People regularly ask me how I cope with two children, two dogs, a husband on crutches, freelance work and my blog. And the answer is that I have to cope – there is no other option. But the way I look at it, I’m getting all the difficult times out of the way now, and everything…
Over the past few days, we’ve been getting back into a more normal routine after a lovely holiday at Bluestone last week. I know people say that children need routine in their lives, but we’ve never really been that sort of family. The children go to bed at loosely the same time every night, with exceptions…
This week, we’re lucky enough to be spending the week at Bluestone Wales, on a last-minute holiday. I will be reviewing Bluestone separately but suffice to say, we’re all having a brilliant time. It had been quite a busy week even before we set off on holiday, with a day out at the National Sea…
We’ve had a difficult couple of weeks since coming back from our stay at beautiful Blairmore Farm. As soon as we came home, we were straight back down to earth with a bang. My granddad had been very ill in hospital and we knew he didn’t have long left, and he very sadly passed away…
This week has been a whirlwind, but in a good way – especially for Libby. Saturday was her birthday and she was performing with her Stage Performance group in a local fete. She is still the smallest in the drama group, and listening to her singing her little part in ‘Do Ray Me’ a couple…
It doesn’t seem like only a week ago that we were sitting in beautiful Blairmore Farm enjoying a relaxing evening with a few drinks before heading home the next day. So much has happened since then. After a characteristically hectic weekend, my husband went into hospital yesterday to have the operation he’s been waiting for. Whilst…