I love using my blog as a bit of a diary. I documented our 2019 summer holiday, the weekly churn of the first lockdown and our 2020 summer roadtrip. So this half term holiday has been a bit odd. Usually, at February half term, the boys would be in a holiday club somewhere. Usually, as … Continue reading Lockdown half term
I haven't done a making stuff post for a while, but two are probably going to come along at once. The first week of February was Children's Mental Health week in the UK and so school gave us two Zoom free days. Mostly, that meant the boys watched a lot of TV and played on … Continue reading Making Stuff 16: Chocolate Banana Cake
The Christmas Tag The wonderful Undaunted Adventure has created a lovely new Christmas Tag to share some love between us bloggers. I'm totally thrilled to be nominated in the kick off post. Then a little while later the fabulous Chehak at ChehakChirps and the lovely Gemma at This Brit's Life tagged me too. The Christmas … Continue reading Some Christmas Tags
I'm trying really hard to get into the spirit of Christmas. It just feels too early still. My brother's birthday is early December, so I grew up with Christmas not being thought of until after he'd had a celebration. Now large boy's birthday is around the same time and we do the same thing. The … Continue reading Christmas Treat Recipes
We live in the UK, so for us Thanksgiving is usually some far off celebration that doesn't mean very much to us, not unlike Bastille Day or Indian Independence Day. For me, it means a lovely quiet week at work as my company has a large presence in California and the North East of the … Continue reading Thanksgiving 2020
Last year I had a marathon session making jam and chutney and kicking off the gin. The fruit stays steeping in the gin for at least a month, then its bottling time. This year, I wasn't planning to make any jam, there's still a cupboard full from last autumn. However, the elderberry laden trees at … Continue reading Making stuff 15: gin bottling and jam (2020)
One of those days where every little thing seems hard or stressful or goes wrong. One of those days where no one else is getting things right either. One of those days when the boys share a sofa and end up kicking and twisting each other's feet. One of those days when you take three … Continue reading One of those days
After my progress report a couple of months ago and as we're nearing the end of vegetable growing season for us, I figured its time for a report on the harvest. I love growing veggies. I’ll never forget the first year that I grew 5 courgette plants in a sun blessed garden and a friend … Continue reading Veggie harvest report
This is just a round up of our 2019 summer holidays. We had loads of fun in the Loire and Dordogne in France. D minus 1Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6Day 7Day 8Day 9Day 10Day 11Day 12Day 13Day 14Day 15Day 16
I love a cocktail and I recently bought myself a proper shaker and some martini glasses. I rarely follow recipes though and enjoy making things up a bit as I go. Poor Man's Kir Royale Yeah, so who can afford champagne and creme de cassis is so 90s! In this house we drink prosecco with … Continue reading Making Stuff 14: Cocktails 2020
