I started blogging because my friend Emma was blogging and she was invited to go to a cheese factory and make her own cheese. I wanted to make cheese too. That was four years ago and now I blog for many different reasons. I blog to stay a part of a community I love. I …
#BEDA Day Thirteen: Where I Live
I live in a town called Radcliffe, in Manchester. I can often be heard complaining about youths on the park behind the house or boy racers zooming up and down the street but when I think about it, I’m in quite a good place really. For every negative I can find a positive. For example; I …
#BEDA Day Twelve: My Guilty Pleasure
My biggest (I’m sure there are several if I really think about it) guilty pleasure is … I will sleep at every given opportunity. If the kids are napping, so am I. If they’re playing quietly (not something that happens often) I will snuggle up next to them on the sofa. If I find myself …
#BEDA Day Eleven: Five Favourite Movies
1) A Few Good Men. This film has been one of my favourites since I first saw it many, many years ago. It’s one I can watch after not seeing it for ages and still be able to quote line after line as I’m watching it. Go Jack! 2) Grease. I love most sing-a-long movies. …
#BEDA Day Nine: My 15 Happy Things
Today’s prompt from Outmumbered’s Blog Every Day in August is to tell you of 15 things that make me happy. Aside from the obvious ones like family and friends, these fifteen things make me smiley! 1. Lists. I love making lists and ticking things off. Just writing this post is therefore going to make me …
#BEDA Day Two: 20 Facts About Me
Writing twenty facts about yourself is easy isn’t it? But why would anyone want to know the colour of my eyes, or my favourite colour? (Green, purple) Well actually, you might want to know stuff like that. So I’m aiming for some basic facts and some more interesting ones too. Here are my 20 facts. …
#BEDA Day One: Introduction & Photo
This month I’m taking part in a challenge. #BEDA – Blog Every Day in August – is a series of daily blog prompts from Emma at Outmumbered and the challenge was presented to me by my mum! So, along with Pat (aka, my mum) and Hayley (my sister) I’m going to attempt to blog every …