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Northala Fields

I must have driven past them at least a hundred times. Those four big mounds alongside the A40 near the Northolt roundabout. Watching the people walking up them whilst I…

Post-election blues

The election is over, the votes have been counted and we have a new Conservative government. I will freely admit that this wasn’t the outcome I was hoping for and…

Friday Fabulous Five #34

The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me…

The Friday Focus 08/05/15

With yesterday’s general election and the opening of nominations for the MAD awards, this week feels like it has been all about voting. As you read this, the votes in…

Not just a mummy

“I’m just a mummy”. Four words that can slip all too easily off the tongue. Four slightly apologetic words. Four words that diminish that all-important role of raising your child.…

How to create a blog or linky badge in 10 minutes

Creating a badge for your blog or linky and adding code so that others can add it to their sites doesn’t need to be a complicated process. The badge I…

The A to Z of me

I love reading posts from other bloggers sharing facts about themselves and have been recently tagged by two other bloggers to do the same. Firstly, Manny from The Greenwich Mummy…

From the mouths of babes #18

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to know exactly what our little ones are thinking sometimes – they come out with such funny things? The little glimpses into the world of a…

Four years of being a heart family

Four years ago, we walked into a scan room full of excitement at the prospect of getting to see our baby and left with our world turned completely upside-down. Four…

Silent Sunday