Athena’s 10 (& a bit) month update

  So actually she’s 10 and a half months now, but hey, who’s counting? I won’t do another one of these till she’s a year old in June now anyway……

Days out: Amberley Museum

I have fond childhood memories of visiting the Amberley Museum with my mum when I was small, and then as a school trip in year 5 or 6 (I remember…

What’s in my changing bag for a 10 month old

  I’ve written before about how changing bags are the new handbag for me… I have a total of 5 changing bags but am currently using this Skip Hop bag.…

Recipe: Sausage and bean pasta #RespectThePasta

  Remember when I told you I was taking part in the #RespectThePasta challenge with Ask Italian? Well this is the 2nd challenge… to create a pasta dish and share…

S/S trends with Trevor Sorbie Brighton

A couple of weeks ago I headed to Trevor Sorbie in the Lanes. They had invited people along to learn about the new trends in colour and style and to…

Annoyances: Miserable shop workers

Okay, before anyone tells me or gets annoyed because they were/are someone that works on the tills in retail please know that I have only felt the need to write…

Negatives & positives – a Linkup

I feel like I’ve moaned a lot on social media recently about various things, but i’m going to do a little more of it because I can! [edit] after chatting…

Ask Italian #RespectThePasta

Ask Italian have launched a new campaign to get people to #RespectThePasta. They feel that pasta is too often taken for granted, undercooked and undervalued. They think Pasta needs love…

Book review & giveaway: Beautiful Day

I was sent Beautiful Day by Kate Anthony to review from Penguin and read it in 2 days, no mean feat when most of my reading was done in the…

Peak District: Bakewell & Pooles cavern

We drove up to Derbyshire on Saturday from the south coast, arriving oat out holiday apartment in Litton in the early evening. The apartment we’ve rented is amazing. The living…