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“Nothing.” is not the inspirational answer I hope for each time I ask the mister what he would like for any special occasion…but it’s the one I get, anyway. Buying for him really makes me wish that the phrase, “it’s the thought that counts” was a reality, because if it did, the gifts he eventually…
It’s blog conference season again and this year, my favourite blogger [and loveliest friend] Debbie at An Organised Mess and I are spreading our wings and heading to a new destination for our second conference of the year [our first was Blog On Cymru]: Blogtacular! I’ve had this ticket since forever, it feels like –…
My granny always used to say that you could judge a man by his shoes. On Saturday mornings as a child, I remember her making a list of errands to run – greengrocers, butchers, and occasionally the cobblers to have her shoes re-heeled or fixed. I’m 39 – and I’ve never been to a…
This post won’t be up very long. It’s very indulgent and self pitying, and I never normally write like this. If I do press publish I’ll go back and forwards in my mind wondering whether to press the delete key – and in the end, that emotion will probably win out. You see, I would…
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I used to believe that for flowers to take my breath away, they had to be pink, long stemmed and heavily scented. When I opened the chic, understated box from Wildflowers Company this month, I completely fell in love. The simple combination of white blooms with green foliage made me so giddy I actually squealed…
It’s not often that I take “warts and all” photos of the boys when I know they’re heading for a blog post. Generally there’s a clearing of the planned photo site, and some care is taken over what they’re wearing. This isn’t one of those posts. This is a children-running-about-in-pants, bath towels on the washing…