How Podcasts Are Changing My Life (Plus 5 to Binge-Listen)

It might sound a bit extreme to say that something as simple as listening to podcasts is changing my life, but it really is that big a deal. I've always been a craver of background noise, and that mostly means the Harry Potter audio books which are on pretty much continually in our house, including …

Our Home Tour: Downstairs Toilet Reveal

Now we're really starting to make some progress with making our house feel like it actually belongs to us, I thought I'd start to share some of the finished rooms with you.  Shortly after moving in we decided we'd start with the downstairs toilet because, a: it's tiny, and b: it was really sad in …

My Biggest Blogtacular Takeaways

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about my goals for this years Blogtacular, the biggest and best blogging conference in the country (and quite possibly the world.) This was going to be my second time at the conference, and I was really excited to be able to go to the pre-conference party at …

My Blogtacular 2017 Goals

I'm finding two things hard to believe right now. Firstly, that Blogtacular 2016 was almost a year ago, and secondly that in just two days time the 2017 conference will be in full swing!It's totally crept up on me. I felt like I had ages to get myself ready, but it suddenly occurred to me …

Our Dream West Elm Living Room

Our current home is the third house D and I have lived in together. The first was our rented three story student terrace in a not-so-fancy area in the outskirts of Leeds. It was draughty and mouldy and had been pretty effectively ruined by the hoards of students who had inhabited it before us, but …

Some Thoughts on Balance

This week I spent some time with my grandparents. While I was there something happened which made me recognise quite how far I've come in the last few years, nothing groundbreaking or exciting but something which two or three years ago would have made me panic. My Nanny offered me a sandwich! I know right - shocking! …

Doors of St Ives

I'm called every year to come back to St IvesSouthwest bound with others who lead busy lives,To walk on the Island, to gaze at the sea,Drawn back to this land that is calling to me.The deeper blue Ocean, the paler blue sky,The call of the seagulls all soaring on high,Wherever I travel, wherever I roam,One …

Raku Firing Experience: The Good Life Experience

Last September I was invited to spend the weekend in Wales at the Good Life Experience, and it truly changed my life! I wrote a post about it here, but one of the most magical experiences I had over the whole weekend was raku firing, something that had been on my bucket list for years …

Why I’ll Never Buy Tampons Again

I started my period when I was one month away from turning 13 (yes...this really is a post about periods!)As I'm now 28 and five months old, and my period arrived at the weekend, that means I've reached approximately 202 periods (52÷4x15+7 if anyone is interested in the maths, although don't be too interested as …

My Word of the Year – 2017

I hope my presence here after nearly two months hasn't come as too much of a surprise! I've had a semi-conscious break from blogging over the past few weeks, somewhat because my part time bakery job ended up being vey much full time in the lead up to the effective period, and also because, as …