I've always been an over-thinker and an over-analyser. Now this can be a weakness, but it can also be an asset. As with most personality attributes. From time to time I question my reason for blogging. Looking round the blogosphere there are so many blogs to read, and some of such high quality and content, that any self-aware blogger may question - why am ...
Time To Bake A Birthday Cake
When I first started blogging it was intended that it be a way to share my home-spun recipes with family and friends. Although it evolved into something so much more. One of my most popular posts is still, Making It - A Simple Birthday Cake. Most days I am within the top 5 results on Google in the UK for 'how to make a birthday cake'. ...
Food Waste Friday / Later Than Planned
It's Food Waste Friday. It's also Good Friday. Happy Good Friday everyone. I had lots planned today, including posting about Food Waste Friday this AM. "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." John Lennon (I hope that's an accurate quote - I haven't checked and have been caught out before.) Fortunately before all my plans changed ...
Open House / Maximizing The Minutes
I have a poorly child at home today. So while he naps I've hit the blog, opening it up for a Thursday chat. Since becoming a mother I have found that guaranteed blocks of time, where you can focus on doing a specific thing, are few and far between. Now that both of mine are in school there is definitely more time to devote to certain things, but as ...
Food Waste Friday / I Squashed A Raspberry
It's Food Waste Friday, and officially hosted over at The Frugal Girl today! (I host alternate weeks) Participating as always on a Friday, here's my Friday Fridge. Premiered earlier on Instagram. ...
Good For Your Age
My dear friend, Darcy's Mum, received her number for the London Marathon yesterday. This will be the first time she has managed to get a place, narrowly missing out on a 'Good For Your Age' place last year. She's running for The Donna Louise Children's Hospice. If you're feeling charitable please do pop over to her sponsorship page and donate a fiver. It's ...
Not On A Diet Simple Paleo Fish Finger Recipe
First things first. I'm not on a Paleo diet. (What diet could I be on where alcohol is prohibited? Whaaaat?) I'm not a fan of specific or 'labelled' diets. Although I totally advocate losing weight when needed, and using the time-proven formula of: CALORIES CONSUMED - ENERGY BURNED = WEIGHT LOSS About 7lbs is what I need to lose. The combination of ...
Clearing 7 Years Bad Luck
You may have read we're experiencing a bit of bad luck at Chez Wright. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this post explains it. This isn't a new thing. In fact it started 18 April 2008. That'd add up to almost 7 years of bad luck, if my mental arithmetic serves me right. Now I'm thinking it's not bad karma. I've been clocking up karma points, ...
Food Waste Friday / What Shouldn’t Be In My Fridge?
It's #FoodWasteFriday Guys. Food Waste Friday began in 2008 when Kristen aka The Frugal Girl, embarrassed by the amount of food she was wasting, decided to call herself out and blog about her food waste on a Friday. I joined in 2010 and have been hosting alternate weeks for a couple of years now as Kristen kindly invited me to get involved. My spin on ...
Losing My Way
I feel I've lost my way recently, since just before Christmas. Circumstances have meant I've struggled to blog regularly and effectively, and I've gone off track. The intention was to blog better this year, but then another bad news bomb dropped. Truly I'm expecting Ashton Kutcher to appear and declare "You've been punk'd!" The decision has been made ...