So, I have this issue about the “stocking fillers” category on shopping sites, and I get irrationally angry about it. I happily browse the internet for ideas of what to buy in the lead up to Christmas, and click on the stocking fillers link, only to find a bunch of stuff that is WAY TOO …
The last week and a half have been a bit crazy here in Birmingham. We are living in one of the most heavily affected areas by the recent snow storms, and I think we are just lucky that we didn’t have to deal with any power cuts. Georgie and Lydia were off school on Friday …
I was given a £30 gift voucher for SportsDirect for the purpose of this post – a fiver Christmas present challenge… what gifts could I find for my family, for just £5 each?
When I gave up work to become a mum, I knew that I wouldn’t be happy unless I was still keeping my brain active somehow! As my job wasn’t all that challenging anyway, I was already keeping my brain going a bit outside of work, and my habits only increased once I left. I’ve always …
I officially joined the “BlogOn Team” quite a while ago, and have been gradually getting more involved with helping out both at the conferences themselves, with prep beforehand, and with the website. I do most of the graphics and other nerdy things for the conference, so spent the week leading up to the conference designing …
At the start of August, I had four grandparents. I know, it’s not that common for a 30-something to have a full set, but I did. Up until the spring of 2016, the girls had seven great-grandparents. The older generation in our family have done quite well, really. Now, I only have two grandparents. On …
I’m off to #BlogOnXmas in a few weeks and have lots of preparation to do first, eek! As well as speaking about media pack design – and actually making one live – I am a member of the BlogOn team, and am helping out with the BlogOn Toy Awards which are happening this year for …
We first noticed that Lydia’s left eye had a tendency to wander outwards when she was just a toddler, and her monitoring & treatment starting when I stubbornly sat in my GPs office insisting on a referral to get her seen by a specialist. Since then, we have visited the Eye Department at the excellent …
Last weekend, James and I left the kids with his Mum and headed up to Manchester for the weekend, to attend the BlogOn MSI bloggers conference. I had a ticket to the launch party booked, and I had my slides ready – I was, gulp, scheduled to talk to a group of bloggers about WordPress. …
Long time readers of this blog might remember that back in 2014 we found and rescued an injured hedgehog near our house. Yesterday morning, as I got back from dropping Georgie off at school, I came across a hedgehog in our front garden, snuffling around. It wasn’t looking particularly injured, but it didn’t look as heavy …
