Category: Family Life
We’ve all met a “gentle parent”, in fact I am one, well mainly. We’re usually easy to spot. Our children wear cloth nappies and are breastfed, we’re vegetarian or vegan, we baby wear. We don’t shout at our kids (that lasted about two years with my oldest and about two …
Recently I was tagged by both Carter Family 4 and Pass the Prosecco Please to write 20 things you didn’t know about me. So here goes: 1) I don’t have a middle name. When deciding what to call me my father suggested naming me after an engineer, Mr Wankel. My surname is Knight. …
We recently bought a larger barbecue to replace the small two-man jobby that has seen us through the last seven years. It has fared us well, we bought it from Homebase for the princely sum of about £15. I think they still sell them now and I wouldn’t hesitate recommending …
I know most of my posts are either rants or my attempt at humour but with the school holidays fast approaching I thought I’d share my favourite outdoorsy places local to me. Obviously that will mean eff all to anyone not from around these parts. Sorry about that! I love getting …
Whilst leafing through magazines at the hairdressers today (I know, hairdressers – get me!) I came across Hello! Magazine. Not something I would ordinarily read but I thought I’d have a quick flick through. One of the first articles I came upon was about the fella that was once the …
I’ve been lucky enough to reach the ripe old age of 39 and not have a close encounter with the Big C. Friends and family members I’ve lost have not suffered from cancer. Until now. My Bestie’s beautiful mum was diagnosed just over a year ago and now cancer is …
Yup! I’ve done it! I’ve lost just over a stone in five weeks. No fad diet. No diet club. No starving myself. Just healthy eating and exercise, like a resistance bands workout. I know I said I’d try to post weekly about my diet but I’ve been a bit distracted …
We’ve all seen the NSFW tag added to videos on the Internet that generally entice me to watch them even more. Usually with the sound off in case the Ls pick up any words they haven’t yet heard me utter under my breath or use whilst driving. Anyway I *think* …
You see before you the body of a Lindt chocolate Father Christmas. He had a good innings. In my defense he lasted a lot longer than chocolate in our house usually does, at least that was before I decided it was time to shift my arse and lose some weight. …
