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…
The importance of clothes
My 11 month old has white blond hair, a pair of sparkling blue eyes and a wicked smile. It seems like everyday she gets mistaken for a boy and it’s all my fault. You see, I’m thrifty and dress her in her brothers’ cast-offs. Most of which are blue. If you saw a child in…
Handmade Christmas
We went to Westfield Stratford City yesterday. Most of the shops already had Christmas window displays, Boots was full of gift sets and I picked up a collection of gingerbread mixes, cutters and kits to try out and perfect over the coming weeks. When we got back we had a bit of a gingerbread making…
E.T. Blu-ray giveaway
In celebration of its first ever release on Blu-ray and to coincide with the film’s 30th anniversary, I’m giving you the chance to get your hands on one amazing prize! Simply answer the question below to be in with the chance of winning a copy of E.T. on Blu-ray! When an imaginative boy meets a lost…
3-in-1 Trike with DiscoverSounds Dashboard
I can honestly say we love Little Tikes so I was delighted to be asked to review the 3-in-1 Trike with DiscoverSounds Dashboard. The box was surprisingly small considering it converts to three stages and it was easy to put together (according to daddy). You don’t have to worry about storing lots of pieces to…
#WWback2best update and cooking
A couple of weeks into the Back2Best challenge and I have to admit it’s going very slowly. I’ve been enjoying healthy meal planning and trying out lots of new recipes, I’m just quite hungry in the evenings. Old habits die hard and very slowly it seems. As part of the challenge I was sent two…
Easy Butternut Squash soup recipe
Did you know that Whitworths have recently launched a new ‘Whitworths for Baking’ range, comprising of six high quality baking sugars – fine caster, superfine icing, fine demerara, crunchy demerara, light soft brown sugar and dark soft brown sugar, as well as a ‘Twist and Sprinkle’ icing sugar duster with built in sieve. The range…
Win with Aunt Bessie’s
I can’t resist a bit of help from Aunt Bessie’s with my Sunday roast. Her roast potatoes have always come up trumps in our household. I bet you didn’t know that Aunt Bessie’s makes more than 70 products to help families create quick and tasty meals. I have a great giveaway for two readers to…
Cross stitch iPhone case
In between my Christmas crafting I’ve been making the odd thing for myself. I’m terrible at buying fabric and all kinds of items which I just never get round to using. This is one of those projects. I bought all the equipment but took ages to actually get a needle out and start. I bought…