Not-a-dull BEKO AquaTech Washing Machine review (the WY940P44E )
When Beko got in touch and asked if we’d like to try their latest AquaTech Washing Machine Review, the WY940P44E, we thought about it.I mean, we did. Our old washing machine is 10yrs old this year. We can’t run it in the evening or overnight, as the noise is so loud we’d get complaints from the neighbours (and never hear the TV). Mysterious black marks have started appearing on the clothes when they leave the machine...
Christmas Candles, Lanterns and Lights to Make Your House Twinkle
Christmas, above any other time in the year, is the time we love to banish the dark days and chilly nights with twinkly lights, Christmas Candles and gorgeous lanterns. We all have our favourites, from the more traditional filament bulbs to the modern bright LED spectacular, cheerfully coloured or the simplicity of white. Christmas Candles give our home a warm glow (and sometimes a lovely scent to boot), and lanterns take our thoughts...
Simple Steps for a Stress-Free Dinner Party
Last week we had friends over for dinner – and I realised that a Stress-Free Dinner Party is the latest in the long line of things I appear to have conquered without being aware I’d done so. Our Friday night entertaining was nothing big, nothing fancy; just having some friends over for a few hours, and feeding them. Calling it a ‘dinner party’ would be seriously stretching it – and yet in years past this...
Adult Advent Calendars for Grown Ups! 2023
Well we can’t let the kids have all the fun. We are all over the Advent Calendars for Grown Ups. It’s a horrible dark winter morning, you’re out of bed at way-too-early o’clock; what better way to cheer yourself up before you head out into the cold and wet than to open a little door full of joy – that is ALL FOR YOU? I mean, some self-indulgence now and again never goes amiss (‘self-care’ I believe we call it these days)....
Traditional Advent Calendars We Love 2023
Is it just me? When I grew up everyone had ‘Traditional Advent Calendars’ – you opened the door and saw a picture. And you loved it, right? Or maybe it had pockets and there was a small chocolate or tiny toy on each day? Often re-using the same one each year. Over the last few years, more and more Advent Calenders have been cropping up – from beauty to alcohol, from toys such as Lego to film-themed such as Star...
‘Our top 5 family card games for Christmas’
Don’t know about you, but our Christmas is filled with silly games in the evenings; no TV for us, we spend hours playing parlour games, family card games, Pictionary (our own version; no board, a hat full of Christmas-themed paper slips, and yes, we might even have our own flip chart & stand…) and the like. Every year we add a couple of new ones, but every year some of the old faithfuls come out again –...