I started my current weight loss plan on the 28th December 2018, more than four months ago. And, in that time, I’ve managed to curb my sweet tooth and stay true to my goals. Sure, there have been times when I’ve eaten more than I wanted, but I’ve always managed to stick
After struggling with my knee through March, I’m happy to report that it’s finally feeling better. It’s not totally healed but the exercises and activities that the physiotherapist gave me have certainly improved matters significantly. And. without doubt, given all the recent disruption to my routine, it has been this ability to
Our Baltic cruise wasn’t the first one we’d taken, but it was the first with Princess Cruises. Our first cruise had been during the 2015 Easter Holidays; a two week trip to the Western Mediterranean. It was a bit of a snap decision and heavily influenced by the break in my ongoing
These days it seems impossible to believe that there was ever a time before smart phones and the internet. And, for an increasing number of people, there wasn’t. Given that there is now very seldom a reason not to be able to get online, it should come as no surprise that many
Last year I did the National Three Peaks Challenge with my older daughter, Emma. She’d decided to do something worthwhile in the period after she’d finished her GCSEs. Something to raise a bit of awareness and money for the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment (SURE), the charity that helps fund the Beacon
March has been a tricky one from the exercise point of view but I’ve still managed to achieve some good weight loss success in March.
I’ve been on a couple of cruises now but before I went on the first one, I remember wondering whether cruise holidays were any good. Not just overall, but good for me. And us, as a family: parents in their 40s and early teenage kids. During my second cruise, I decided to
We moved into this house in March 2013, almost exactly six years ago to the day. However, on that very first day, the girls had already decided that, in five years time, they’d be switching bedrooms. To be honest, at the time, I never thought it’d happen. I certainly hoped it wouldn’t
We all like spices, they make food more interesting. So I imagine that we all, from time to time, find ourselves wondering where they come from and what they really are. I don’t just mean where, geographically, but also where, on the plants, do these spices originate. What are they really? What
Today, Friday 8th March 2019, Ceri has taken her GCSE Catering practical exam. It’s worth 35% of her final mark and is a pretty big deal. This time last year, Emma was taking her GCSE Catering practical exam, and what a difference a year has made… Last Year, Emma’s assignment was: “Choose
