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'. ...
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Open House / What Friends Are For
It was the Hubby's birthday yesterday. Every year, for every birthday, we bake a cake. After all, I am a huge advocate of making your own birthday cakes. See the recipe here. This year, however, baking a cake was off the menu. With my lack of mobility, and reliance on doing everything one-handed, even with the Kids assistance it would have been a ...
No Waste Tastes Great / Friday Night Is Curry Night
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to learn more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge ...
Some Purchases Just Make Sense
I'm an advocate of - Not Buying It - where home-made options are available (and within my skill set)... Within my home-made skill set is baking bread and pizza, composing gifts and greetings cards. And I prefer my running shoes to a gym membership. One of my newly developed skills is baking and decorating cakes. I encourage everyone to try and bake a ...
Giving The Gift Of An Experience – A UK Giveaway
I love giving gifts. Clutter-free gifts, that is. Just this weekend, I made a cake as a gift for my Daughter's friend. The photo is over on Facebook, for those like me who like looking at cakes! I'm always trying to think of gifts that I can give that can be home-made. Or if not home-made, then useful. Actually if home-made they must also be useful! One ...
No Waste Tastes Great / A Taste Of Things To Come
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge ...
So what have I been up to? An update for May 2011
You may have noticed there hasn't been an awful lot of activity around here of late. It's quite strange really, all the usual stuff is going on but I have not been blogging about it - and I really am not sure why. Even writing this post, it's quite odd. Wordpress have changed the admin pages so it looks a little unfamiliar. It feels unfamiliar typing. It's ...