Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mother Hen Blog Challenge Day 3 I’m not following today’s suggested prompt, but chatting about my shed instead! As a 50th birthday present to each other, my husband and I treated ourselves a shed for our garden. Previously this part of the garden had our kids playhouse in it, but as our kids had outgrown it…

Last night and this morning our Christmas decorations went up – hurrah Thanks to my parents coming over to take out the kids, I got time to myself to explore both the St Georges Christmas Craft Market and the Belfast Continental Christmas Market. There are so many gorgeous creations to share, but for this post…

For today’s Daily December christmas blog post, I want to share a memorable gift we gave the kids 3 years ago. As well as gifts from Santa, our kids also get something from us. This particular year we just told them that we were getting them a surprise. Our usual routine here on Christmas morning…

 This week’s lessons are short(ish) and sweet(ish). Lesson 1 – I am loved and supported in our church   After an emotional evening service last Sunday evening, it was lovely to receive so many encouraging texts, messages, phone calls, and even visits and hugs! It is great to be part of such a caring church…

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A while back I was asked by a friend to speak about my jewellery business and how I got started, having previously working in banking, to a group of ladies.  The title of my blog post was the “working title” she suggested for my talk! I was incredibly nervous setting up to speak to the…