Let’s get pickled – cooking with Sarsons
When I say let’s get pickled, I don’t mean that in the way you think. I recently did some cooking with Sarsons and enjoyed learning some new kitchen skills. What I am talking about is pickles, proper pickles. Tasty, slightly spicy & tangy, and moreish. I want to learn to make my own. There’s nothing […]
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Restoring my pelvic floor with Innovo…
Most afternoons in the week, I take half an hour or so of time out. It’s “me time” but not the kind of me time you would be expecting. I am not in the gym, I am not in a nice cafe drinking coffee and reading a book, or meeting friends, or getting a manicure. […]
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When you always need a rain mac – with Mac in a sac
We live in the UK. There are many wonderful things about that but one of the slightly, ahem, challenging things, is the lovely British weather. I always make jokes that even in the summer time, I need to take a raincoat and my sunglasses with me, because it could be warm and sunny, or it […]
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The importance of collagen in your health routine
I have to admit that I was one of those people that didn’t think much about collagen, other than my basic nursing knowledge that it’s a protein in the human body and is the substance that holds the whole body together. I also thought it was the stuff that came in posh face creams that […]
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BMI is NOT the be all and end all…
So I recently shared about weight loss and how I have worked hard to loose some weight, in order to get myself to a healthier place. I have been feeling pretty good generally and pleased with my efforts and also conscious of the need to continue to look after my body. So when I went […]
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Putting the lad back in salads with Haywards…
So, when I told LSH that we were going on a gallivant up to London for the evening, recently, I think he thought he was being taken on a date night. What he didn’t know was that he was actually going to be cooking me dinner, and be taught how to make meals more interesting […]
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Surcare – Getting tough laundry done, but being kind to skin…
I do a LOT of laundry. Two kids, who wear school uniform, and a lot of extra curricular activities that mean there are lots of muddy, sweaty, sometimes paint covered clothes dumped in the wash basket every week. I also have a husband that runs and cycles for exercise and I work with small children […]
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When Mum has a meltdown. No mum is perfect.
When Mum has a meltdown, you know it’s been that kind of day. It started badly, with tears, tantrums and grumps, and I lost my cool after being shouted at by one child and stropped at by the 9.5 year old going on tweenager… (Have I mentioned she’s just like me? I’m kind of dreading […]
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Squeeze my hand…
Matthew and I have a secret code, something I taught him (and actually his sister too) for when he is really struggling. When life with SPD is getting to him, or he is somewhere he is finding hard. I tell him to squeeze my hand, as hard as he can, and then I know, that […]
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