Why not give your family a treat for Christmas with these delicious biscuits? This a recipe from Mum’s Recipe book and one that she loved! She was a wonderful cook and made lots of tasty treats for Christmas. What you will need: 250 grams chilled, cubed butter 1/2 cup icing sugar 2 cups plain Continue Reading
I have to say that Mother’s Day is not a big thing in our house. The attitude has always been that it is another excuse for commercial exploitation of consumers – and in all reality that’s what it is for most people. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. A gathering of the family Continue Reading
Making melt and pour soap is fun and so easy to do. Homemade soap is a great gift for lots of different occasions- especially for Mother’s Day! I use a goat’s milk base that is creamy and easy to work with. You can add different oils and botanicals to the soap as well as different Continue Reading
This recipe for Passionfruit Delicious is from Mum’s Recipe Book. She is no longer with us but I think she would be pleased to think that I was sharing the recipe in the lead up to Mother’s Day. It is a simple and tasty dessert that your Mother is sure to love. Whether you are Continue Reading
Is the constant bad news getting you down? Do you need a bit of a lift? We will be posting helpful thoughts on social media twice each day for a while. Here they are altogether if you need an overload of happy and helpful now! 1.The local swimming pool has just closed for an indefinite Continue Reading
Have you been told you can work from home but have doubts about it? I worked from home for 14 years and loved every minute of it. And before that, when the kids were young, I was able to work at home during the holidays and when they were sick and we all learned to Continue Reading
Panic has gripped the world because of the Coronavirus and supermarkets are selling out of hand sanitiser, cleaning products, disinfectants, toilet paper and rice etc. It seems that people are easily panicked. I heard a psychologist say on the news that the buying of sanitiser etc. helps people feel that they can take some control Continue Reading
The knowledge that you are carrying twins can be quite overwhelming. We were fortunate in that we had one child already so we not going to be first time parents as well as first time parents of twins!!! But of course that meant that our family was expanding from 3 to 5 people in one Continue Reading
When I was a little girl I was taught that it was impolite to talk about religion, politics or money when in company e.g. when friends or family were over for dinner. Sadly, my family rarely spoke about these things anyway because my mother was very timid and could not handle healthy debate about anything. Continue Reading
I started writing about raising twins a few months ago and was overwhelmed with memories – many great ones but also some that took me back to a dark place. Why? Well lets be honest, those first few months of looking after a new baby or babies is not all roses and sunshine!!! Lack of Continue Reading
