Getting healthy
I love food. I love food that’s bad for you as well as nice healthy stuff, and I know what I’ve done in the past to lose a good amount of weight. Exercise lots and count calories, keeping a diary. …
Lifestyle
School dinners vs packed lunches
Last week, there were indignant voices from parents and others about proposals that schools should ban packed lunches (ok, so I’m behind…) I’m all for making life easy as a parent, and having good school lunches would definitely do that. …
My experience of Daylong support tights and socks
However good a pregnancy you have or how glowing you are, it’s rarely flattering and can provide some uncomfortable situations. I class myself as lucky as I had an easy and uneventful pregnancy, but many aren’t as lucky. Years previously…
Reviews: Local restaurants – Banbury area
On a mission to get more involved with the Collective Bias community I’m a part of, I agreed to take part in their first Social Fabric blog hop. I happily signed up thinking ‘ooh great, I get to write my…
Great British Summer – Wimbledon, Strawberries and Bombay Sapphire
As part of a sponsored shoppertunity with Collective Bias, I was asked to go British and enjoy those typically summer activities…Wimbledon, strawberries, along with Bombay Sapphire. I’m a big tennis fan having played a lot when I was younger, and…
Review: Tangle Teezer
I don’t often treat myself to something new on the hair and beauty front, mainly because I stock up on 3 for 2 so end up spending ages using them all up. But I do struggle with tangly hair. Seriously…
Danger – toddler cooking
Hmm, well not the actual toddler cooking, but the toddler’s ‘food’. We have an Aga. It’s great, not only for food but also for drying clothes, warming yourself etc. There’s no way N would be able to open the doors…
Jigsaw storage
As like lots of other children, N has a lot of toys with little bits and pieces. They get removed from the boxes, not one at a time, but two or three at a time (I’ve not yet managed to…
Crafty make: upcycling t-shirts into a scarf
I’ve had a couple of scarf pins on my Pinterest for a while now, but haven’t yet got round to making them. Given I’ve also had a bit of a de-clutter from my drawers and have got rid of a…
Being pregnant and going natural
Today, I’ve got a guest post for you from Katie, a US blogger who blogs at Moore from Katie, with her thoughts on going natural through pregnancy. I have to admit, that pre-pregnancy I was quite healthy, ate well etc,…
Shopping and cooking with Flora Buttery
This week I’ve been shopping and cooking with Flora as part of a sponsored Collective Bias shop. In our family we’re a bit torn with spreads and butters…the OH is strictly butter (and it has to be British), while I…