#Blogtober17 Day 14 – Novels

I LOVE reading, although it is something I haven’t had time for in the last couple of years, but now that the children are getting older and don’t need me as much, I am hoping to have more time to read, the BBC produced a Top 100 list of books to read before you die, … Read more

#Blogtober17 Day 13 – Movies

Movies! So as you will know from my post yesterday i’m a bit of a romantic, so it’s no surprise that movies with a romantic theme feature heavily for me. So here are my top ten movies, I thought they were in no particular order, but actually they probably coincide with how many times I … Read more

Pet Proofing Your Home

As you know, we are welcoming Merrie the Newfoundland into our lives in November, so I have a wonderful guest post to help me with pet proofing my home! Welcoming a pet into your home is a beautiful thing, but is something that can be hard work and will need persistence, but in return you … Read more

#Blogtober17 Day 12 – Love

So, today is all about love, I mentioned briefly in my first post about our meeting, so here it is in full. Asa and I had worked behind the bar at a local leisure centre for the summer season, I spent my days taking care of the children on the summer camp and then spent … Read more

#Blogtober17 Day 11 – Kitchen

Welcome to day 11, all about kitchens! If I am totally honest, of all the K words I could come up with, this probably wasn’t the best! Anyway, our kitchen! Is really quite big, but it’s so badly designed that I have trouble storing everything, at the moment my giant American Fridge Freezer (which is … Read more

#Blogtober17 Day 10 – Jokes

Welcome to day ten, all about jokes! I’m not really sure why I chose jokes, it was the first J word they came into my mind (which is quite impressive that I even still have a brain after seven children – baby brain is real people!) The one joke that has always stood out for … Read more

Top Five Gifts for a Nine Year Old Girl

With Eowyn’s birthday taking place in November (and then Christmas shortly after) I have started to think about what gifts are suitable for a nine year old girl.   After much discussion with Eowyn (with more than a few hints!!) here are my top five gifts for a nine year old girl. 1.Heelys/Roller Boots – … Read more

#Blogtober17 Day 9 – Icecream

  I was amazed in the facebook group when some of the members said they could take or leave ice-cream! As it has to be one of my favourite desserts (coming a very close second to Raspberry pavlova, which is my all time favourite) I LOVE lots of different flavours of ice-cream, from a very … Read more