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Reverse Advent, Slimming World and Books
Do you remember me talking about a reverse advent? I have been getting inexpensive shower gel, some toothpaste, a box of biscuits, mince pies, some tubs of Quality Street and Roses, which I split up and packaged prettily, and a few other treats. On Friday I went off...
A reverse advent for 2017
During the run up to Christmas, people frequently think of others and many people donate to food banks
Progress at last!
For the last 18 months, we have been trying to get planning permission to convert our loft space.
Time for a catch up
We’ve had a few recipes, so maybe time for a catch up.
As you know, I went to a bloggers event recently. I belong to the UK Money Bloggers and what an inspiring bunch of people they are.
A day at the SHOMOS
Last Saturday, (ye gods, a week already!) Mike and I went to the 3rd annual Show Me The Money Annual awards, the SHOMOS. It’s a group of UK Money Bloggers UK Money Bloggers is a community of people who write online about money and personal finance – from frugal and...
Lots of phone calls and a few tickets
As husband and I are using trains more often, I decided it was time to get a Senior Railcard
A Sunday walk that left me feeling refreshed and uplifted
Just a quick post today to tell you about some free fun we had today. Walking is the most popular leisure activity in the UK. It’s good for our well being, our health, obviously, and all sorts of good things health wise can come from it. And I’m sure the fact that...
Changing silk flowers to suit the season
I’ve blogged before about silk flowers, showing what I chose for both a spring and summer arrangement. I like to keep a large arrangement in my kitchen to brighten up the place. I have a base arrangement of plain green leaves in a ‘glass’ vase, and each season, I add...
And finally, our ultimate destination while away, Rothbury
After spending time in Newark and York, we arrived at our destination for a week, Rothbury. The reason, amongst others, that I wanted to explore this particular part of the wonderful Northumbria is that I wanted to go and see the Alnwick castle gardens. Originally, I...
What we did in York while we were away
On our way up to Rothbury, and back down again, we stayed in York for a few days. What a beautiful city, and so full of history, starting way back in 75AD with the Romans. On the day we arrived, we walked for miles around the city, investigating The Shambles, amongst...
We’ve been away. This is what we got up to in Newark
Did you guess we’d been away? I hate not been able to tell you about our adventures whilst they’re happening, but it’s horribly easy to find my address, and you never know who’s listening do you. Don’t want to put an advert out, come and rob this house, they’re away!...