We have a few Christmas traditions in our house – festive music while we trim the tree, a family trip to a the singalong at the Liverpool Philharmonic, plenty of sloe gin for me – but this year, we’ll have a new one to follow.…
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Sometimes you visit somewhere and you find a little gem of a shop that you just have to go in. I’ll admit I’m a bit of a product junkie and when I peeked through the window of The Bath House in Bowness-on-Windermere I knew I…
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Our kitchen/dining area has come a long way since we bought this house six years ago. The kitchen and dining room were separate, and both were very dated with 70s style patterned carpets, anagylpta on the walls and one beautiful – but rotten – wooden…
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We spent some time up in the Lake District last week, staying with my parents in a house in Bowness-on-Windermere. It was such a breath of fresh air and felt like a real chance to take a bit of time out as things have been,…
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Good morning and welcome to November, officially deep into Autumn and full-on winter coat and central heating on weather. So how was your Halloween? We had a great time at my cousin’s house, where we had a surprise party for my auntie’s birthday. It was…
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Well with October being the month of Halloween, and Sam loving fancy dress as much as he does, our family portrait really had to be like this, didn’t it? My son likes to pretend that he’s a cat, so he decided to ditch the vampire…
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As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, our skin can sometimes suffer as central heating dries it out and we see less daylight – I know my skin has started to look a bit sluggish and in need of a bit of…
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We’ve just come back from a lovely long weekend in the Lakes with my parents. Despite the weather forecast predicting biblical rain, we got away with just one or two moments of light drizzle and most of the time it was dry, not too cold…
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When you have more than one child it’s hard to find the time to dedicate to just one of them – and even harder I suppose when you’re a single parent like I guess I am now. My daughter, Florence, is two and as I…
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There are a few weeks yet until halloween but we’ve been getting some practice in early as it’s a favourite time of year for my son. He loves the whole ritual of getting dressed up to go trick or treating, and for the past three…
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Yesterday was some strange kind of anniversary. It marked three months since my husband died. Three months – where has that gone? Who would have thought I would have survived three months without him. Well I have, I am here, and although I’m getting by…
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If you like good food, enjoy cooking from scratch with really fresh ingredients but maybe need a little direction, then the Riverford recipe box is just the thing for you. I enjoy cooking though I’m not really the best at it. My husband was the…
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The new book by Eric Carle has proved a hit in our house – the upside down world of The Nonsense Show seems to make perfect sense to kids and the words and pictures have struck a chord like so many of his other stories.…
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This weekend we went to stay with one of my old school friends, as she was hosting a little get together for a few of us and our little ones at her gorgeous Yorkshire home. My parents still live in the town where I grew…
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My first in this series was published last month and it was pretty popular – and fun to put together – so I’m carrying it on this month. Here are five little things you can treat yourself to for under £5. Seeing as it’s October,…