Getting up close and personal with a wasp for the sake of a good photo. When I was about 11, at school, I was stung by a wasp. It hurt, a lot. It crawled up my leg by my skirt, I didn’t realize, brushed it and it stung me. My knee was sore and swollen […]
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*This is a collaborative post* Face bandanas are handier than you think and are not just something extreme sportspeople wear to protect their faces. A face bandana is bigger than a mask and more versatile than a normal scarf you just wrap around your neck. They can be worn for taking part in activities when […]
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The blog post where I confess I cut my own hair, and why home hair cuts work for me. I have long, thick, wavy (ok it tends to frizz a lot) hair. I have a lot of hair. It’s a blessing and a curse. It grows fast and is hard to manage. It doesn’t like […]
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This is a post talking about screen time limits and what works for us as a family. As always, what works for us, doesn’t always work or apply to someone else, and as I always say, if it works for you and your family that is best, so if you want to follow our advice […]
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*This post about Orchid care does contain an affiliate link, that if you click through to will earn me some income if you make a purchase. The link is marked with (*) If anyone asks me, what my favorite plant or flower I have in my home, my repsonse is always “an orchid plant” and […]
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*This is a review post and we were kindly sent some WASup Wasp stings relief to try* Wasp stings – fun fact, I am allergic to them. Ok, that isn’t so fun. Oddly enough though, I don’t mind wasps themselves, and I tend to think that like most creatures if you leave them alone, they […]
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*We were kindly sent a Big Ben puzzle to review from Ravensburger* Big Ben is an iconic London landmark, and famous worldwide. We have visited but never actually been inside or climbed the famous clock tower. The tower itself is not actually called Big Ben, did you know that? Something we learned recently too. Ravensburger […]
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So this photo and the title are slightly cheating because you can not actually see any of the hundreds of bees that were in this lavender field. We literally were surrounded by bees who were so happy and busy and not bothered by humans and it smelled amazing and sounded just perfect with bees buzzing […]
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*This is a collaborative post with Sudocrem* As a nurse, a mum, and someone who works with families, Sudocrem has always been a firm staple use product for me. I used it when I was a nanny, and also when working as a nurse, and also on my own babies when they had nappy rash […]
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That man saying nice things to you in your social media inbox – it’s likely a scam…. For a while now I have been very vocal on my Instagram account about certain things that happen on that site. I am becoming slightly infamous for “naming and shaming” fake male profiles on there. People have asked […]
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