Monthly Archives

March 2015

  • Family

    Party time with Feather Grey

    It was my birthday on Saturday and although things are not quite as joyful as I’d like this year with my husband being so poorly, I wanted to try to keep…

  • Family

    What writing a blog has taught me

       This week marks a year since I started writing this blog. I actually signed up for my first free blog account in 2012, but only wrote two posts before I…

  • Family, Loss

    Cancer, kindness and cake

      This post could also have been called Eat, Pray, Love as that’s what it’s all about. I’ve had without doubt the worst week of my life. We’ve been trying to…

  • Family, Loss

    Finally, a diagnosis…

    On Wednesday we were told my husband has cancer. The next day was our wedding anniversary. The day after that, we were told the cancer had spread.  How do you take…

  • Family

    Ella’s epilepsy helped by high-fat diet

    For most parents, getting their children to eat healthily is a daily challenge, what with persuading fussy eaters to finish their five-a-day and steering them away from too many calorie-laden snacks…

  • Food

    Quinola and Rebel Kitchen giveaway

    Finding tasty, convenient food for little ones isn’t always easy, especially if you’re hard-pressed to make something from scratch, so when I was asked if I wanted to try out these…

  • Family

    Looking up and down

    I’ve written before about how my little girl loves to be close to me all the time, clinging to my leg being one of her favourite things (especially when I’ve got other…

  • Uncategorized

    March, you suck!

    I’m having a wobble this week. I’ve been trying to keep a brave face on things but it’s just not staying put. Sadly my husband is still in hospital and things…

  • Family

    Puss in Boots – World Book Day

    The day my son has been waiting for for weeks has arrived, it’s World Book Day and I’ve sent him off to school dressed as Puss in Boots. I know the…

  • Blog

    Blog party

    I’ve been blogging for nearly a year now, and in that time I have learnt so much and made some really good friends along the way. When I started out, I…

  • Sunday Stars

    Sunday Stars

    It’s my turn to host the Sunday Stars blog linky this week, along with Katie from Mami 2 Five who I actually met in person last weekend. Until now, we’ve just…