It’s a new tennis season and N has a tennis team again. Just about. Last year, we didn’t have enough players for a mini orange team, but this year we’ve managed to scrabble around and find enough players for a…
Recurrent tonsillitis is horrible and it’s not made everything while we’ve been at home as good as it might have been. In so many ways, we’ve been lucky for lockdown. Living on the farm means there’s some normality – the…
*Ad-contains affiliate links While it looks like we’re potentially off sport until at least half term, if not until summer holidays or even September by the time everything starts again, there’s not much to prep for. As a sports parent…
I’m a big believer in children taking part in sport. Or at least something active and something that involves some kind of commitment to a team – if not sport, then dance (and at a push music would have many…
It’s been a long week, especially regarding food planning both this week but also not knowing what’s going to happen over the next few weeks with coronavirus. Will we be able to get what we want from shops, fresh veg…
Ok, so it’s actually week 8 since I started my keto diet, but we were away for some of half term. I’d decided that I’d try and stick to the diet while eating out and in the hotel, but being…
This week’s been a frantic one, and a challenge with having to eat out while on a keto diet. I’ve also had to prepare food early for the OH and N’s tea, when I needed to be off out to…
Week 4 on the keto diet and I’m 2 stone down, so great diet progress. I’ve adjust my first goal from October (I was being generous) to July ahead of going camping. My weight loss will slow to a more…
I’m a little behind on my diet updates. This week was a harder one – too much nice stuff around, so I did have nibbles on the lemon pudding I made for Sunday pudding (delicious as always, but it tasted…
Two weeks into my ‘aiming for’ keto diet, lunches are proving a little boring. When the weather’s cold, I want stodge and hot food not cold salads, but we’re limited on reheating in the microwaves. It means I’m eating a…
Why tennis? In my view, tennis is a great sport for anyone to take up. Even if you’re never going to make it to play for a team or playing for Wimbledon, it’s a great game for socialising. Local parks…
