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Chronic Pain, Family Life

Driving Again After a 14 Year Break | Featuring Graco Booster Car Seat Review

April 22, 2025

The last time I drove a car was sometime around 2009 — that long ago, my eight year old didn’t believe I owned a driving licence. So with something to prove and reason to better myself, I got my anxiety-riddled backside back behind the wheel. […]

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Family Life, Health

My New Bed was a Fail – Would a Topper Save Me?

March 25, 2024

Earlier this year I decided: new year, new bed. It was time to ditch the double and elevate our sleep experience. So what went wrong? The bed frame was alright, the mattress was a right fail. This post contains gifted product from SIMBA. All text, […]

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Family Life

What The Heck Did I Do Last Year? | The 9 Events that Defined my 2023

January 31, 2024

Just where did last year go?! Here’s a roundup of events that defined my 2023, and what hopes I have for the future. It’s not too late for this, right? A lot can happen in a year. A whole lot of nothing can happen too! […]

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Family Life

Big Church Festival 2023 | My 12 Take-Away Highlights

June 12, 2023

Big Church Festival 2023 has come and gone — so what was it like? And should you get tickets for next year? A few weeks ago my family and I attended our first Big Church Festival and it didn’t disappoint. Attracting upwards of 30,000 Christian […]

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Family Life, Health

HRT: Treating Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) — and Why it Isn’t *Just* a Case of Infertility

November 3, 2022

I’ve had a baby so how am I now infertile? That’s the question I’ve asked myself since receiving the shock diagnosis of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency — the chronic health condition that introduced me to the menopausal world of HRT. Despite being able to naturally conceive, […]

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Family Life

My Visit to the Emma Bridgewater Factory: Experiencing the Tour and Decorating Studio

September 1, 2022

We made a visit to the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent, where we got to see heritage workmanship come together with eclectic design that makes this British brand so desired. Nothing screams ‘living my best forty-year-old life’ like the thrill of a factory tour. The […]

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Family Life, Home

REVIEW: Cordless Cleaning with the Hoover HF500 Anti-Twist Stick Vacuum Cleaner

July 26, 2022

Today we’re looking at a high performance vacuum cleaner from the brand who knows Hoovering best. AD. This post contains gifted product and affiliate linking which may earn me a small commission, at no cost to you. Thanks to HOOVER DIRECT. All wording and images […]

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Family Life, Health, Women's Health

Secondary Infertility: Facing the Barren Reality of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency

February 3, 2022

Years of unsuccessful attempts to fall pregnant led to fertility investigation. What was causing our secondary infertility? I thought I’d need a simple fix – I wasn’t prepared for the barren reality. For so long, having kids never interested me. I never imagined myself being […]

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Family Life, Health, Mental Health

Reasons to be Thankful for Hitting 40

January 11, 2022

It’s not all about the midlife crisis! Here’s a list of reasons why turning 40 is a good thing. It’s my birthday next month and it’s the big 4-0. I’m not quite sure how it’s happened but apparently you don’t stay a thirty-something forever. (And […]

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Family Life, Health, Women's Health

This Is What Secondary Infertility Looks Like

December 6, 2021

What’s it like living with secondary infertility? Here’s just 15 ways secondary infertility is always on my mind. Trying for your second baby is a different game, especially when this time round you’re infertile. Infertility is a couple struggling to start a family. A person […]

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Christmas, Family Life

The Snowman Tour Live Experience (Including We’re Going on a Bear Hunt)

September 15, 2021

Make it a Christmas to remember, with a special screening of family favourite The Snowman accompanied by a magnificent live orchestra. AD. Sponsored post by CARROT PRODUCTIONS. All words and images are my own. Ah, The Snowman. The epitome of a modern British Christmas, it’s […]

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Family Life

Backpack Review: A Richmond Castle Adventure Day Bag

August 9, 2021

Now adventures are back on the cards, it’s time to grab your backpack and get out there again! Here’s my review of the Lazy Bear Lance backpack. AD. This post contains gifted product from TRENDHIM. All wording, images & opinion are my own. I’d been […]

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Summer + shopping + sun = 🥰 Summer + shopping + sun = 🥰
ad | Sunday chilling with my new happy pal 🌻 🙂

This cheerful flower pot dude has been a welcome addition to the household. He isn’t just adorable though, he’s a functional Warmies plush! 

Weighted and scented with lavender for a calming moment, microwave for a warming cuddle or pop him in the freezer for a cool down. As a plushie, he’s so soft and lovely to feel, it’s wonderful quality.

In all honesty, if it has a cute face, I’ll love ‘em 🥰

Thanks to the lovely folk at @warmies_official for sending me this.
Cleaned up on the school fair on Saturday. 🤩 We Cleaned up on the school fair on Saturday. 🤩 We won on the big raffle (one of the smaller prizes of a Sunday dinner for 2 - woo hoo! 🙌 ) and Reuben enjoyed the kids fun stalls, especially getting to soak a friend, get loads of sweets and winning a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book that he actually didn’t have already. And it didn’t rain, which was great!  What an awesome school we have. 😊

#schoolfair #yorkshireblogger #mumlifeuk #familylife❤️
I was so excited to find black elder growing in th I was so excited to find black elder growing in the garden when we moved here. It’s a dark shrub that flowers pink blossoms which turn to elderberries in the autumn. It’s not as common as the white flowering elder you see in the countryside everywhere. Now that’s lovely stuff to make elderflower cordial with but let me tell you, pink elderflower is something else! 

I made this myself last week. Picked the flowers Wednesday morning, let them steep in the sugary lemon syrup then filtered and bottled it Saturday morning.  So now I have just shy of four litres of this concentrated fruity-floral gorgeousness to sip through the rest of the summer. 😋 It’s lovely just with water and ice but it’s so good with lemonade too - might also try it with a shot of vodka. 😉 

Has anyone tried this before? Would you have a drink of it? 

#elderflowercordial #elderflower #elderflowers #countrylife #yorkshireblogger #homemadeisbest #mumlifeuk #livingmylife #livingthegoodlife
E A R L Y S U M M E R R R 🍓 This is the best E A R L Y  S U M M E R R R 🍓 

This is the best time of year. Flowers in bloom. Strawberries. Daylight hours still increasing. Hot sun. Okay I live in my sunglasses because sunshine gives me headaches and heat makes me nap but it’s all good. ☀️ 😎
Saw The Corrs at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last Saw The Corrs at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last night thanks to winning tickets from TK Maxx. They were SO GOOD! 🥁🎤 It was great hearing them play all their instruments and sing so effortlessly.  Runaway and Breathless were *chefs kiss* 👌🏻Dreams makes me think of being 16 again in the 90s, well, before the crap part. 
Awesome night. Teeth chatteringly cold in my little dress but brill experience.  Now I have a dehydration headache cos I was too anxious to drink. 😆 

#scarboroughopenairtheatre #SOAT #festivaltime #thecorrs #thecorrsofficial #midsizestyle #curvygirlfashion #musiclover #mumlifeuk #tkmaxx #tkmaxxpresents
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