May 7th was my birthday and I decided to book a few days off work to celebrate. Wednesday 6th May I was surprised by Ryan by a mini birthday celebration, my sister also came over as they both had work on my actual birthday. There were presents and a mini cake complete with sparkler and candles… I swear Ryan made a mistake with my age through. 😉 Thursday – Sclub7!…
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Star Wars Day, Darth Vader Bread Recipe
Happy Star Wars day and May the 4th be with you! It’s that time of year again, where my Facebook and Pinterest feeds are full with well wishes and Star Wars themed puns. Last year my family and I had a Star Wars themed party and watched all 6 films back to back… This year is slightly different; we still have Star Wars themed food but went for another film…
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Mother’s Day at Longleat Safari Park
Yesterday was Mother’s day in the UK so we took a trip to Longleat Safari Park. Mum had been hinting at wanting to go to their for weeks. 🙂 To keep the suspense we took a detour through Westonbirt but as soon as she saw the lion signs the secret was out We bought our discounted tickets online to benefit from the online discount. As I was going through the…
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2015 Mid Year Review
Hard to believe we’re three months in to 2015 already! The past few months have really flown by for me and a lot of changes have happened in my personal life fairly quickly… Split up with Artur Moved out Moved above a commercial premises, albeit temporarily Started dating Went to London on a whim – basically it was 4am and my new partner (Ryan) and I decided to hop on…
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year! Hard to believe 2014 will be over soon, it feels like this year has really flown by! Too fast in some places… I’d like to thank all the people in my life that made this year great! There have been laughs, tears, drunken nights out, weekends away and a bunch of nights in. 2015 is already shaping up to be a great year with many things already…
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Baking Essentials
I’ve been interested in baking for the past 5 or so years now, I like to think (and have been told) that my techniques, recipes, decorations etc have been getting better over this period. I think having the right equipment helps a lot! Here’s is a list of MY bakeware essentials and why I find them useful. 1. Cookie cutters Not just for baking cookies! I’ve found they can also…
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DVD Organisation
I’m a DVD/Blu Ray collector. I like to own physical media over electronic copies of anything, including books and music. However, my growing collection has taken over the living room. Here’s one of our bookcases – the tidiest one! Problem is, even though our bookcases are generally tidy. I can never find the DVD or Blu Ray I want to watch. There’s no organisation. When we moved into this house,…
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Bake Ware Organisation – The ‘Equipment’
Remember when I said I was sorting through my bake ware and that I started by organising the ‘supply’ cupboard? I made the decision to stop procrastinating and get on with organising the ‘equipment’ cupboard as well. 🙂 Here’s what it looked like before: I took everything out and started grouping like items on the kitchen work tops together as follows: Party supplies Pans and tins Cupcake cases Cupcake decorating…
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Collectormania Milton Keynes 21
This past weekend (17th-18th May) was the 21st Collectormania at Milton Keynes and the 6th that I’ve been to. I went along on the Saturday with my family. The main draw for me was to meet Billy Boyd (Pippin from Lord of the Rings) and some World Snooker Champions: Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy. The day for me, started at 5.30am! We got to Milton Keynes at around…