Family Diary Things that have made me happy this week Posted on December 15, 2014August 13, 2021 By Becky Hello Monday! I am feeling particularly perky, as today is the first day in a month that everyone appears to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and ready and raring to go. I might even have a whole Monday where I can get a decent amount of work done and get back… Read more
Make How to make festive Chocolate Spoons Posted on December 11, 2014 By Becky Hello! Been laying low a bit this last week- family illness plus general Christmas busyness has meant that my focus has been elsewhere, although we’ve still found time to make these fabulous chocolate spoons! Ideal for stirring and melting in warm milk, they make a great stocking filler, or attractive… Read more
Baking This Year’s Christmas Cake Posted on December 5, 2014 By Becky Every year I make a Christmas cake, using my family’s traditional recipe. Once the cake has had a few weeks to be soaked in booze, it’s retrieved from its tin, and decorating it completes this much-loved culinary ritual! I’d decided to decorate it earlier than usual this year, as we’d… Read more
Our Home Our Festive Home Posted on December 4, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky It’s that time of year again when I can once more get excited about giving our home a total makeover, that lasts for approx one month, before it all comes down and normal service is resumed once more! It’s actually quite weird if you think about, all this temporary house… Read more
Family Diary The Gratitude Express- Turning 31 Special Posted on December 3, 2014August 13, 2021 By Becky On Saturday I turned 31, significantly less daunting than turning 30, although it’s always a little disappointing that the older you get, the less special birthdays tend to be ( especially if you spend your birthday ill. Have I mentioned this enough yet?!). I guess that’s what’s so great about… Read more
Baking World’s Best Sausage Rolls! Posted on December 2, 2014 By Becky I have to admit that I’m a bit of a pastry fiend. Sweet or savoury, I could eat the stuff all day, but I refrain as I would be the size of a house! However, once the festive season is upon us, I allow myself to indulge as much as… Read more
Our Home Trimming the tree 2014 Posted on December 1, 2014 By Becky Yesterday we (and when I say ‘we’, I mean ‘I’) could no longer hold back, and set about attending to one of my favourite activities of the year- decorating the Christmas tree! After an illness-plagued birthday on Saturday, I thought focusing on all things festive would cheer me up. We… Read more
Seasonal Our Festive Bucket List Posted on November 30, 2014May 19, 2025 By Becky So it was my birthday yesterday, and I felt like a sack of poo, having to cancel all weekend birthday plans including a night away with Adam. The family lurgy finally caught up with me! Whilst Adam took the wild newly re-energised children out for the afternoon so I could… Read more
Fashion & Beauty Good Mum Style – Portia Freeman Posted on November 26, 2014August 29, 2023 By Becky Not many people have on paper the sort of uber-hip life to envy quite like model mum Portia Freeman. Ladyfriend of Kooks Bassist Pete Denton, and Mum to 4 year old Dylan, this London-based, twenty-something hot mama also has a wardrobe and look to die for! Her style is chic… Read more