Coffee & Cupcakes

Evening readers, I hope you are well, I am as ever in awe that the weeks of the year seem to go by so rapidly - I find myself planning for Easter, my daughter's 8th birthday, whilst still trying to find a place for Christmas presents, please say I'm not alone!! I have been so challenged, as I know many have by the hugs amounts of waste and plastic that we are leaving behind us. I can't say I am an all out eco-savvy Mum just yet but I try and do my part. My poor husband has come to learn that glass jars and loose fruit are now a main filler in the weekly shops. Clingfling has been replaced by beeswax paper and kitchen roll and cotton wool by reusable bamboo sheets (it's incredibly). I can't say my rubbish fits into a match box yet, nor have I given up my electric toothbrush for a bamboo one … baby steps. My most recent finding has probably brought about the biggest challenge for me (prepare yourself, your wardrobe may never be the same). My finding is about clot

Happy New Year dear Readers - (yes I know it's incredibly late) once again it has been far too long since I sat down to share my musings and as always as the new year dawns, I commit to trying to be a more frequent visitor and writer. Right now the truth is that life feels a little 'different', I am normally a huge fan of New Year. I love my New Years tradition of sitting in (like anyone would babysit on New Year's Eve!) with my husband planning and looking into the coming year, making plans discussing what our hopes for the year will be. All whilst enjoying a bottle of Asti and a baked camembert (that may be the best bit!) This year however has been rather different - I went into the Christmas period rather exhausted from the day to day of work, an incredibly tough pastoral situation, family life and refereeing 3 children! Though the hope of that restful Christmas, shutting the door and sitting in my pj's was very quickly shaken. As a family we had an incredi