The Humans
1April 16, 2014 by admin
I am on holiday. That means I get to read. I have been saving a particular book for this holiday …
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Category book review | Tags: book review, Matt Haig, The Humans
John Lewis to anti-chafe pants – I have it all covered.
2April 10, 2014 by admin
Soundbites. That’s all I have for you at the moment. I am sapped of coherent or creative thought, yet feel …
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Category Day to day life, kids, outdoors, Parenting, screens, Shopping | Tags: anti-chafe pants, dens, easter holidays, john lewis, Lake Windermere, Lendal Bridge closure, Live Tour, M&S, Miranda Hart, vangarde shopping centre, Youth Hostel association
Things to do in York over the Easter holidays
1March 27, 2014 by admin
The Easter holidays are just around the corner. We may get lucky and have glorious weather. Or we may not. …
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Category Entertainment, Things to do | Tags: castle howard, Castle Museum, easter 2014, easter holidays, english heritage, kids activities, National Trust, Newby Hall, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Museum
101 Things For Kids To Do Outside
2March 25, 2014 by admin
Anyone who has read my blog for a while or who knows me in real life, will know that I …
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Category book review, Day to day life, Parenting, Product Reviews | Tags: 101 things for kids to do outside, book review, dawn isaac, kids, outdoors, screens
My favourite room
0March 22, 2014 by admin
Our house nestles in the middle of a Victorian terrace on a quiet street, very close to the York City …
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Category Day to day life | Tags: house, Jane Austen, Longbourn, sleep, sun, york Minster
Happy!
0March 20, 2014 by admin
Today is the United Nations International Day of Happiness. It is coordinated by Action for Happiness, a non-profit movement of people from …
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Category Day to day life | Tags: happinessday, happy, INternational day of happiness
Let it rain
3March 19, 2014 by admin
I have had a harried morning. The type when you start off calm but end up screaming like a banshee …
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Category Day to day life | Tags: first time seeing rain, pluviophile, rain, soothing
Fitness idea – Cycle from York to Beningbrough
3March 18, 2014 by admin
My new year resolution was not to have any resolutions, other than to make decisions that made me happy. Which …
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Category Fitness, Things to do | Tags: beningbrough hall, cycling, fitness, yoga, york
Of no fixed abode
0March 14, 2014 by admin
I’m guest posting over at Bringing Up Brits today – a blog for expats raising their kids in Britain. I …
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Category Blogging | Tags: Bringing Up Brits, expat, guest blog
Things unsaid
7March 11, 2014 by admin
This week’s Creative Writing prompt She stood on the broad expanse of white sand, virginal in its perfection. Not a …
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Category Writing | Tags: creative writing prompt, message in a bottle, unsaid words
