Monthly Archive: January 2015

A wintery drive

Yesterday we headed out from Winwick onto the M62 and towards West Yorkshire to visit one of my best friends and her family for the afternoon. We have one of those relationships where we...

Brainwave!

I don’t know about you, but I’m not good at throwing things away. Something that’s obviously rubbish is easy, but it’s the other things … sentimental things, things that might come in useful one...

Soup night – leek and potato

Tuesday night is soup night in our house. I love soup night.  It’s an easy dinner to make and I really enjoying mopping up a bowl of soup with fresh bread – straight out...

Basic 6ply boot socks – free pattern and tutorial

One of the things about owning a dog is that you’re out every day, whatever the weather.  I learned early on that walking in anything other than wellies or walking boots was a mistake...

Friday

It’s been a pretty damp and cold week this week.  Given the choice, I might well have been tempted to stay in bed for a bit longer, but there have been children to get...

Starting the New Year again

It’s not been a brilliant start to the New Year.  I spent the first three days of it in bed with some form of unpleasant lurgy that prevented me from getting up and getting...