I have read so many blog posts about Manchester in the wake of the Arena bombing. Moving accounts of the city that belongs to so many people. Embed from Getty Images I have thought long and hard about Manchester. My Manchester and the journey we have taken together. This blog post will no doubt show…
Living on the farm, we are used to creatures great and small. Hubster often jokes that even our garden is a hive of activity. From the farm cats who like to tease the dog, to escaped chickens, goats, ducks, even a newt. Miaow! I love our farm cat. We rehomed her because she climbed her…
I first came across Rebecca Scott, on Twitter because her farm business is about ten miles aways from me. The farming community is a small one and the name Snoutwood TrottersSnoutwood Trotters kept popping up. I had arranged to go and meet the pigs myself but always having my entourage of three small children who…
Graduation season means graduation parties to celebrate these life milestones and accomplishments. They often mark the end of your educational path and the start of your career and adulthood. Whether you’re celebrating a high school graduation, college graduation or other achievement, the next question is how to throw the perfect graduation party. Here are seven…
Being a mum automatically makes you thirsty because you never have time to drink. Night feeds however make you even more thirsty than usual and it can become some kind of vicious circle. You drink, you need the loo. You get the raging thirst, you drink, you need the loo. If you’ve never experienced night…
Around 10 years ago, companies began to offer consumers the chance to buy a gift card that was just as good as cash, to use at another time. Gift cards quickly became an easy way for someone to spend money at their favorite store without having to use their own money. The gift card market…
If your child has ever been ill or has a chronic illness, the chances are, you hope that there is a cure. Unfortunately for many children in the UK, there is no cure for certain things. Yet. Last March, Alder HeyAlder Hey and the University of Liverpool officially opened the first phase of a state-of-the-art…
It’s been a funny old month for the siblings. It started off with Easter which was lovely. The older two had a great time with Boo being off school. We planned an Easter egg hunt but the weather on Easter Sunday was very wet so we opted for an indoor hunt instead. I was a…
The blogging world has become a bit seasonal in the last couple of years. I suppose it always was in terms of written content but recently, with the growth of Instagram, we are all about the seasonal photo. Our children in cute reindeer and penguin outfits at Christmas-carefully posed in front of alpine fir trees…
There may already be lots of occasions throughout the year when we give or receive presents, but as lovely and appreciated as Christmas, birthday and Valentine’s Day gifts are, there’s nothing quite as exciting as gifting something to yourself. Reasons to be Indulgent Choosing to buy yourselves anniversary gifts mean you get exactly what you…