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Nesting and lessons learned
So here is what I learned this week That my son believes he can persuade some birds to come and live in his meringue nest! He ran around the garden with the aforementioned meringue nest shouting “Here, birdie, birdie….come and live in my nest – it is so yummy”! Even the addition of a dandelion…

French Life – good life Wednesday
One of the many things I love about house swapping holidays / vacations, particularily in a non-touristy area is seeing life in other countries as it really is – not in a picture perfect manicured theme-park version of a country. We are staying on the edge of a lovely medieval french hill-top town, but it…

Fun Monday and more.
I will start today with a digital scrapbook layout I created for my neice for her 3rd birthday. I love these boxes by Paint the Moon. All credits can be found here. I am joining in with Fun Monday today for the first time. This week’s Fun Monday is easy, Mariposa is hosting and asking…

Celebrating in 5 star luxury and other lessons
To celebrate my husband’s birthday we had a night away at Culloden Hotel, Cultra without the kids. My husband has caught up my age ….. well for 3 months of the year anyway…. when he is as old as I am! Lessons learned this week: 1. Upgrades! When booking hotel I happened to mention that…

Thanks, and another chance to see A Recipe for Life
Thanks for all those comments left on 4shared and here for my first freebie template. Just a quick post now, as I am packing for another week of holiday up at the cottage. While there, my parents will be visiting and staying over, so dh and I can have the night before my actual birthday…

Another day, another french Cathedral!
Our house swap in France continues, and contrary to appearances, we are not planning our days out around stunning cathedrals, but everywhere we visit seems to have one! Today our plan was to visit Reims for some shopping, as heavy rain was forcast. The rain never materialised, and by mid afternoon it was hot and…