The JML NutriBlitzer Review – it’s not just for smoothies! (also – Spicy Tomato Soup Recipe)
I was really keen to try out the Nutri Blitzer from JML – pretty much everyone knows this house is on a bit of a health kick these days. But alongside the husband kicking his T2 Diabetes I have a house filled with teen boys. Who seem to sprout another inch every time my back is turned (honestly – it’s genuinely alarming meeting a shuffling man-shape looming out of the dark on the landing at 2...
The Best Mug Gift Guide – Ten Amazing Mugs You’ll Frankly Want To Keep Yourself
This, our Best Mug Gift Guide, is frankly an Ode To The Mug. Oh how we all love one, don’t we? The popularity of our You Mug! Pinterest Board (if you’re a mug fan, you’ll want to go see and probably follow. Oh the mug joy that it contains…) shows me that on a daily basis we’re all looking for The One. It’ll be a perfectly balanced, proper thickness (are you a thick or a thin drinker? I...
Dermalogica Sheer Tint – sheer fabulousness in a tube.
It’s no secret that when I turned 40, my skin started acting up like it was 15. Adult acne. I mean, come on. HOW is that fair? So along with having to learn how to look after it for the first time in my life (What? I did use baby wipes on it – sometimes… – and I always used sunscreen when abroad, at least… *cough*), I was absolutely forced into taking a long hard look at what exactly I was putting on my...
Barefoot trail running with the Trail Freak II
I am not really a runner. I mean, obviously like most healthy people I *can* run, but I’ve never got to the point where I yearn to be running, where it is the joy and head space in my day that so many friends seem to love. But – I also know I need to be fitter. And I get so BORED on the cross trainer that I have to use Netflix to occupy myself so I don’t just jump off. And then I get slower and slower as I get...
Woodburners from a sheet of metal to a stove in 20 minutes – Visiting Arada Stoves
We’re so very excited about the latest project in the House of LittleStuff. When we built our extension 143 years ago we always intended to have an open fire. But architects and builders being what they are, issues with the plans meant that once the foundations were complete and the walls going up, it was established that the planned fireplace couldn’t happen, and there was no budget left to re-arrange the existing works...
The Chicken Run – what happened when it rained…
Chickens don’t like the rain. I mean, they REALLY don’t like the rain. Actually, this should have been No. 11 in the Things I Didn’t Know About Chickens list (I suspect this list is going to continue to grow…). It makes them moody and depressed and grumpy and shouty. And I’m sure they do everything they can to look way more bedraggled than they actually are, just to gain a few more cabbage leaves out of...