Supplements from Care
The shops are full of health food and supplements these days - as much as we try to eat a balanced diet it's tricky to get a little bit of everything we need. (more…)
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Japanese BBQ cooking with Yutaka
I love cooking - Mexican, Italian, Greek,Chinese - I'm a huge foodie and my ultimate dream is to run my own kitchen. When Yutaka sent me some cooking ingredients to try I was intrigued - I've never tried let alone cooked Japanese food before. From the website - "The Yutaka range of authentic Japanese food products was introduced to the UK....{Click Here to Read More!}
Review: NutreeLife
I've been veggie for well over a year now; and I'm really trying to get my diet more balanced - which means finding more protein in the food that I eat. (more…)
Summer holidays week 3: I’m skint
We have so far survived three weeks of the summer holidays, we are half way - huzzah. So far we have found our new favourite messy play group, had the chickenpox that didn't turn out to be the chickenpox, fallen down the stairs and mummy has grown considerably fatter. Huff. (more…)
Between the covers: The French Adventure by Lucy Coleman
It's a new week and after thoroughly enjoying The Bookshop Detective last week I'm already onto my next read - and we are off to France for The French Adventure by Lucy Coleman. (more…)
That time the boy pretended I’d kidnapped him – as written by me, his mother
We are in week two of the summer holidays and already we've run out of things to do, fallen out numerous times and I've already wasted most of my daily calories on alcohol. (more…)
Between the covers: The Bookshop Detective by Jan Ellis
After loving The Secret I was keen to move onto my next read - The Bookshop Detective by Jan Ellis as part of a book tour from Blooming Book Tours. It's the second week of the school holidays and I'm reading most evenings; mainly because it helps me de-stress and stops me raising the cupboards and eating junk food! (more…)
Between the covers: The Secret by Katharine Johnson
Book reviews are relatively new to me - but they are fast becoming something I really enjoying featuring on this blog; and I'm chuffed and honoured to be part of a book tour for The Secret by Katharine Johnson hosted by Blooming Book Tours, released June 2018. (more…)
Staying healthy: keeping my head above water
In the last eighteen months I'm ashamed to say that this blog contains many, many failed weight loss attempts. Slimming World, Weight Watchers, Calorie Counting, shakes... I've failed on all accounts and although I've not regained all the weight I've lost I'm in a worse head space than when I started. (more…)
Review: My Personalised Case
A couple of weeks back my trusty wallet-flip-style phone case fell apart; of course it happened the day before we went on holiday. Gaaaa. I learnt the hard way - three days into our holiday my phone fell out of my pocket and the screen cracked. I cried - and then vowed to make sure I bought a decent phone....{Click Here to Read More!}
Water Birth
What is a water birth? A water birth is essentially birthing in the water. You may choose to have your water birth in a tub or a birthing bath at home, in a hospital or in a birthing centre. The choice is only limited to the facilities available to you in your area. Is a water birth safe? Water births....{Click Here to Read More!}
The holiday blues
Hi, my name is Lisa and I massively suffer from the holiday blues. We got back from our holiday a mere two weeks ago - we spent a week in Cornwall. It was fabulous, and I cried when we left. (more…)