When parenting turns you into an teary person
I used to be quite hardy. Until I lived in a girls boarding house for 2 years, turned soppy and would cry at more things than I ever would have done before. But I did have history. As a child…
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Home Decor Trends for 2018
This is a collaborative post Everyone wants a comfortable and practical home, but we also want it to be stylish. Trends come and go so fast that keeping up with them can be impossible. What you need is a comprehensive…
Foobot – the smart indoor air quality monitor
Ever since I was young, I’ve always been interested in monitoring and figures. Weird I know, but I’m a numbers person. The monitoring interest stems from a radon monitor that all houses on our new estate were sent because we…
Where to buy colourful boys clothes over age 6
Buying boys clothes isn’t the easiest once they hit 6 years old, or move out of ‘toddler’ or younger boy clothes ranges. If you’re buying on the high street, you go from having colourful options, to having ranges full of…
Quirky kitchen gadgets – useful and the not so useful
We all have our quirks, and our favourite shops. It seems bloggers mostly like stationery (can’t beat a good notebook, even if they’re just to look good in photos), but one of my favourites is Lakeland. Mostly for the fun,…
Ways to reduce stress and sleep better
If anyone says they don’t get stressed they probably don’t mean it. Or maybe they don’t realise it. Because everyone sees stress in different ways. I’m one of those people who doesn’t think they really get stressed, but people I…
Go to recipe books for busy mums
As we grow up, we go through phases of cooking and meal preparation. From uni where you probably have a handful of meals you cook (spaghetti bolognese, jacket potatoes and stir fries were my staples), through to more exciting experimental…
Trying a new eatery – The Alchemist Oxford
Review of the restaurant bar The Alchemist Oxford in the Westgate Centre. Great for cocktails but also for children’s menus and service
Classic meatloaf recipe variation with added vegetables
Meatloaf is one of those random dishes that unless you’ve had it as a child, you probably don’t really come across. It feels quite old fashioned to me, and isn’t the prettiest but it’s tasty and low effort. And you…
Raw chocolate recipe from start to finish
I might be on a strict diet at the moment, but my brother turned up the other day to let us try some of his homemade raw chocolate. N was straight in and loved it, I held off a couple…
Winter hair care – static hair solutions
Everyone seems to bemoan their hair, however nice it is. Some would prefer curly hair, others would like straight. On the whole I don’t mind mine, but it would be nice to have less grey without dying it, be less…
