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Archive for July 2018

#Project365 week 28: still waiting for the rain!

OK, seriously, this is starting to get weird. British summers are NOT like this! Day 189: a special treat for all of us as we went to the cinema to watch the new Thomas and Friends film. It was Zach’s first visit to a cinema! Day 190: a new style for me, I’ve never tried […]

Eggy rice muffins

OK hands up who ALWAYS cooks too much rice. Me too! 🙂 Ingredients 200g cooked rice 75g veg (I used some onion, peas and carrots) 100g grated cheese (I used a mix of cheddar and red leicester but you could try mozzarella and parmesan too)) 2 eggs Method Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius and […]

#StayClassyMama 110

Hello and welcome to the #StayClassyMama linky. I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to have been added as a host for this fab linky and look forward to seeing what you link up this week! Well, I am still recovering from last night’s footie. Well done Croatia, but the England team have had a great […]

Wedding Wednesday: the tradition of the white wedding dress

I always assumed that the white wedding dress was an old one based on notions of purity and virginity but actually it originated with Queen Victoria! In the Western world it was usual for a bride to wear her most elaborate and expensive dress at her wedding as a sign of her social standing. This […]

The problem with the ’18 summers’ theory

Thoughts of my children growing up and away have been on my mind recently and I’ve also thought about the type of people I want them to become. You must have seen the posts and pics across social media in the last couple of weeks reminding parents that we only have 18 summers with our […]