As much as I hate cooking, I LOVE baking and dabbling with the ‘sweet stuff’. One thing I have always fancied having a go at myself but had never got around to was making Jam. On Sunday, Beanie Boy’s birthday of all days, I finally found the time to give it a whirl. I had … Read more
As a family, we believe it is important to look after our teeth and so we try our best to instil that into the Beans from a young age. For the longest time, I didn’t understand why people would want to use an electric toothbrush, I just thought people were lazy but the proof came … Read more
Sometimes when I write my blog posts I still feel like a ‘newbie’ wondering where my blog will take me, am I doing it right and how I can blog better? I sometimes stop and ask myself who I am? First and foremost, I am a wife, mother and daughter. They are the things that … Read more
I don’t know about you but I am LOVING the new series of the X Factor! I love that Cheryl is back and I think she and Mel work brilliantly together. Finally, the chemistry on the Judging Panel seems to fit – it’s not too bitchy, it’s not too twee and nice, they are mostly … Read more
I will hold my hands up from the start and say that I have been very lucky when it comes to my skin, I have never been an overly spotty person which is surprising to say that I’m actually quite lazy with regards to a skincare routine. Most of the time I only use water … Read more
When was the last time you tackled a jigsaw puzzle? I don’t mean a 4 and 8 piece one with your toddler, I mean a full-on 500+ piece jigsaw puzzle? We have completed a few photo puzzles which have been gifted to us over the years which were easy by comparison. For the past couple … Read more
Thanks to the chickenpox which plagued the start of our Summer holidays we didn’t get to spend as much time with our friends as we would have liked to but we managed to catch up with them before we were heading off for our final holiday of the Summer. On a cloudy afternoon we took … Read more
When it comes to gardening, I leave it all to Hubby. Don’t get me wrong, I love to see the garden looking nice but other than that, it’s his domain. The Beans (especially Little Bean) are starting to take a keen interest in it too, so I think it’s nice for them to have a … Read more
Do you ever get that feeling? Like you just want to crawl under a big soft duvet and sleep until the world around you has restored itself to a more agreeable state? I think I’m feeling a little jaded after the Summer holidays. They were a mixed bag really, on the whole I can say … Read more