If you are a regular reader and you visit my blog regularly, or you are one of my friends, you may have seen my personal profile, just over there somewhere >>>> You may notice it says I am from Scunthorpe. The town on which the new mini series airing on Channel 4, ‘Skint’, is based. Not only am I from that town, I’m also from the estate that the majority of it was filmed on. So basically, I was both excited to watch it, and dreading it, as from the previews I had a horrible feeling about how it was …
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Girl or boy – does it matter?
I know this is a subject that everybody has mixed opinions on – but with my still grieving from my miscarriage, and what we went through to get little man, I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Does it matter what the gender of your baby is? Since I can remember, I’ve seen people on their subsequent pregnancies, discussing what they would like the gender of this baby to be. When I discovered I was pregnant with little man, I had no urge for a particular gender, I was just absolutely ecstatic that we finally had our dream come …
#Blogging4Madeleine
I just cannot imagine the thoughts and emotions that would go through me if my little man ever went missing. Unfortunately this happens to many, many people every year. Today, the 12th May 2013, is Madeleine McCann’s 10th birthday. I’m sure everyone will remember hearing about the day she went missing, on 3rd May 2007, whilst on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal. It has been over 6 years now since she went missing, and I’m sure they have felt like much longer for her parents, friends & family. We know that some children are found in less than this …
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Recipe – Chocolate lover cake
Many of my friends know I LOVE to bake. I regularly make chocolate cakes as my husband is a chocolate addict, and of course he loves my baking (who doesn’t?!). This one I made at Easter to take friends for after dinner, and it was so delicious, but a little sickly! Chocolate lover cake Serves 8 Ingredients (for the cake) 2 eggs 135g self raising flour 160g butter 160g caster sugar 25g cocoa powder 1 tbsp milk I have stated 2 eggs on this recipe as a guide, but what I usually do is weigh my eggs in their shells, …