Christmas is always a busy time. With presents to buy and wrap, Turkeys to prep and family to see December’s calendar is always ram packed. It can feel a little overwhelming which is why Liverpool ONE have asked me to share how I prepare for having guests this Christmas period hopefully some of these tips with help you in feeling more organised this year. Shop early; I am not saying start in January but this year I started on my Christmas gift shopping back in October. It’s really taken the pressure off me knowing that I already have the majority of my gifts…
As a parent, you know how easy it can be for your child’s room to become a dumping ground for toys, pictures they’ve painted from school, rocks they liked the look of on your last walk and all manner of things you bought online for them that they’ve promised they would play with, and not forgetting all the treats, books and gifts from grandma and grandpa in the mix! So, from time to time, it might a good idea to have a good clear out and freshen up your child’s room so that way, they actually want to spend time…
Oh how I do love a trip to a spa! The Limewood Hotel’s Herb House Spa is the perfect place to escape, unwind and reset; situated deep in the New Forest, the open planned scandi design leaves nature all around you and creates such a tranquil and calming environment. On visiting I opted for the Herb House Duo package which gives you use of the mud house, a 90 minute treatment with further use of your own private facilities and a delicious lunch which is served in their Raw & Cured restaurant. The facilities are fantastic, every element has been…
Christmas is fast approaching and so is my first year of cooking a Christmas dinner! Yes you heard me correctly in my 25 years I have never cooked Christmas dinner for the family. I am kind of excited and kind of dreading it in equal measures. I want to have a lovely, relaxing Christmas Day with my girls that doesn’t involve me being a slave to the kitchen but I also want to make the best roast dinner our household has ever seen (perfectionist aren’t I). Christmas to me is all about family time and enjoying our day together and…
Don’t mind me just a parent sat here in search of a good night sleep… I know what your thinking – ‘yeah join the queue, aren’t we all’, but I am in need of help. My sleep pattern recently has been awful, I feel more shattered now than I ever did with babies waking me up through the night. I just can’t seem to shut off at the moment; I try and get to bed at a decent hour but proceed to lay awake with thoughts from the day or list’s of what I need to do tomorrow whizzing through my brain.…
