It’s my birthday today and I’m turning the grand old age of 33. THIRTY THREE YEARS OLD. That’s a proper grown-ups age and yet, in my mind, I feel a good decade or so younger (not in my knees though, my knees are ruined). read more
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A few weeks ago we popped down to Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood (Essex) to take a look at the amazing work they do and the animals they’ve given a second chance to. Despite it being fairly local to us, it’s not somewhere I had ever visited before and now I’ve been there I can’t help but wonder, what took us so long?? read more[...]
I can't quite believe I'm writing this! I'm engaged! Even as a little girl, being Miss Fiercely Independent, I always told everybody that I wasn't going to get married. I didn't see it being part of my story and I didn't even consider it happening to me until I got together with Ben, yet here I am, typing this with the most perfect, beautiful ring glistening on my left hand and I can't quite believe it! Here's our engagement story... read more[...]
If you’ve been on social media today, you may well have seen various references to the fact that today is National Selfie Day. (Yes, there is a day for seemingly everything!) Brands are using it to promote their wares, influencers are sharing perfectly poised images of themselves, and the rest of us regular Joe’s and Josephine’s are warily uploading photos of our faces and hoping people don’t think we’re being narcissistic (or, alternatively, not uploading a picture for that exact reason). But, is embracing your own image and uploa[...]
(Prepare yourself, it's a long one today as I need to catch up on 3 weeks of happenings!) Can you believe it? We’re into the sixth month of the year already! It seems like only yesterday I was listening to the gentle tones of Auld Lang Syne and kicking 2017 out the back door to let 2018 in the front, and yet here we are, just a few short weeks from being officially halfway through the year. read more[...]
What’s this? A new regular (hopefully) style post? Why yes, yes it is. Y’girl decided that as this here blog is meant to be a record of my life, capturing my memories, it made sense to write more regularly about what I’m doing, how I’m feeling and what’s been whizzing around inside my head. Writing monthly updates as I have been is all well and good but I wanted to get back to my roots a little, back to the days when I used to write daily (LOLS, that’s never gonna happen now) and made this website much more personal. read more[...]
This is a sponsored post. It’s not something I’ve spoken about much on here before but I’m a bit of a petrol head. Always have been, always will be. It’s something that has been with me for as long as I can remember and so many of my childhood memories involve cars in some form or another. read more[...]
It's a cliche, I know, but how on earth is it May tomorrow?! And, more importantly, why does it still feel like bloomin' winter? As I sit here now, it's grey and cold and wet and definitely doesn't feel like the midst of Spring. I'm ready for balmy summer days seeking respite in front of the fridge and frantically waving anything in front of my face that might create a cooling draft! read more[...]
I was sent a pre-publication copy of Hope At Christmas in exchange for a review. All opinions remain 100% honest and my own. Reading is one of my greatest pleasures in life and the sole reason I love commuting to work by train - a dedicated hour each day that I can lose myself in a story. Usually my genre of choice is true crime and it's rare I deviate from this, however from time to time I will opt to read a fiction story... about crime. It's just my thing, I find it fascinating and desperately want to do a Criminology course one day! read more[...]