Cleaning the oven without evil chemicals
One of my least favourite domestic tasks is cleaning the oven. I hate it. I don’t know why, because it’s not the most disgusting of tasks (I clean a cat litter tray regularly, cleaning an oven can’t be compared to that) but it has to be done, so once a month, I have an oven […]
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Ride Like a Girl – heartwarming and victorious
*This is a review post. I was kindly sent a copy of Ride Like A Girl to review* I am not a fan of animal movies, for some reason they rarely appeal to me, mainly because I find them far too emotional but I thoroughly enjoyed Ride Like A Girl, a movie about a little […]
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Meal Plan Monday – eating well, and losing some weight
Meal Plan Monday. Looking at my week, and making sure the cries of “I’m hungry” don’t happen too often, but we all know that children are always hungry aren’t they? Feeding my food allergy and food choices family with a mix of cooking from scratch and sometimes throwing a ready-made meal their way. We shop […]
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My Sunday Photo – Signing off, just for the week
Usually, at this time of the year, I am signing off to go on holiday. I try to have a digital detox and leave my phone at home and take a break. This year, thanks to Covid19, we are not going on holiday. We are having a staycation and taking some time to do things […]
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Take a mystery tour where you live
I am a big fan of a mystery tour and have done a few in London, as an adult, but taking my children where we live locally to have an adventure and learn something about where we live and where I work is a new thing. Treasure Trails offer brilliant self guided tours of local […]
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Italian coffee saves the day – easy Affogato recipe
*this is a sponsored post about Italian Coffee. All opinions are my own* It’s no secret that I am a bit of a coffee lover, and a bit of a coffee snob. I will refuse to drink most instant granulated coffees unless there really is no other option, or I am desperate, and LSH lovingly […]
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Parenting Confessions – I hate doing kids’ crafts!
As the title says. I hate kids’ crafts and kids craft related activities. This is one of my parenting confession posts, where I spill the beans on a parenting foible or failure, I have experienced or feel that I want to share! That sounds a little extreme, and probably is slightly exaggerated, but I really […]
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Greener sun protection for skin that burns in the sun
I have skin that burns in the sun. The sun and I have a love hate relationship and whilst I love the warmer sunny weather of summer and going away on holiday to places with sunshine, I need to look after my skin but I also want greener sun protection so I don’t end up […]
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The sun and I are not good friends.
The sun and I are not good friends. I love sunshine, I love warmer weather, I love being able to let my kids out to play and top up their vitamin D levels, particularly because we live in a country where it feels like winter is long, damp, dark and miserable. But the sun doesn’t […]
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PetSafe water fountains – access to fresh drinking water
*PetSafe kindly sent us a water fountain to review and to share about access to safe drinking water for pets* As a pet owner, I am very aware that safe access to fresh drinking water for pets is very important. Whether it is daily access for their general health and wellbeing, because we all know […]
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