Asus Zenpad 8.0 Z380 – if your kid watches Netflix & YouTube, they’ll love this tablet.
I never ever imagined that we would become a six-tablet household so fast (it doesn’t seem all that long ago that I remember chuntering away to Mr LittleStuff about what an utter waste of time they were. I mean – they couldn’t do anything that my Mac couldn’t, which was under my fingertips for 12hrs a day… *hollow laugh*) But each of us uses our tablets in different ways, and a tablet is only as good as...
The Enchanted Illuminations at Abbotsbury – #GreatDaysOut
Friday saw us head down to Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens (between Weymouth and Lyme Regis on the Dorset Jurassic Coast) for their Enchanted Illuminations event. Established in 1765 by the first Countess of Ilchester as a kitchen garden for her nearby castle, Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens is a fabulous place to spend a few hours. It’s a 30 acre garden, filled with rare and exotic plants from all over the world – and it...
Am I Weird to Want a Laminate Bedroom Floor?
I always knew I was wa-a–ay ahead of the trends… (does it count of you do something 2 years before it become ‘trendy’? Or does that just make you a bit odd?) When we had the extension built 12 years ago, it was an amazing opportunity to start afresh; we had complete blank canvases in three new bedrooms and a huge living room – but the budget was tight, so we had to think practically about what would work...
Spotted! Hedgehog Cushion! SWeeeeT!
Add a touch of quirky Autumn flavour to your living room or conservatory with this fabulous cushion from John Lewis. I just love it, it makes me smile every time my eye falls on it! It’s a 45cm square feather pad cushion from Scion, and it’s actually seriously excellent, don’t you think? There’s no better way to brighten up a chair than to add a new cushion or throw, and when you add a cushion with slightly odd...
VQ Christie – LOVE this clever & pretty little digital retro radio
Ages ago, my beloved leather-clad vintage-look kitchen radio slowly died a crackling, buzzing, untune-able death. When I looked for a replacement, I had just two criteria – that it would look stylish and lovely in my kitchen (basically it needed to be pretty enough to raise a smile every time I turned it on), and that it would have an iPod dock; a lot of my audio books are on my iPod, and they’re my listening of choice for...
LOOK! Vampire Dr Marten’s for Halloween – Marceline Boots with a furry tongue!
How’s this for the most awesome pair of Halloween boots EVER? Regular readers will know that we’re a family of huge DM fans – I was a big fan back in the 80’s, and never ever grew out of it. And now my daughter shares my passion – which is frankly a Good Thing for her feet. Not only are DM’s tough enough to stand up to her tree-climbing-always-running ways, but they’re soft and comfortable...