Author: Jax Blunt
Food savvy leftovers
Week two of the #FoodSavvy challenge and I’m already running behind. You’re shocked I know. So today is left overs and in a day or so I’ll talk about planning. I’ve tried to lift my game on leftovers. Being a big family, with picky eaters, it is quite common for me to make more food…
Getting #FoodSavvy all over again.
For long time readers of the blog, assuming there are any of you still hanging around 😉 you may remember me getting #FoodSavvy along with a bunch of other bloggers and a local charity last year. (Disclosure: post not sponsored but I will be reviewing items.) I’m doing it all over again, and you can…
Saturday snippets 20th July
{enjoying} the sunshine after the rain. And lots of butterflies in the garden. {reading} the Valdemar books. I’m up to Magic’s Price, although I’m reading around the series whenever I get my hands on a set. {eating} sensibly. I just started a 28 day program of yoga and dieting to try and halt the thyroid…
Kentwell 1588 day one
She is happy, honest. Glorious sunset. The hall is open to the public with tudors reenacting 1588 today (Sunday 23rd) and Monday 24th, and then next weekend as well.
Saturday snippets 11th May
{working} full time for a short while. Which is a very odd experience, it’s been a while. I’m a lot more tired by it than I used to be. {reading} every Mercedes Lackey book I can get my hands on. Came across Foundation for £1 in a charity shop and now I need to read…
Playgroups and Prosecco by Jo Middleton
Disclosure – I was sent an ARC for review and Amazon links are affiliate. I’m not sure how long I’ve known Jo or been reading her blog – let’s say a while. I’ve always loved her writing (if you’re not familiar, you’re in for a treat, so pop over to Slummy Single Mummy to check…
Middlesbrough children encouraged to read with chance to win iPad mini. Confirmed open to home educators.
Children in Middlesbrough are being encouraged to explore the town’s most popular stories with new reading logs and the chance to win an iPad mini. Note, most of what follows is a press release, which is why it doesn’t read like one of my blog posts. However, I’m sharing it because when I followed it…
Ancestral light by Elizabeth Bear
Disclosure, this book was sent for review, and Amazon links are affiliate links. I grew up reading science fiction. Ursula K Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, James Blish, Asimov, Heinlein. My favourites were books where the characters were as important as the environment – I loved the Dorsai books and everything by Lois McMaster Bujold. Over…
The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton
Disclosure, this book was sent free for review, and amazon link is affiliate. This is the second book in Dhonielle Clayton’s series that began last year with The Belles. (If you haven’t read the first book, I suggest you stop here and bob off and get it. Otherwise I’m likely to spoil you for the…
