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    Family friendly Easter events in and around London

    March 14, 2018 - By 

    The Spring term seems to be speeding past and we are already counting down until the Easter holidays. Life is incredibly full and busy but I know I need to start planning a fun Easter holidays for my two. We love to explore our local area and have been busy looking for family friendly days out and Easter events in our local area of Middlesex and further afield into London. We all love going to special Easter events in West London. Our fingers are crossed for warmer weather so we can get out and about. There are loads of family friendly…

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    Discovery Adventures and the Land Rover Discovery Sport

    October 7, 2017 - By 

    I’m not quite sure where the week has gone but I’m finally sitting down to write and tell you about our adventures last weekend. We were kindly loaned a brand spanking new Land Rover Discovery Sport for the weekend! This may have been our most exciting blogging adventure yet. Ok, so I drive. But you probably don’t know that I’m a really awful, anxious driver. I drive my kids to their after school clubs but I find no pleasure in driving. So I laughed a little when Land Rover contacted me and immediately texted my husband. He loves cars so…

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    Monday happy things

    April 6, 2015 - By 

    I feel a little late posting my Monday happy things but we’ve had a busy long weekend away. Now we’re happily back at home and unpacked and I feel I have a few moments to reflect on last week. – I loved watching my 3 year old decorate her Easter bonnet. She chose a pretty purple straw hat and decorated it with felt animals from Hobbycraft. This year she really enjoyed taking part in the Easter bonnet parade at her nursery. – Over the Easter weekend we ate at The Bell in Rode which was lovely. We found out we…

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    Win with Duracell

    July 18, 2013 - By 

    It seems that I’m not alone in having a bucket list. Apparently over half of the UK has a bucket-list of lifelong goals, whether it’s to row across the ocean or simply learn how to cook dinner for two without setting the kitchen on fire! However, as I well know, chasing those goals isn’t always so easy. To better understand what powers the people of the UK to pursue their dreams, Duracell carried out a nationwide survey – discovering that only 4% of Brits have achieved their bucket-list goals. Money (71%), time (44%) and motivation (19%) are cited as the…

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    My Day Zero challenge is over

    June 16, 2013 - By 

    I’m actually quite pleased to say that the Day Zero challenge I started on the 19 September 2010 has finished. It seems a long time ago but my 1001 days are over. I haven’t quite completed my list but it’s 87% finished, which is good enough. Time to start something new for me. This year has been busy with the house move and adjusting to our new life in suburbia. At the beginning of the year I said I wanted to slow down on the blogging front. It’s taken over my life and not in a good way. I appreciate…

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    A book, some sewing and a competition

    June 10, 2013 - By 

    We’ve had an amazingly busy weekend. It was lovely to do some non-house related stuff and we had a great day out in London as well as a fun playdate with friends. Somehow I managed to finish the latest BritMums bookclub book – Ancient Lights by John Banville. It was the strangest book I’ve read in a long time. The main character of the book is a complete narcissist and I found him difficult to like. He was very wordy too…. Anyway, the premise is that in a small town in Ireland in the 1950s a fifteen-year-old boy has illicit…

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    Day Zero – Month 31 (April)

    April 30, 2013 - By 

    Today you can find me guest posting over at PinAddicts Challenge about how to display vintage fabrics. If you haven’t yet, I would love it if you took a moment to vote for me in the BiBs Awards as I’ve been shortlisted in the Crafts section! (just click on the badge in the top right corner) On the 19 September 2010 I started a Day Zero list: a place to record goals, discover new challenges, and gain motivation to achieve them. I made a list of 100 things I want to do over 1001 days. The list is due to…

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    Day Zero – Month 27 (December)

    December 31, 2012 - By 

    You know the drill. On the 19 September 2010 I started a Day Zero list: a place to record goals, discover new challenges, and gain motivation to achieve them. I made a list of 100 things I want to do over 1001 days. The list is due to be competed by 16 June 2013. In the last couple of weeks I have 5.     Read at least one book every month for 12 months It’s taken downloading the Kindle app on my iPad Mini to finally get back into reading. That probably sounds a little bit silly but I don’t feel…

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    Day Zero – Month 25 (October)

    October 31, 2012 - By 

    Woo hoo! Time for another update… On the 19 September 2010 I started a Day Zero list: a place to record goals, discover new challenges, and gain motivation to achieve them. I made a list of 100 things I want to do over 1001 days. The list is due to be competed by 16 June 2013. 9.     Lose baby weight For the past couple of weeks I’ve been taking part in the BritMums challenge to lose weight with WeightWatchers ProPoints. I have to admit it’s not going brilliantly but I’m enjoying trying lots of new recipes. 50.  Join the WI!…