I was recently asked if I would like to try some curtains from a range of ready made curtains from The Natural Curtain Company and to talk about the view through my window, good or bad! As our living room window faces due south we get lots of natural light throughout the day as… Read More
In July I… Started work again after maternity leave. I’ll write more about this soon probably. Started being a lot pickier with what I chose to take on blog wise. I am declining a lot of review offers as I was finding blogging was becoming a chore and not a fun hobby. I’ve also stopped… Read More
Athena is loving playing in the make-shift den I built her a few days ago. When she was having her morning nap I opened up a folding table, popped her bean bag chair and some cushions in and flung a spare sheet over it all. I set up her crawl-tunnel (an ikea bargain!) so it… Read More
I used to do a lot more baking in the pre-baby days, when I could take all my baked goods into work and hand them out to avoid eating all the calories myself. Then Athena came along and apart from her Christening and Birthday cakes I reckon I’ve only baked once a month at best!… Read More
Clearly I am not heading back to school, but getting a new rucksack has made me feel a bit like I used to at the end of the summer term. I had 6 weeks ahead of me stretching out… yet I used to get a new bag, shoes, pencil case and stationery in the… Read More
I can’t work out whether I am more or less body confident than I was pre-baby. I think I am more confident, well, most of the time. My body is definitely different, I have bigger boobs and a saggier belly. My legs are much the same size wise but I have faint stretch marks on my… Read More
Currently I Am: Sat on the sofa with my laptop. The windows are wide open and I’ve just put up a new pair of curtains! Sam is out at a friend’s house and Athena is fast asleep. Reading: I’ve just started reading a new book, The 100 ft Journey. I am mega behind on blog reading, but will… Read More
Vanilla Salt is the debut novel from Ada Parellada, a respected chef. It follows the story of Annette and Alex, their past and their present, and their struggles to keep their restaurant afloat (but for different reasons!) The character of Alex is a typical chef (I should know, I’ve worked with lots as a hotel… Read More
On Easter Monday after suffering from three days of excruciating tooth ache I was gobsmacked for another reason, I found out I had won a Cosatto Giggle on Frithas blog Tigerlily Quinn ! I was over the moon, as you can imagine! We’ve now been using our Giggle for three months so I… Read More
We had a fairly small gathering for Athena’s first birthday, to be honest she didn’t really know that it was her birthday or that everyone was gathered for her! We’ve decided to push the boat out a little bit more for next year as she’ll have made friends at nursery and all her other little… Read More