Author: Hannah

046: Kindle, Chicken and Friends

Look what arrived yesterday. So exciting!! Our Sidekick was super grown up and signed for it, for me while I was at work – he took it upstairs and put it somewhere (I’m not entirely sure where) but when we... Continue reading →

044: Dear Monday

Dear Monday, you didn’t just creep round this week, you slammed right into the week and crashed. Saturday was the breakfast and catching up with the girls and then yesterday was Millie Mae’s baptism. The weekend was good fun but... Continue reading →

042: Breakfast Anyone?

So today had an early start and those of you who know me in person know that I don’t particularly like early mornings. You add in cold temperatures and I like them even less! Yes that’s -12 Celsius! That’s 10... Continue reading →

041: 100 Word Challenge (Week 30)

You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 30 Tommy had been winding Jack up all day and when Jack saw the opportunity to get Jack back he took it. He picked up the book and launched it across the... Continue reading →

040: I Love Lists Thursday

  This week’s list probably should come next week given it being Valentine’s Day but I want to say thank you for all this bits now. My “I Love Lists” list this week is a list of things that Chris... Continue reading →

039: Outfit Post

They are rare but sometimes they happen – if you follow me on Instagram you will have already seen these. Christmas Jumper – AsdaCamera T-shirt (underneath) – ThreadlessBrown Pinstriped Trousers – Tesco (I think)Boots – AsdaParachute Trousers – Next (via... Continue reading →

037: Dear Monday

Joining with Megan from The Happy Day Blog. You can see her post here. Dear Monday, I gave in, I got up this morning and went to work – I’d been at work about ten minutes and my colleague commented... Continue reading →

035: Erm

Batten down the hatches – the snow is coming!! Well at 5pm when we went to help set up for my cousin’s 18th Birthday the snowflakes were tiny and just created a light dusting. We’d had the meal that my... Continue reading →

034: Fill In The Blanks Friday

Joining up with Lauren at The Little Things We Do for today’s post. As Lauren is getting used to being a new mummy, today’s blanks were supplied by Meg of Mr. C & Me. 1. If money wasn’t an issue,... Continue reading →

033: Review: January

January Books Read The Cause Within You by Matthew Barnett Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Places Visited Ikea at Milton Keynes The Lyceum in London – The Lion King Films Seen Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows The Iron... Continue reading →

032: To You, Me, We and They.

There was a plan and I broke it so this post is winging it. I spent this evening discussing music with about 5 or 6 different people on Facebook – our thread was about 100 comments long in the end... Continue reading →

031a: I Am Kinda A Test

I’ve been having trouble getting my blog to talk to Facebook and then get the comments to link back and things like that – so this is a test to share some of the interesting bits I’ve found on Pinterest.... Continue reading →

031: 100 Words Challenge (Week 29)

You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 29 I call her from the other side of the world and her phone goes straight to voicemail. “Mum, I’m pretty sure when your only daughter is the other side of... Continue reading →

030: Dear Monday

Dear Monday, according to the weather we’re due to get snow this week – I’m not sure if it’s coming but it did sleet this evening – maybe it’s on it’s way, Who knows we might have a dusting in... Continue reading →

028: Food Post

It had been conversation for most of the week about Our Sidekick making dinner one day – he’d made pizza in Food Technology at school as few weeks back and we’d had that and it was so yummy we’d asked... Continue reading →

027: Life. Edited.

So this is going to sound crazy – as mad as this is I like the idea – so what if I got rid of all my reading books. I know, I know how crazy am I given that I’ve... Continue reading →

026: I Love Lists Thursday

Things To Do Since Christmas I feel like I’ve been treading water both at home and at work. I think it’s finally reached the point that it’s winding me up and stressing me out. I stood in the kitchen this... Continue reading →

025: Family Time and Bits

Listening to  Allsorts really, I have an audiobook of Pride and Prejudice so I’ve been listening to that while driving home from work so that I can make time to fit in “reading” it. Watching Lots of TV. It’s not... Continue reading →

024: Tuesday Tunes

(Source) Special Post Julia Nunes So today should technically be the letter D but I figure – my posts, my rules. Today is the 24th January and one of the people I follow on YouTube is doing something amazing and... Continue reading →

023: Dear Monday

Dear Monday, I didn’t want you to start. I spent most of Saturday curled up on the sofa and then most of Sunday curled up in bed in the hope that my cold would go away. Well it did work... Continue reading →

019: I Love Lists Thursday

Films I’d Like To See… Today, I’m seriously glad for a preformed post rather than something I need to think about a lot! I’ve had a sore throat since Tuesday but today it stepped up a gear and I feel... Continue reading →

018: Well Hello Wednesday

I had a post to post from my phone but the formatting looks lame and looks like I don’t care about the post when I do. So your reader might say one thing and my post says another but it’ll... Continue reading →

016: 100 Word Challenge

You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 27 This week is a bit different – rather than writing a story like normal, we are creating 100 word critiques of last weeks stories. Well first up I have... Continue reading →

014: Saturday and A Party

Today was always going to be a pretty busy day. I’d planned to be all organised and get some clothes thrown into bin bags to take to the charity shop (then again Mummy Steph is encouraging a swishing party so... Continue reading →

013: Fill In The Blanks

1.   The last thing I ate was my dinner yesterday – so that was Shepherd’s Pie and vegetables – my Mum rocks! I helped dish up as she was trying to finish a bunch of stuff. My Dad helped me by... Continue reading →

012: I Love Lists Thursday

(One Day) I’d like to visit… I love the idea of travelling and love the idea of going further afield and to different places each time I go away well sometimes it’s not as simple as that so I have... Continue reading →

011b: 100 Word Challenge: Week 26

You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 26 It’s been one of those weeks where I can’t wait for the weekend to get here – then again I messed up my Blogging Plan this week. Hopefully I’ll... Continue reading →

011: The Fault *Not* in Our Stars

I would class myself as a Nerdfighter – if you don’t know what a Nerdfighter is please look here. So John Green who is one half of VlogBrothers is an author. He writes Young Adult (YA) books which are probably... Continue reading →

010: Tuesday Tunes

(Source) B is for…. Bryan Adams We used this as part of the Christmas production at church so it’s been creeping up my Most Played list in iTunes.     The video won’t embed 🙁 You can find it here Continue reading →

009: Jeans!

Have you got a favourite outfit? I think mine would have to be my jeans – I think given the choice I would live in them all the time (well minus my pyjama bottoms when I’m asleep!) I virtually wear a pair... Continue reading →

007: HUGStronger

I read Kaleigh’s blog and her posts are amazing and so encouraging – she has this huge heart for people and seeing hurting people, relax and find that happy place that helps them. She also has an amazing way of... Continue reading →

004: Interesting Blogs Stats

On NYE/NYD, WordPress sent out a round up of blog stats. I was pretty excited by this and thought I’d share some bits. I was also inspired by Amy at Lemon and Raspberry. Top 5 Blog Posts So It’s Now... Continue reading →

003: Tuesday Tunes

(Source) A is for…. Anna Nalick – Breathe (2am) There isn’t a proper video on YouTube for this song. If you don’t mind a bit of blood and guts (like medical drama) then this version is kind of cool –... Continue reading →

002: Review: December

Places Visited Suffolk – to see CJ’s Aunt and introduce Our Sidekick to more family members Renhold – to see my Grandparents and family (my cousin had to work so we didn’t see my Aunt Uncle and other Cousin *sad... Continue reading →

001: Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!!! Hey all! So I’m technically writing this at 7:30pm on the 31st December 2011 before I go to a party. Me and Our Sidekick are getting in the party mood by listening to Foster The People and... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 24 (Part 2)

You can find the prompt here. 100 50/50 Word Challenge So I chose Sally-Jayne‘s story to complete. Here is her first half. He’d guessed as soon as she’d refused the wine, and he wasn’t as happy as she’d hoped he would... Continue reading →

Dear Monday: 19th December

Dear Monday, you were a strange day – originally I had the day booked off work so I would have a four day weekend to try and get the house ready for Christmas and recover from the crazy weekend of... Continue reading →

Review: All Sorts of Goodies.

Back at the beginning of November I was offered an opportunity to review three products from Prezzybox.com. I had assistance from CJ and Our Sidekick to review the three products we received. We received Yummy Dough, Addict-A-Ball and Tude Beams.... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 23

I nearly avoided this one but I think I have something now. You can find the prompt here. It’s to the tune of O Holy Night which is one of my favourites. The idea is to take a traditional Christmas... Continue reading →

Where You Been Girlie?

It’s nearly two weeks since I blogged and minus a small moment in the middle I didn’t miss it. Is that good or bad? I even questioned if it was time to give up properly. Then again I think I... Continue reading →

Song: I Am Amazing

This has been popping up on my Facebook and Twitter feeds today – I had to share it. Have a good day. Me and @Noahsapprentice (Aka James) discussed the title as well. What do you think of the title? What... Continue reading →

Review: November

Places visited Oldham Ulverston Coniston Windermere/Bowness-on-Windermere and The Beatrix Potter Museum Tarn Hows Keswick Lake Coniston Lake Windermere Wast Water Honister Pass and Slate Mine<> Derwentwater Conkers National Forest around Ashby-De-La-Zouch London – BBC Western House London – Royal Albert... Continue reading →

Firsts in Our Foster Family: Cinema

Since becoming a foster parent to Our Sidekick I started counting “Firsts”. When you’re a parent you count, first steps or first words but with Our Sidekick being older (and able to do them!). I counted other firsts, our first... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 20

The Book You Plan To Read Next There is a whole pile of books that I plan to read next – whether I’ll actually manage to read them is a whole other thing. The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R.... Continue reading →

Dear Monday V.2

Joining with Megan from The Happy Day Blog. You can see her post here. Dear Monday you made my weekend four days long – thank you muchlie. Also because of left over holidays from work I have 4 days weeks... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 19

A Book You Wish You’d Written/Genre You Wish You Could Write in Ultimately I kind of wish that I could write a story that someone would want to pick up and read. I completed NaNoWriMo last year and keep meaning... Continue reading →

Dear Monday

Joining with Megan from The Happy Day Blog. You can see her post here. Dear Monday You were hard work this (well yesterday!) morning, I needed to get back in the swing of work post holiday. Dear Sidekick/Third Musketeer I... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 18

Your favourite biography/autobiography I am sure there are more that have made me laugh to the point of nearly falling out of bed but the ones I remember are Billy and Brave Mouth by Pamela Stephenson (both also made me... Continue reading →

Soooo…

So, our family went from two to three recently. Don’t worry you didn’t secretly miss me pop a baby out of thin air (or have a moment like those Mum’s who don’t they are pregnant until they go into labour).... Continue reading →

Honest Blog Posts

I’ve been working my way through my RSS Reader as there were seems to be a crazy number of posts at the moment – I think it’s because of the weather changing. One that pinged up was by Crystal from... Continue reading →

Fill In The Blanks Friday

You can get the prompts here. 1. My favorite thing about this week was/is that my days off between now and Christmas were confirmed which means I’m basically  on 4 day weeks between now and then. 2. Colder weather makes me... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 17

A Book You Have Started But Never Finished Oh I am pretty sure that there are many of those. Here are just a few: Labyrinth by Kate Mosse Dawn of Avalon by Anna Elliott Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen... Continue reading →

November

It’s that time of year again where crazy people like me sign up for NaNoWriMo and write a novel. This is then fourth year that I’ve done it and I’m hoping that it’ll be my second year to actually complete.... Continue reading →

Review: October

My Manager at work retired at the end of October (Well kinda yesterday in fact) which means it might be all kinda of crazy soon – if life wasn’t already bonkers. Went to the cinema with Dad which was kinda... Continue reading →

Fill In The Blanks Friday

You can get the prompts here. 1.  When I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher, a paramedic, a lawyer, a nurse, a vet when I grew up. (Yup I couldn’t never make up my mind! 2.  As an adult, my... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 16

A book you are embarrassed about liking I don’t think there are any lol. I guess to some people it would be embarrassing that I like the Twilight Series. It would also be embarrassing to others that I’m 25 and... Continue reading →

Travel Thursday: No 21

Travel Thursday is an idea a number of us discussed on Twitter and our friend Ian put together the prompts. Travel Thursday: The Most Dangerous Thing You Have Done While Travelling It wasn’t really travelling but it was away from... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 16

100 Word Challenge: Week 16 Clearly I really was having a bad week last week because I wrote the title as “100 Week Challenge: Week 15” which makes it sound like a huge challenge! Anyway so back to earth with... Continue reading →

Fill In The Blanks

You can get the prompts here.   1. Nothing says fall like apple pie – Yum! 2. My favorite autumnal tradition is going to the woods near my house and looking for conkers – then coming home and playing conkers. 3.... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 15

100 50 Word Challenge: Week 15 We rush through the season and head towards Christmas, The autumn leaves start to fall and I can kick them to the sky Or hunt through the piles for conkers And when I’m done... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 15

What makes you pick up a book of the shelf / borrow or buy a book? I would think that the cover does play a huge part in it but then again I’ve stood in the second hand/rare book store... Continue reading →

#cnmac11 – Part Four

Part Four – I promise we’re almost there – I tend to ramble lots hence why part four when it was only one day! (It was either that or write like a 3000 word post and bore the pants off... Continue reading →

#cnmac11 – Part Three

Since the weekend I’ve been trying to write up what happened at #CNMAC11 – with the reception we had for The Fountain (Bedford) yesterday I feel like I’ve lost a whole evening to write so hopefully I can process the... Continue reading →

#cnmac11 – Part Two

So at first I didn’t hear back from MrsFurmanator we’d both got off the train at St Pancras International, I stuck my iPod on and headed for the shops in the station (I think it makes me look more at home... Continue reading →

#cnmac11 – Part One

Saturday was one of those days when I probably should have stayed in bed and written the day off to feeling rubbish but I didn’t – I got up, got dressed and via church to drop our house guest off... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 14

Your Favourite Supporting Character in a Novel. Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter – he spends the whole series just being in the background and popping up here and there but then then in the last few chapters or so of... Continue reading →

100 Word Challenge: Week 14

100 Word Challenge: Week 14 Well in the past I’ve been there trying to post my link before the linky thing opens – this week I was chased up by Sally-Jayne to find out where my story is. So well... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 13

Your Favourite Travel Book I don’t actually know lol. I tend to get a new travel guide each time I go to another city. I have a Paris on by Moleskine which is more of a notebook with maps and... Continue reading →

Travel Thursday: No 18

Your Favourite Flight or Airline I’ve only been on 2 flights (technically 4 as we had a stopover on the way to Turkey and the way back from Turkey) they were both with the same airline so I guess my favourite would... Continue reading →

Tuesday Tunes – Birdy

Birdy – The A Team (Ed Sheeran Cover) She sang this on the Live Lounge a few weeks back on Radio 1 – it was amazing – it nearly made me cry. She’s like 16 or something like that and... Continue reading →

The Friday Read: No 12

A Book You Think It Should Be Compulsory For Everyone To Read This is a tough one because something I like isn’t necessarily every one else’s cup of tea. So I would suggest The Diary of A Young Girl by... Continue reading →