If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I never expected the life I have today when I was pregnant. For those who are new to me and this page I’d direct you to my account of how life changed forever in a moment and ‘what not coping looked...
We recently decided to make the most of the sunny weather and visit Chester Zoo as a family for the first time. We timed it to coincide with the ‘Wild Worlds Festival’ which the zoo has running until the end of September where visitors are encouraged to...
Going back as far as medieval times, left handedness was an undesirable and at times, feared quality. The website www.rightleftrightwrong gives some fascinating facts about left handedness through the years. It explains that left-handers were routinely accused of...
My boys are 13 now and to celebrate the arrival of their teenage years I wanted to do something a little special for them both. You may have read my blog on things to do in Rome which I wrote with Oliver when we came back from 4 days there which I had saved long and...
It’s been about ten years since I had my eyes lasered. My vision was deteriorating and I absolutely hated wearing glasses so it felt like a good option and my vision is still generally great now. However I have started a new job which involves a lot of PC work...
Until the 2018 series of Love Island, I had never watched a single episode of the ITV2 programme. In all honesty I wasn’t particularly interested in this one but the first episode aired on the night I was sitting at the side of my sons hospital bed as he...
30th July marks World Friendship Day which has naturally got me thinking about the very topic of friends. I don’t have loads of friends anymore. Gone are my younger days when I looked to the group of high school students I was a part of to define who I was and I...
Its so hard to know what to buy for Harry when it comes to birthdays and I recently blogged about tips for other people who might not know what to buy for the child who literally wants nothing because I know what a challenge it is. So when I saw a post in a group I am...
From when our babies are first born we are watching and assessing them, even on a subconscious level. We are waiting for them to hit their key milestones – crawling, walking, being free of the nappy. Once their little red book with the percentile scale that I hated...
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