If you lose your phone for an hour how do you feel? Panicked? Cut off from the world? I know I do. Now imagine being challenged to spend a whole 24 hours completely unplugged from phones and the internet. The 25th of June is National Unplugging Day and the family and I are giving it ago! As a full time blogger a big chunk of my day is spent online whether that be checking on emails, writing, replying to comments and managing social media it seems as though I am never far away from my phone or laptop. The thought of…
My blog turned three years old this week and to celebrate I have some amazing competitions going live all week for you guys to say a huge thank-you for all the support you have shown me! First up is the chance to win a family weekend ticket to our favourite UK family festival – Camp Bestival!!!!! Camp Bestival is a three day festival that takes place at Lulworth Castle in Dorset from the 28th-30th July. This year marks Camp Bestivals 10th birthday so is set to be bigger and better than ever with an amazing theme of Pop stars and Rocks…
As if my little corner of the internet has been up and running now for three whole years! I can’t quite believe it was three years ago I spent a whole evening setting up my little .blogspot.com website and making the whole thing a rather sickly shade of pink. I don’t mean to blow my own trumpet when I say I have come a long way. Back then I didn’t understand things like coding, SEO and domain authority; I barely knew the rules of grammar (haha yes I know it’s still a struggle) but to actually be in the position…
Feeding the family healthy and nutritious meals is massively important to me. I love spending my time cooking, getting the kids involved where possible and then siting down together to eat. My downfall now as a single parent is how I eat when they aren’t here. I find myself picking or simply having a sandwich for dinner a few times a week – it doesn’t really seem worth while dirtying a bunch of pans and spending an hour in the kitchen for just me. It is such a bad habit to get myself into, I am someone who needs decent…
We’ve been back in the kitchen again getting our bake on! These muffins turned out so much better than I had even hoped that after a couple of requests I am sharing a recipe for these delicious lemon & white chocolate muffins. Ingredients 250g Self-Raising Flour 125 g Caster Sugar 250ml Milk 1 egg 75g Unsalted Butter – Melted 1/4 tbsp Baking Powder 1/4 tbsp Bicarbonate Soda Zest of 2 Lemons 6tbsp Lemon Juice 300g White Chocolate Method Pre heat your oven to gas mark 6 or 200°c. Line a muffin tin with cake cases. In a large mixing bowl combine your…
