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Christmas is only five days away so I decided it's time to write my last post of 2016 and log off. I'm going to take a break from internetting to enjoy the holidays and feast on Christmas food. Eating Most of my foodie focus this month
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At the end of November Scott asked me, "When are we going to get our Christmas tree?" To which I replied, "December 1st of course!" Christmas trees are only up for one month out of twelve so I want to get as much tree time as
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The end of November means one thing — it's nearly Christmas!! This month has seen plenty of cold sunny days and our first hard frost of the year. These giant rosehips were gathered from the yellow rose bush in our garden; I picked them for the dinner table when
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We've spent most of October waiting to go on our honeymoon in Iceland. Boy was it worth the wait! Now we're back we have a few more days of holiday before things return to normality. There's a mountain of washing to do and we
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Melons, tatas, love apples, tittyboppers, hooters, baps, mammaries, gazangas... whatever you call your boobs, they are the focus in October for Breast Cancer Care Awareness Month. Sadly many of us know of someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer; whether it's a friend, relative, colleague or friend
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September felt like a very short month. Nights are getting colder and the mornings are chillu. We got talking to couple on a walk today who told us that Autumn has officially arrived, marked by the Autumn equinox on the 22nd September. Happy days. Eating & drinking * Homemade focaccia using
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August has disappeared in a flash. We've been camping, celebrated birthdays and best of all, finally booked our honeymoon in Iceland!! Poor Scott has listened to me say, "I'm so excited about our trip to Iceland!" in a crazed voice at least once a
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Scott and I were toying with the idea of going camping when we realised it had been three years since the tent last came out. Three years!? Part of the reason we don't go very often is a lack of wild campsites; the sort where you can escape
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Two families of blue tits set up camp in our sparrow terrace last year. Each day we watched them come and go with beaks full of nesting materials. I had visions of a garden full of fluffy chicks! By the time Summer arrived they were nowhere to be seen. Weeks
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Today is the last day of July and I realised I hadn't yet written a life lately post for this month. Obviously it wouldn't really matter when I posted it but I like to have these things done and dusted before the month is out. Eating
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June has been a mixed bag of a month for us. We've had our post wedding come-down, welcomed a baby girl into the family (not ours!), I've spent the last three weeks waiting for my cycling accident injuries to heal and then the EU referendum results
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I haven't posted anything here for about three weeks now. It wasn't until Scott mentioned it the other day that I realised he was right! Just over two weeks ago I had a cycling accident. That Saturday, we were expecting a parcel so Scott waited in
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