As I’m a single parent, Mother’s Day tends to be a bit of a non event in our house. S is three, so not old enough to go to the shops and get me a card. When Snapfish contacted me about reviewing some of their products for Mother’s Day, Read more…
Anyone who has followed this blog or my social media accounts will know that we have not been doing much sleeping lately. Since Christmas S has had trouble sleeping, and we’ve often been found at 3am watching The Snowman yet again. We’re both completely knackered and fed up with it! Read more…
Last May I wrote this post about adding butter to my morning coffee. I had read about Bulletproof coffee a long while ago, and began adding butter to my coffee… then I decided to try out Intermitent Fasting (IF), where you only eat during a set window of time each Read more…
CBeebies has a new magazine out; Andy’s Amazing Adventures is aimed at 3-6 year olds and based on Andy Day’s three hit TV shows… S loves magazines; she especially loves magazines that comes with toys attached to the front. She was really excited when this one came through the door Read more…
S is obsessed with vacuuming. I’m not sure why, but she loves it; I’m not allowed to vacuum anywhere in the flat without letting her have a go. When this Henry Hand Held Vacuum Set arrived she was very pleased. Even more so, when she realised we could put batteries Read more…
S was very excited when this Peppa Pig Grandpa Pig’s Boat Construction Set arrived. Like most children her age, she is bonkers for Peppa Pig. Because I am a sensible mummy, I got the box out on a day when De Af was there, and it was her job to Read more…
January is over – but many of us are still dragging ourselves through that winter funk… Just because January is behind us, doesn’t mean we’re all suddenly over our January blues – they’ve just changed into February blues for many of us! I hate cold, wet weather – and that’s Read more…
These days more and more parents are opting to have some form of private tuition for their children. Back when I was young, things like taking the 11+ or getting passable GCSEs weren’t really such a big deal – but these days, children begin training to take their 11+ exam Read more…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a big fan of Kerry Fisher. I reviewed The School Gate Survival Guide when it was originally released as The Class Ceiling and more recently, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading The Island Escape. I’m really excited to be part of the cover reveal for her Read more…
Over the Christmas break I was watching a Periscope where the lady listed Hands Free Life by Rachel Macy Stafford as one of the top 10 books she’d read in 2015. This is a lady who tends to read at least a book each week so I knew the book must Read more…
Hands up if you’re tired? I really am at the moment; S has not been sleeping well since just after Christmas. She often wakes several times in the night, or will wake up and be unable to get back to sleep for several hours. A new thing for the last Read more…
I was excited to be asked to review a pair of women’s boots from Trespass. These turned up just in time for the cold weather, and I’m in love with them! You can see from the photo above that the front toe is already a little scuffed – because Read more…
When I’d finished reading the book I reviewed last week, I had that feeling you get when you finish a book and feel a bit like “oh, what should I read now…” While searching for another book to read, I stumbled upon Dark Places by Gillian Flynn and thought I’d Read more…
I’ve just finished reading a brilliant book about a woman who gets a knock on the head, and wakes up thinking it’s ten years ago. She is shocked by all the things that have changed about her life, and about who she has become. Like all great books, it got Read more…
At the end of 2015, Crystal Paine did a Periscope where she listed her top 10 books of the year, and one of those books was What Alice Forgot by Liane Moirarty. It sounded intriguing, and I was looking for something to read at the time so I got it Read more…
S was delighted to be sent this Casdon toy Morphy Richards microwave, kettle and toaster. She’s really into role play and loves to “make” meals and drinks for me so she was super excited when this arrived. The set comprises: Microwave: This requires batteries; it makes electronic noises when you Read more…