Every July, I get overwhelmed by the girls’ activities – I say every single summer that I am not going to forget and take too much on the following summer. I’m not going to leave the holiday preparation until last minute and I’m definitely not going to get behind on cakes. Guess what? I forgot! There’s barely a parent I see around that isn’t feeling
Walk of Art in Horsforth, Leeds
We had a lovely weekend – The sun was out for most of it which helps but we came across a great initiative in Leeds that made it even nicer. We travel 60+ miles to Leeds every weekend on both Saturday and Sunday. Most of the time, I take Millie to training on my own but every now and then we all squeeze in the
Crochet 2016
I’ve thrown myself headlong into Secret Santa gift swaps this Christmas. Most of the ones I’ve signed up to involve an element of sending something homemade. I am determined that this year I won’t revert back to the safety of sending a homemade Christmas Cake. I’m so pleased with my homemade gifts so far – I hope my recipients are ok with them. They are
The WI and Me: My story so far
Happy 100th Birthday to the Women’s Institute, or the WI as we are more commonly known. What an achievement – I wanted to write a short post to signal a special occasion. Its going to have to be short as I need to be in bed in 10 minutes for a 4am wake up call (Being the mother to a synchronised swimmer is no glamour,