A pocket of my life

Goodbye July, its been good! We started off the month strong with a quiz night at guides, it was such a laugh but we did come last which meant we came home with teh wooded spoon, Lils also got presented her badges for the past few months at guides too. We also had lots of time in the garden and enjoyed the bbq aswell. The weather has been lush, hot but lush.  Before the schools broke up Lils took part in a show with her band for the first time, she honestly smashed it, she was lead singer and they song 'We will rock you', she also performed with the choir too. This was an end of the school year celebration. Olivia also had pirate day in the last week of term which meant dressing up time. We ended the schoo, year with many gifts and cards, which made me feel so overwhelmed and loved and on the last day of term we enjoyed a few drinks together in the sun/cloud. Summer holidays in full swing which means garden time, beach fun and Lils camp, she went away with the guide...

  These last couple of years I have become more and more aware of how much plastic we use as a family and I am determined to change it and make our family more environmentally conscious, so when ecostash emailed about there wheat straw storage, I was above happy. Ecostash have created different file storage solutions in different size and colour to fit everyone, and all made from agricultural waste, meaning that no plastic has been added to the environment. I chose a green colour, a have got the 12 pocket organiser. This is perfect for our family and I have been able to store all the paperwork I need with lots of space for more. The accordion style to the storage means that you can close it up quite small for a cupboard or use in a filing cabinet too. There are others colours and designs to pick from, you can either choose pink, blue, yellow, green or purple and size wise of 12 pocket, with or without lid, or hangers for a filing cabinet and 26 pocket ones to, meaning that there's ...

A few weeks ago our family grew, just a little bit, meet Snowy, a long haired white guinea pig.  During the last half term we attended a pet pals workshop at pets a home, an event in which you can learn about small anmials and have a cuddle. During this time we met Snowy, a 9 month old cutie who was on his own and we fell in love. Fast forward 2 hours and we were back picking him up to bring home. I do understand that guinea pigs love friends and we will be hopefully finding him one in the near future once we have had him done. We want to give him a happy home and a happy life so we are doing everything in the way that we have been advised from pets at home themselves. He is a very cheeky thing, he loves going out in his run and loves a bit of carrot and cucumber, he loves a cuddle and is very chilled too. I still can't quite believe the story of how we came to get him but it will be one that hopefully the kids will remember forever and put a smi...

Well that flew by, it feels like only yesterday I was writing Mays post. We have had a really good month, busy but good. The weather for the most part has been beautiful, hotter than we would like some says but the sun has been a welcome part. It meant that we have had a lot of time outside, either in the garden or for days out.  The month started with getting back to work and getting to know snowy better, we spent a lot of time in the garden and making sure that it is fully ready for summer. The following weekend, me and Lilly took part in our second race for life  in our local park, this one I wanted to beat lasts year time and we did that by 5 minutes in total and together we raised over £150, after Liam decided on a last minute BBQ, the first one of many at the house. Father's day was quiet this year, we had another bbq fhe night before as Liams mate visited and then we spoilt hkm the next day with some gifts and a meal he liked in the evening.  Last weeke...