Can you travel with pets?
Before I was a pet parent and a parent of children, the idea of travel with pets and kids would have horrified me. But now I am owned by several cats, and the parent of two children, it’s not such a scary thought. Or at least in principal, the concept of taking both animals and […]
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One pot chicken, rice and veggies
This one pot chicken recipe, served with rice and veggies, is easy and delicious. It’s great for a simple but filling weeknight meal or for feeding your hungry family. You can adapt it with different veggies and add spice or flavours depending on your tastes and what your family likes. Chicken and rice is a […]
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Basic self care for Mums
Self care for mums can come in in many different forms, and as a busy working mum, with some mum experience under my belt, I can tell you three things: All mums, be they full time at work out of the home, part time working, working from home or full time at home, need self […]
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Simple omelette recipe, use up fridge contents
An omelette is a quick and easy meal, perfect, I find for the kids, or for myself when I walk into the kitchen and think “eek, I need to feed us, but there’s not a lot in the fridge or I haven’t planned” or as a last minute thing. I know some people get twitchy […]
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Mad Cat Toys for A Mad Cat
If you have a cat, they no doubt (and if they don’t have, why not??) have a glut of cat toys, and if you are like us, they are scattered round the house (I do have cat toy baskets, but Tabitha is like my teenagers and refuses to tidy up after herself in any form) […]
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Keeping an indoor cat happy & healthy
Keeping an indoor cat can have it’s challenges but it can be done. We are both indoor and outdoor cat owners so here are some tips and hopefully helpful ideas from us on how to make it work. This post does contain some affiliate links that are marked with * for your reference. If you […]
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Pimm’s Ice Lollies – these are NOT for kids
I know there are lots of recipes for Pimm’s Ice lollies out there, but this is my tried and tested, tweaked a few times one. This post does contain an Amazon affiliate link that earns me revenue if you click and make a purchase. Links will be marked with * Pimm’s is one of my […]
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Pocket travel game ideas
This is a collaborative post with some pocket travel game ideas from Hachette Board games that are perfect for taking on holiday, for when you are travelling or if you like having a smaller, easy to carry game to hand. (This post contains affiliate links, that if you click on and make a purchase, I […]
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Allergy friendly Lime and Coconut cake
This allergy friendly lime and coconut cake is easy to make and contains no dairy, no egg and no gluten so if you are feeding someone who is allergic to eggs or dairy, or is vegan, or who has coeliac disease then it’s a great cake to pull out for them. It’s ingredients are simple […]
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Our Homeschool Week – planning for next year
Welcome to our homeschool week, where I share our weekly schedule, what we are getting up to, and how home education looks for us, with a child who “should be” in Year 8 at school but is, instead, learning at home with his mum and dad. Our last blog post about what we get up […]
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