Continuing the celebrations – week 5, 2022

During a global pandemic you have to take any opportunity for some joy, am I right?! That was our philosophy last week as Andrew and I enjoyed a couple of days of R&R (including a day trip to St Albans, pictured below) and some celebratory meals. This kind of prioritisation of pleasure is of course […]

Celebrating our 26 year anniversary – week 4, 2022

Our relationship started as student housemates who went on a drunken booze cruise to France, and returned as boyfriend and girlfriend. Since then, we have celebrated our anniversary every year with Pizza Hut dinners, graduating to Michelin starred meals; and holidays in Venice and the Far East, evolving to holidays at Centerparcs (thanks to parenthood), […]

I do like to be beside the seaside – week 3, 2022

Last year, my friends and I decided we deserved a spa break. After much discussion around dates and venues, plus one cancellation and re-booking, our trip finally became reality and the four of us met up in a hotel near Southampton for some much needed pampering, relaxing, chatting, eating, drinking … and repeat. The spa […]

Still eating leftovers – week 2, 2022

All power to those of you who are abstaining from booze, meat, treats, caffeine, etc. Andrew and I are not, for two main reasons. Primarily, life in a pandemic is miserable enough, and these nice things bring us pleasure. But also I still have a tonne of food leftover from Christmas, and I prefer not […]

Week 10 2021 meal plan – school is OPEN for business

High fives to all the parents who survived home school. Big thanks to all of the teachers remote teaching (and teaching children of key workers) unvaccinated during a global pandemic. Well done to the support networks of those families and friends who kept the rest of us (somewhat) sane when also coping with their own […]

Week 7 2021 meal plan – heading into half term

A couple of weeks ago, I thought to myself that half term would not really make a huge difference to us: we’d still have to find ways to entertain Ioan and still work our full time jobs. But by the end of last week, both Ioan and I were well and truly sick to death […]

Week 5 2021 meal plan – a bump in the night

Headbutting a door … a bump in the night Our week started with an anniversary meal on Monday, followed by the usual monotony of lockdown, and ended with (quite literally) a bump in the night. Specifically Ioan’s forehead bumping into the side of his bedroom door at midnight (apparently he was trying to get to […]