I remember the days that my husband and I bought our first house, even many years down the line. I don’t think you ever forget do you? I can clearly remember picking up the keys from the estate agent, the ceremonial unlocking of the door, and that first step into…

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As I may have mentioned a few times before (ahem) I do love a wooden toy. We already have a wooden kitchen which the children love, and so when we were offered the chance to try some of the wooden toy range from Asda, we jumped at the chance. After some…

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I saw a little quote on Facebook the other day that went something like ‘Halloween is over, and from the stroke of midnight all you will hear is Christmas carols.’ Although it made me chuckle, there is an element of truth in that – I bet loads of you nodded…

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Welcome to Tried & Tested Tuesday! It means such a lot to us to have so many lovely people who join us almost every single week and, alongside those, new faces linking up.  One of the things we love most is how many different people with such very different blogs…

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I can hardly believe that it’s November – that means Christmas is next month. I am pretty much done on the present buying front I think, but there are still a lot of bits and pieces I need to do – plan food, get some decorations and cards and have a…

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