Moments: Embrace Happy
Parenting can have such amazing rewards… if only we notice them! You work your guts out, with often little reward. So often we miss the magic moments. Last year I started seeing a friend, Karin from...
View ArticleMotherhood Moments- Special time with my child
Motherhood is chaotic! Especially with more than one child. …or is it just me? Motherhood can be hard! Over the past weeks I’m realising, what others probably already know: It’s important to have...
View ArticleFriday footprint challenge: buy local
This morning started with a short stint on the radio for me. BBC Oxford got in touch last night whether I’d be willing to give my opinion on The Earth Trust’s new initiative “Our Footprint” which is...
View ArticleMoments- Little Green Wellies
As the rain pitter patters outside, I ponder what should become of the Little Green Wellies. You see, we tried them on Max today and they were too small. A sad occurrence really, for this marks the end...
View ArticleFreedom to go
Half term has passed in a blink of an eye and tomorrow we are back to our routines of school run, work and housekeeping. We’ve had a great week! Driving home from our final adventure the word freedom...
View ArticleFriday footprint challenge: progress with buying local
Taking baby steps has worked! This week we’ve stuck to buying British for our meat and veg. I even managed to pop into the fabulous Covered Market in Oxford town center where I got a pretty good...
View ArticleA budget handset- Prestigio Multiphone 8500 Duo review
You may be forgiven for not having heard of Prestigio before. I hadn’t, even though this Cyprus based company has been around for over 10 years. The Prestigio Multiphone 8500 Duo is a new step for...
View ArticleFriday Footprint Challenge: my half a pig
In my continued quest to reduce our food miles, and thereby our food footprint, I bought half a pig. The lovely farmer kept to his word and called back when he had had the gilt (girl pig) slaughtered....
View ArticleCanon Legria Mini X Review
Canon’s Legria Mini is designed as a vlog camera with the focus on usability for video blogs. I’ve had Canon’s Legria Mini X on loan for just over 2 months and have put it through it’s paces in a...
View ArticleCooking habits- Quick, simple, lighter with Onken
If you ask my kids what I do for them, they’ll often answer I cook great meals. This makes me proud, but also a bit sad that I’m not recognised for other things I do. Saying that cooking does...
View ArticleMy first time in a motorhome & impressions of the Rimor Katamarano 9
At the Camping and Caravan show this February, we’d been looking at all sorts of camping units to fit diverse camping styles- different sized tents, caravans, campervans, tiny caravans- everything...
View ArticleAnthem of the Seas
Hey, Sending lots of love from the Anthem of the Seas. We have now popped our family cruising cherry and are having a weekend extravaganza of sensory overload of great hospitality, amazing food, drink...
View ArticleMy blog and vlog camera
The effects of information overload are evident in how blogs are evolving. Posts with great images are winning over the wordy ones, blogs with pleasing visuals are conquering even some well-written...
View ArticleA camping beach-side birthday cake- what’s the story?
Sometimes different events collide and help create something better. The way Angelina’s birthday cake together was a bit like that. We’d postponed Angelina’s party a couple of weeks as we had such a...
View ArticleMy blog camera- SLR to point and shoot to DSLR
As the “what camera should I get?” question is a recurring question asked in blogger forums, I thought I’d ask a couple of bloggers in the my blog and vlog camera series. Let me introduce Mary from...
View ArticleThings that piss me off today- Tech fail Saturday
Some days you just wish you didn’t need to get out of bed and I know it’s a mindset to just brush these aside, but they are stressing me and making my eyelid twitch today. So I’m venting and ranting....
View ArticleHow NOT to carry a child on your bike
We’re talking regular bikes, not the snazzy, super cool ones specially developed for carrying our precious cargo (…the ones I’m highly jealous of). Just a bike with a child seat added. image credit...
View ArticleTytti’s dairy & gluten free chocolate cake …. with smash
Couple of weeks ago we went to Sweden and stayed with our friends, a lovely Finnish- Dutch couple. Tytti, our hostess, made the most delicious dairy and gluten free cake! I loved it, because it did...
View ArticleWhy is there no transparent pricing for car hire?
A car gives a lot of flexibility. While we could’ve easily kept busy at our resort- MW San Lucianu– my feet were itchy: I wanted to see Corsica! The only real option with 3 kids in tow under my sole...
View ArticleTV viewing habits
When the TV breaks it can change habits very quickly…Not that we watch TV much, but it is on quite often, in the background. Recently our TV broke. After research and search we decided to buy another...
View Article