Goodness me but where has May gone? I'm like a broken record these past few months but this year is flying by. I can't believe I've been back at work for 5 months, it's gone by in a blink. May for us has been a lovely month involving more DIY getting the garden more Ethan friendly. Tom built a new shed over the...

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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a very special Clandestine Cake Club event at John Lewis in Leeds. Located in their Place to Eat cafe, this was very different to any CCC's that I had been to in the past. The theme was "Never Knowingly Underbaked" and as the event was due to take place at 5pm on...

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Gosh it's hot today but I will not complain as it will be grey and miserable again before we know it. The sunshine really is good for the soul and following on from this week's horrific events, it's nice to see clear blue skies and smiles on faces as everyone makes the most of this warm spell. I had planned on sharing this...

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I was going to share a delicious chocolate cake recipe with you today but I can't switch my brain off from the recent terror attack in Manchester. I just can't fathom how someone can intentionally target an event full of children and young people. They had their whole lives in front of them yet due to the actions of those monsters  they will...

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Another Monday and another meal plan - have you had a good weekend? Ours was fairly chilled out, nothing exciting to report I'm afraid. We have found out though that we need a new boiler which is just a tad expensive (£1700, ahem!) so money is now very tight. Bye bye any chance of a summer holiday but at least we will have...

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I used to be a total disaster in the kitchen. I mean, seriously, I could barely boil an egg until I went away to university and then I was thrust in at the deep end with learning how to cook. After a term of living off ready meals I was determined to learn how to cook once I came back to uni after...

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Regular readers of this blog will know that I love brownies - that combination of chocolate, sugar, butter, flour and eggs creates something magical that can only be described as rib stickingly good. A few weeks ago, I came across this recipe by Brown EyedBaker for Cookie Dough Brownies and I just knew I had to make them. Two of my favourite things...

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I feel like it's been an age since I wrote a Meal Planning Monday post or even a blog post (two weeks in fact!) but lately time hasn't been on our side. We had a few rough nights of Ethan not wanting to settle so bedtime took forever and by the time he did eventually succumb to sleep I was dashing around like...

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Just a quick post here before Monday is well and truly over. I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday. Ours was fairly quiet due to Tom being snowed under with marking (it's that time of year) and poor Ethan has come down with a rotten cold.  I am planning on doing a separate weekend post later this week but for now...

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I know I say it every month but where has the time gone? Not only has April gone in a blink but so has the first half of this year. I truly cannot believe we are about to enter May with summer within touching distance. I'll be honest though, I'm totally muddled with the days and I only realised it was the end...

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