Tweet It’s been a busy week this week. I spent the weekend decorating Eldest’s bedroom, watched Youngest’s football match and ironing. Work has been pretty busy too, as usual before half term, and I feel a bit like I have rushed from one thing to the next, just trying to remember all the things I […]
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Perfectly Imperfect
Tweet Magazines, television, internet, Facebook…. it all has a lot to answer for. It’s way too easy to look at people’s snapshots of their lives and see their perfect family, perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect life, perfect them. Magazines and TV can be more easily rationalised as untrue – everyone knows models are airbrushed – […]
A Very Northern Christmas Party
Tweet Following on from my Booths Christmas preview event post, I promised to give you some of the finer details in separate posts. I thought I’d start by giving you some pointers for hosting the perfect Christmas party. The range of party food on offer from Booths, supplied by both Gazebo Foods and Frank Dale, […]
Snow Leopard And Cub Cake
Tweet It was J’s birthday, and as he’s still snow leopard-mad, he requested (and by requested, I mean drew a design for and left it lying around the kitchen were he knew I would see it) a cake with a snow leopard on. His little face lit up when he saw it recreated with the […]
It’s All About YOU!
Tweet Unless you’ve been living in a hole for the past few weeks, you can’t have failed to see Jamie Oliver touting his new book “Everyday Superfood“, along with his series of the same name. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying trying out the delicious, nutritious but surprisingly simple recipes he’s come up with, and particularly admire his […]
Thankful Thursday
Tweet In keeping with my reasons to be cheerful attitude, I thought I’d share a few things that I am grateful for this week. Dirty clothes I have piles of washing every day, because I am lucky enough to have two wonderful, active boys, who like nothing more than playing football or rugby, and being […]
A Very Northern Family Christmas
Tweet I consider myself very lucky to live in a totally beautiful part of the country (and, indeed, of the world). Nothing beats the feeling of the fresh Cumbrian air, gently blowing across your face at the top of a Lake District fell (okay, so perhaps the bracing gale nearly whipping you off your feet […]
Mindfulness, Positivity and Gratitude
Tweet I’ve been trying out a bit of mindfulness lately, taking time out to appreciate the good stuff, instead of getting so caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It might sound a bit hippy-ish (then again, I could always see myself as something of a hippy) and some people might consider […]
Well, hello. It’s been a while…Back to blogging
Tweet Actually it’s been way too long since I did any blogging, and I don’t suppose anyone is reading anyway, but after a heck of a year, I am going to try to reintroduce my little corner of escape into my life, if not anyone else’s. So much has happened in the past twelve months, […]
Country Living Christmas Fair…It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas
Tweet Yesterday I made a spur of the moment trip to Glasgow to have walk around the Country Living Country Fair. It’s not often that I spoil myself with a treat such as this, and I have to say, strange as it seemed to be doing something for me, without my children or husband in […]