Monthly Archives: March 2011

Carrot Cake: Bake It Club (That nearly ended in divorce)

Slice of carrot cake with cup of tea

Joining in with Amy and this months Bake It Club. I’ve never attempted carrot cake before, although it is one of my favourite cakes. I knew Amy wouldn’t have chosen anything that was too complicated or required ridiculous ingredients, so looked forward to giving it a try. I decided to make it last Sunday as more »

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Fireman Sam: Ready For Action V Angelina Ballerina: Pop Star Girls

Fireman Sam Ready for Action new DVD

We all know Sam is the hero next door, and my little toddler has great affection for him. As much as he does for Fireman John who actually lives across the street. So he maybe Sam to you, but when he’s on our TV he is in fact Fireman John. All that confusion aside, I’m more »

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The Gallery: Education~Old School Stylee

Old school photograph 1970's

Education is this weeks theme from Tara at Sticky Fingers. Education, education. It could have been a photo of my children learning something new, playing the piano, planting seeds, but… I have custody of an old photograph album of my husband’s family, which I am slowly working my way through scanning to let all family more »

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Book Review: The Long Song – Andrea Levy

The Long Song book cover Andrea Levy Review

The Long Song by Andrea Levy My rating: 3 of 5 stars I found this book fascinating. It isn’t easy to read about such an unjust & savage system as slavery and this story spans the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and therefore Jamaica the main setting of the novel. I felt a more »

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Silent Sunday: Evolution

free chick and nest knitting pattern

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