my pre-S days, an emergency tended to go along the lines of “omg, I’ve had such a bad day, I absolutely must go shopping immediately.” Or perhaps, “wow, I really need a holiday…” The days, my financial emergencies are Read more…