Tesalate sand-free beach towel review
Ad – gifted for review Choosing a towel for swimming or going to the beach isn’t always easy. For us, it’s the weight and how fast it dries because it’s likely to be used at the beach when we go…
Author: Emma
Mum of 1, farmer's wife and living a guilt free family lifestyle with a school child.
Diet progress and my keto meals for week 4
Week 4 on the keto diet and I’m 2 stone down, so great diet progress. I’ve adjust my first goal from October (I was being generous) to July ahead of going camping. My weight loss will slow to a more…
Wasgij Destiny 16 Old Time Rockers puzzle and solution
Although we’re now (hopefully soon) coming out the other side of winter, I’m still on the jigsaw puzzles. Usually I’ve finished doing them for the winter by now, but I’m a bit hooked on the Wasgij ones. After a blip…
Project 52 2020 Week 5 – blue skies
Week 5 of Project 52, and we’ve had some lovely blue skies to end the week. It’s made up for all the miserable grey skies. Here’s what we’ve been up to. On Sunday, I spent a relaxing day while the…
School days: Year 4 in January
January’s been a bit of an odd month. There’s quite a lot going on, but the weather has cancelled things, or there’s been changes in people which meant routines that have been in place for a couple of years have…
Keeping children entertained the cheeky way (for free)
When you have children you don’t always want to be stuck at home. You don’t want to spend a fortune entertaining children either. I get cabin fever after a while and I’m sure children do too. Going out doesn’t have…
Keto diet week 3 plus meal ideas
I’m a little behind on my diet updates. This week was a harder one – too much nice stuff around, so I did have nibbles on the lemon pudding I made for Sunday pudding (delicious as always, but it tasted…
Gravitrax review – the contemporary marble run
Children love to build things and there are more toys out there than ever before, outside of the ever popular Lego and Knex. If you remember Marble Run from the 80s, you’ll want to try Gravitrax and get your children…
Project 52 2020 Week 4 – tulip petal
Week 4 of Project 52 for 202, and it’s been a busy one at work with lots of reports published around my project. And then just a week left until our event. On Sunday it was N’s birthday party. He…
Keto diet week 2 and how it’s going
Two weeks into my ‘aiming for’ keto diet, lunches are proving a little boring. When the weather’s cold, I want stodge and hot food not cold salads, but we’re limited on reheating in the microwaves. It means I’m eating a…
9th birthday and the birthday interview
I now have a 9 year old. As I’m sure all parents say, time whizzes by (and I’m sure it goes faster when you’ve got children). N’s surely into tween age now, although so far he’s remained level headed, with…