Flu is a truly horrible thing. Contrary to what a lot of people think, it isn’t just a bad cold. It’s a lot worse. You ache, right down to your fingers, you’re shivery, feverish, and you don’t want to get out of bed. Most of us at least get a nasty cold over winter time,…
Six months pregnant sounds a bit official really, doesn’t it? I like to think of it as the time you can use it to your advantage-you know make excuses for things like forgetting your name and you children’s date of birth. Since my last update, I feel like the bump itself has blossomed. At my…
The weather has turned and it is now time to think of readying our many animals for the cold and dark winter. Here are some of the things we do. 1.Get coats. Many young animals would benefit from a coat. I’ve seen calf coats for sale at the back of the farming papers. I…
Gestational diabetes is on the rise. With ageing parents and the lifestyles we lead, more and more women are being diagnosed. I had polycystic ovaries in my early 20s which is also more of a risk factor-something to do with how you produce insulin. I wasn’t particularly over weight when I got pregnant with Boo…
Sleep. It’s like the holy grail of parenting. Most of us would like more and are not getting enough. My two are not too bad but we are a family of early risers. It must be the farmer gene running through them. It has been 6am for months, years even and I can cope with…
This week I could hardly believe my eyes. People have actually been putting their Christmas decorations up. In mid-November. Now before you accuse me of being a Christmas scrooge, I am the biggest fan of Christmas. Ever. However even I think it is too early. Here’s why. 1.Everyone does a big clean before the decorations…
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. It seems how the uproar about whether certain magazines can promote low self esteem in teenagers has moved on. Now blogs can promote low self-esteem in everybody. No one escapes. You have fashion bloggers wearing amazing clothes every day. Beauty bloggers looking amazing all the time. Parent…
Browsing through my feed on Instagram the other day, it struck me how we are living with an actual dare devil on a daily basis. Before he could even walk, G was getting into mischief. He has always pulled off his socks-so much so that on especially cold days, I totally flummox him and…
We can have a good run of weather here up to the end of October but, once November kicks in, colder weather certainly makes its presence known. In my life, this means one thing. Less clothes drying opportunities. I hate winter. When you have children-babies and young children especially, the amount of washing you have…
Thinking of new ideas for meals can be a nightmare at any time of the day but for some reason, I feel especially challenged at lunch time. Who doesn’t get caught up in a same-old-sandwich rut sometimes? Recently though, Primula sent me a lovely selection of spread cheeses to try and raise me out of…