Meal Plan Monday – back to normal ish.
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and hopefully this week after having had covid, we are back to normal ish, and although both adults are still not fully on the mend (we have been told the tiredness, cough, and loss of smell could take a few weeks to go) we are hoping that this week will […]
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Having Covid. The good, the bad and the ugly.
After a long time managing to avoid it, both adults being fully vaccinated, the teenager with one vaccine on board, the boy not eligible yet, Covid found us and invaded. We have lived an element of normal life, having eased ourselves back in to things at a slower pace than some, for our own mental […]
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Is Home Education Right for You and Your Child?
Thank you to Joy from Pink Oddy who has kindly shared this helpful guest post with us with some thoughts around if Home Education is right for you and your child. As fellow home educators it’s great for me to read how and why other people choose that option and I think it also gives […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – Winter comfort food favourites
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and this week as we hit November, it’s time for some winter comfort food favourites this week. I love making food that fills us up after a long day of work or school and I also love pulling my slow cooker out and making it work hard at this time […]
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Fireworks and pets – tips for keeping them calm and safe.
There are times of the year when fireworks happen. New Year’s Eve, sometimes around Christmas, Bonfire Night and around or on the 5th November, Diwali and also Eid can be times when people enjoy either fireworks in their gardens or attend firework displays as they celebrate. I love fireworks, I will admit, and thoroughly enjoy […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – meals for when we are unwell
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday again. I swear the weeks are flying past fast and Christmas will be here before we know it. Unfortunately we are all under the weather here so this week and meal planning has been a bit hit and miss and more about eating what makes us feel better and what […]
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Gift ideas for tricky to buy for kids
If you have tricky to buy for kids, then Christmas and birthdays can be a bit of a minefield. Hopefully this sponsored post with Wicked Uncle is helpful and gives you some new ideas to ease the stress. Tricky to buy for kids can be challenging. It might be they are teenagers who aren’t really […]
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“wellness practitioners” are the scourge of social media
This is a proper rant and I stand firmly by this statement that “wellness practitioners” are the scourge of social media and cause more harm than good. We all know them. The self styled “health practioners” of social media. They fall into two catagories on my feed. Either a mum blogger who’s signed up to […]
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Simple but pretty style choices with Daisy Jewellery
*This is a collaborative post with Daisy Jewellery, sharing my personal style choices and what I wear everyday* I tend to be someone who prefers simple styles and looks and because I work with children and families I also have to be practical. But I like pretty things and I enjoy treating myself to the […]
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Roasted pumpkin seeds. Easy, healthy and delicious.
This is an easy recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds. Seeds and nuts are a great healthy snack. This is also a great way to use up the seeds when you are using a pumpkin, particularly around Halloween if you are carving pumpkins. I like my pumkin seeds salty and that can be tricky because you […]
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Welcome to Cats, Kids, Chaos. We started over 9 years ago, originally as The Mad House of Cats & Babies, in a blur of sleep deprivation. Sharing family life as we know it, with humour, always a cup of coffee in hand, and usually a cat or two around.
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