100 Best Things to Do in Copenhagen (Part One)

I found this video on YouTube sharing the 100 Best Things to Do in Copenhagen. So I thought I’d ‘react’ on what I’ve done so far (and the ones I’d avoid – either personally or in general lol). I found... Continue reading →

How We Made Yummy Sausage Rolls in Denmark

Leading up to Christmas there were various foods that we were going to miss out on. Where we could we found alternatives and a few things involved trying to make them at home with the ingredients we could find. One... Continue reading →

Exploring Denmark: Roskilde by Train
Exploring Denmark

While Jaxon has been at school and Chris has been at work, Rex and I have been exploring Copenhagen a bit more. Whether it’s going to Wild Kiwi Pies for Lamingtons and Tim Tams or exploring yarn stores around the... Continue reading →

7 Things I’ve Noticed Since Giving Up Diet Cola

For five years I worked in the same company, and nearly every day I had at least one can of Diet Cola (and the nearest drinking water tap was upstairs). When I changed jobs, I semi gave it up but... Continue reading →

Things I’m Thankful For…

Thanksgiving is a US thing. Even when I worked for an American company we were asked what we were doing for Thanksgiving. Well, we’d be at work while they’d have the day off! (Then again a similar discussion would be... Continue reading →

A to Z of Date Nights: B is for…Bella Italia

With our Community Group stopping for the Summer Holidays, we had a free evening we were able to make sure we were having a proper date night. I jokingly said that we needed to try and do an A to... Continue reading →

A to Z of Date Nights: A is for…Athena’s Palace

Back in May, Chris and I celebrated our 10th Wedding Anniversary. Throughout the years we’ve done various marriage courses. Don’t panic! There weren’t issues. Think of it like a car. You take the car for a service every year or... Continue reading →

Wagamama Bedford

While the boys were away, my friend posted a link to get tickets for the preview nights at Wagamama Bedford. It's always one of those restaurants that I want to visit however, I usually chicken out and go for somewhere... Continue reading →

Hannah’s Slimming World Report: Week 3, 4, 5 and 6

Today was my weigh in at Slimming World. Here’s my progress: Hello there. Sorry I’ve been a bit lax with the updates. On the 13th we flew to Italy (I’m still meaning to write a post or two an it... Continue reading →

My Slimming World Journey: Week 1

Back in August 2013, I decided I needed to do something about my weight. Also, I needed something I could commit to rather than trying to do it under my own power. I chose to join Slimming World as a... Continue reading →

Currently – 23rd November
Blog Every Day in November

Blog Every Day in November is a blogging challenge for you to write and publish a blog post every day for the entire month of November. It’s as simple as that. The prompts were set by Elizabeth. This post was... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #5

Hey there! It’s Sunday which means it’s Slimming World Sunday. Stephanie from Raising Emily and myself “resurrected” the idea and this is our second week. If you’d like to join in the button and code is at the bottom along with... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #2 (BEDIA)

Today I’m also joining with Debs and Amy for Slimming World Sunday. (I discovered earlier this week that SWS was stopped but seeing as it was their idea originally I’m going to leave the links on the posts) This week... Continue reading →

Currently…3rd August (BEDIA)

Each Monday I start with a sum up of what’s currently happening around these parts – especially when some weeks seem to fly by quicker than others! Watching: I had a bit of a blast from the past and so... Continue reading →

Yorkshire Dales: Day Four

Last week we were on holiday in the Yorkshire Dales. There was signal but it was minimal and patchy so when it come to blogging it was a bit impossible. I made notes so I could share of our adventures... Continue reading →

BEDM2015: Top 10 Foods You Could Eat for the Rest of Your Life (LYBS)

Top 10 Foods You Could Eat for The Rest of Your Life I love food. I really do. So working on the idea that these foods wouldn’t make me extra fat or probably make me ill in other... Continue reading →

This is How We Do It {and Link Up}

Today I’m joining with Lori at the Boutelle Family Blog and Ashley at Grace Mountain Diaries for This Is How We Do It. These are two new blogs that I found recently and we met through the LYBS group on Facebook.... Continue reading →

Rambles: The Last Few Days

This is a bit of an unpolished post – I think I spend so much time trying to polish up the posts and made them publishable that I don’t blog and disappear for over a week! So this is just a... Continue reading →

What’s Cooking? Chicken and Pesto Tart

On Saturday, Chris asked me to put my organisational skills to use and while feeding Jaxon/watching Strictly, he got me to write a meal plan for this week. Some days are really simple like burgers, home made chips and vegetables... Continue reading →

Coffee and Cake – Macmillan Coffee Morning

I seem to have dropped off the planet when it comes to blogging about anything but Jaxon or my currently weekly posts. Tomorrow is the Big Macmillan Coffee Morning and I will be visiting my second and third coffee “mornings”.... Continue reading →

Currently…1st September

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: The West Wing (Season 6 and just started Season 7 this weekend – Have found other things to watch and have been out more this last week so haven’t got through quite as many episodes) Who... Continue reading →

AtoZ Challenge: E is for…Edible

E is for….EdibleAround two years ago Chris discovered that he needed to consider a gluten free diet as the gluten in his diet was making him poorly. At first, we headed for the Free From range and started there. Even... Continue reading →

March 8: Gluten Free Banana Bread

Since Chris discovered that a gluten free diet was better for him than all that gluten in his diet I’ve been attempting to make more and more gluten free cakes and biscuits so that he doesn’t feel like he’s missing... Continue reading →

February 16: A Ride on a Train

The week and the weekend didn’t exactly go to plan but that is another story maybe in the future sometime. Anyway, so on Sunday, Chris and I decided that we would miss church for the morning and go off an... Continue reading →

February 14: Happy Valentine’s Day (and Chocolate Muesli!!)

At work there were all sorts of activities going on this week because it was Valentine’s Day. This included a quiz sheet, raffle, a video competition between the teams and a Bake Off Cooking Competition. I took part in the... Continue reading →

this week…

On about Tuesday of last week I realised that I hadn’t really been blogging. I seem to have either ran out of time or the idea of sitting down and writing something has driven me up the wall. I have... Continue reading →

our BIG adventure 2013: Day 5

Today was going to be a tough day. I’m not a fan of a roller coasters whereas Chris is a MASSIVE fan and Our Sidekick is a fan to a certain point. I’d been prepared that it would be a... Continue reading →

100 things that make me happy…

This Morning I woke to a tagged post on Facebook from Lucy from Mrs Bishop’s Bakes and Banter. Over on her blog she posted a list of 100 things that make her happy. So I’ve joined in and written my... Continue reading →

getting healthy pt 1

Those of you who know me in person know that exercise isn’t one of my favourite activities. I think in the past the most exercise I’ve done has been to pick up the remote and start the next episode of... Continue reading →

eighty five: onehundredwords….#82

You can get more information and join in here. The prompt for this week is …looking at all of that chocolate… Given the up and downs of the last few weeks I can’t wait to be looking at all of... Continue reading →

fortyfour: pancake day

At the end of last week I wrote a huge to do list – I think in total it had about 50 things on it – mainly to do with writing blog posts and getting them scheduled in the right... Continue reading →

thirtyone: burns night

This picture was snapped standing in the hallway at my friend’s house. I had my phone in my hands with my arms over my head – I’m surprised that no one saw me! Our friend The Murf is Scottish and... Continue reading →

nineteen: snow, family and friends

If you live in the UK you’ll know how we were hit by a bunch of snow in the last week – especially in the lady 24-48 hours. I called a customer at work yesterday to tell her that her... Continue reading →

twelve: kitchen conversion visualisation

Kitchen Volume Conversion Aid infographic by Plainworks. Yesterday an email from Visual.ly pinged into my inbox – normally I delete or skip over it but this time I had a look. In there, there was a link to this visualisation.... Continue reading →

283: The Invasion of Nottinghamshire #TWI

It’s Sunday when I’m writing this. I’m on the bus heading back from my adventure. I could wait until I get home but I may as well use the time wisely right? Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and... Continue reading →

111: Fill In The Blanks Friday

1. Today is a great day because, it’s the dress rehearsal for our performance. 2. Tomorrow I will hopefully remember all my lines in the performance and not forget my dance moves during the two big numbers (that I usually... Continue reading →

093: Dear Monday

Joining up with Megan from Happy Day Blog. Dear Monday, how did you arrive so soon? I’ve sick for a week and I’m so fed up of it. I need to be better! Thankfully my manager and my colleague have... Continue reading →