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Archive for May 2017

Step away from the wheat! Things I miss since becoming wheat free

I stopped eating wheat in 2001 after being diagnosed with a wheat allergy. On the day of my diagnosis I had eaten toast for breakfast, pasta for lunch and pizza for tea. My life changed forever and here are a few things I miss: eating huge bowls of pasta. Now I’m eating pasta costing at […]

#VLOGSTARS: things that wind me up

Right, prepare yourself for angry eyes, hand gestures (not rude ones 🙂 ) and a little bit of a rant! The red mist descends and I discuss the things that wind me up. I had to massively edit this as there were so many and once I got started I kept going! When I had […]

I have turned my son into a criminal

The Highway Code for cyclists rule 64 clearly states ‘You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement’ (use of capitals is theirs not mine!). Today we were almost knocked into by 3 teenagers on their way to school. They were riding their bikes on the pavement. I understand. I really do. I wouldn’t want my children […]

Avon Color Trend nail enamel in Wild Blackcurrant

I love Avon products. I get really excited when the brochure comes to my house every 3 weeks. This time I couldn’t resist the Wild Blackcurrant nail enamel! The bottle design has pretty spots and the colour is bright, fun and summery.   Layer 1 provided quite good coverage.  Layer 2 made the colour really […]

Is summer finally approaching? (Monday 8th May)

I have been a bit of a grump with the whole weather situation 🙁 Zach’s birthday weekend was glorious but since then it had pretty much been grey cloud permanently and rain on several school runs. Yesterday afternoon was great and the sun was shining, a great excuse to make the most of our lovely […]