4 years ago we began overhauling our garden, the building work for the extension had left it rather battered, though it had never been much to brag about before that point if I'm honest.
Our home is developing over time, we've never had a big lump sum...
We've had a mud kitchen in the garden since the girls were really young, they used to have a bath in it when we came home from a day at the beach. Stu knocked it together from a sink I picked up, for free, on Facebook Marketplace and some scraps of wood...
Cake. The highlight of a celebration, the centre piece, the main event but also quite often the biggest cause of stress and frustration.
I have a long standing habit of placing pressure on myself about things that noone else particularly cares about...
Nancy, my eldest, turned 9 yesterday and faced with Lockdown restricted celebrations for the girl who talks about her birthday from the very day after her last one, I wasn't sure how she would feel about it all. This said, she is also the most understanding...
Here's a quick recipe share, it's simple to make and very good for the soul. We need all the help we can get at the moment and taking time to create something delicious, by yourself or perhaps with your children, is time very well spent.
Ingredients (I...
