For weeks a particular promoted Facebook post kept appearing in my newsfeed. At first I ignored it, but once I had made my 2015 New Year’s resolution to try a new thing a day, I thought maybe I should click on it in case it was something I should add to my list. As soon … Read more
I have always been quite interested in the idea of trying my hand at pottery but thought it would be wise to start simple, so I bought some self-hardening clay to have a play with. I always enjoyed browsing some of the many books which we had collected over the years all about arts and … Read more
Following on from discovering the benefits of making salads in a jar, I decided that (in the name of balanced eating lol) I should try making some brownies in a jar… These were also inspired by The Domestic Geek – I am definitely a big fan! I decided to attempt slight variations on the original … Read more
I love food – pretty much all food – and I am very keen on salads. Back in January 2015 I was exceptionally busy and had very little free time, let alone any real time to spend cooking. I started looking into the concept of meal prepping, i.e. preparing meals at the weekend in advance … Read more
Do you have a pet that is a super fussy eater? We sure do! In fact, we have TWO… Lila and Rumo are our beautiful Alaskan Malamute twins… and they can be ridiculously picky about what they will eat, especially when it comes to dog treats. One of our dogs’ favourite New Thing A Day … Read more
As one of the very first of my New Thing A Day challenges in 2015, I decided to try out a set of 24 of the Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer artists’ watercolour pencils which I had bought on a whim from Amazon. As a schoolgirl I had always preferred drawing and sketching to painting, so the … Read more
Hi everyone! A belated Happy New Year to you all! I hope 2017 has been great for you so far and that you have a wonderful year. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year? If so, what were they, and have you stuck to them so far? This year, I have set myself … Read more