Say Goodbye to Grumpy and Hello to AWESOME this Summer! (*Merlin Annual Pass Summer Sale!*)
Jun06

Say Goodbye to Grumpy and Hello to AWESOME this Summer! (*Merlin Annual Pass Summer Sale!*)

Merlin Annual Pass Summer Sale is on NOW – which means you can have a whole summer full of fun (no matter what the sun does) – keep it going for a whole year! Don’t think you’ve missed out on the best part of the season, because the pass is valid for a full 12mths no matter WHEN you buy it – so get it now, and it’ll be valid through the early part of next year too! We all know haw fast the summer...

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Sunday Baking – Easy Dorset Apple Cake Traybake
Jun05

Sunday Baking – Easy Dorset Apple Cake Traybake

Ye gods I love me an Easy Dorset Apple Cake. Although I’m an Essex girl, I’ve lived in Dorset for over 25years now; far longer than I lived in my ‘home’ town. It’s a truly beautiful place to live, and I constantly feel ridiculously lucky to call it home. So as I revive my old ‘Sunday Baking’ series, the first will be my recipe for the iconic Dorset Apple Cake. This one’s a classic...

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Teen Shoes – you can’t go wrong with Converse
May30

Teen Shoes – you can’t go wrong with Converse

She buying for your young children is pretty easy. You have them carefully fitted, and most of the shoes available to you are practical; you might opt for flashy lights or sparkly bits, and have the to-velcro-or-not-to-velcro dilemma, but on the whole it’s all okay. And then somewhere in their early teens it suddenly gets properly tricky. I can’t say confidently for girls (though I don’t recall having too many issues...

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Our 7 Steps to a ‘Stress Free’ Move
May28

Our 7 Steps to a ‘Stress Free’ Move

We will move house several times during our lives and it is often ranked as one of the most stressful thing we can do. In a poll of 2,000 adults who had moved house within the past three years, almost two in three placed it at the top of their stress list, above divorce and starting a new job! Much of the stress on moving day comes from misplaced possessions and realising furniture does not fit. But, if you are currently planning to...

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Holidaying when pregnant – did you/would you?
May26

Holidaying when pregnant – did you/would you?

When Boy was a not-very-small almost-8mth bump inside me, I finally started my maternity leave and we promptly took off on holiday. We already had a 3 yr old, funds were tight and the British summer was actually glorious (no, really, it was…) so we decided that holidaying when pregnant definitely meant the camping thing. I’ll admit I did some fast-talking to convince Mr LittleStuff that I could TOTALLY handle camping with...

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24hrs left to win 1 of 3 fab health bundles from Juice Plus+
May23

24hrs left to win 1 of 3 fab health bundles from Juice Plus+

We’re really pleased to have teamed up with Juice Plus+ for this giveaway – we’re big fans of healthy living, and sometimes in our busy lives taking supplements is the easiest way to make sure we’re getting the right nutrients every day.But supplements sometimes worry me – I just don’t know where the ‘nutrients’ inside have come from. We happily teamed up with the...

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