Twitter is a fantastic place to spend time: I have a diverse collection of 'friends' with whom I chat about a diverse range of topics. But equally it can be a frustrating place: twitter parties that throttle your feed, hashtags that clash with other hashtags, rude tweets- both in the inappropriate and in the downright rude sense. What I really love is when people take an idea and run with it- they may live at the other end of the country or … [Read more...]
Breastcancer Awareness Bake: Millionairess Shortbread
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So it seems serendipitous that I saw this recipe for M&M Bark only the day after I bought several tubes of pink smarties last week. The two events collided in my sleep-addled brain one night when I needed a treat to make for a bake sale and this delicious NO BAKE Millionairess Shortbread is the result. Why Millionairess? Because 'tis pink, of course. It's a take on the classic Millionaire's … [Read more...]
Guilty Pleasures: Hello
I worked as an au pair in Germany for an English family during a year out, which turned out to be the beginning of life as a childcarer in one form or another. I had changed a nappy before, but it was still a steep learning curve. To be honest I had no idea it would be so hard to live with people you weren't related to. It had never occurred to me that other people would have a different way of doing everything, from cooking to ironing shirts. In … [Read more...]
Creamy dreamy Mother’s Day
I'm a closet fan of Fry's Chocolate Cream. It's kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. Before I went on maternity Leave I used to buy one at the shop around the corner from work to galvanise myself to go in there. One day I was standing outside the shop savouring every morsel when a youngish 'chap' (dressed in tweed blazer but with jeans, I'd say he was a 'chap'.) stopped, backtracked, looked at the bar, then at me and said firmly "Good choice!" … [Read more...]
Guilty pleasure
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The baby wants fish pie for supper…
People have been asking me whether I have been having cravings for anything weird now that I am halfway through the pregnancy. They seem desperately disappointed when I say that I haven’t really felt the need for something so badly that I’ve dispatched the DH to the 24 hour garage at 3am. Then I caught myself eating pickled onions. From the jar. With my fingers. I have been buying a new jar every few days. DH is quite grateful is nothing … [Read more...]
Songs full of memories
I have been racking my brains since I first started writing this blog, to come up with 20-30 oldies for the Steve Wright show. And I'm still no closer. Every time I hear a great song on the radio, I add it to my list, which now runs to three pages. I suppose the problem comes in determining what makes a great song. You could go on how many copies have been sold. Or you could go with the songs that mean the most to you. The soundtrack to your … [Read more...]
