Chocolate and Pumpkin Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Icing

chocolate and peanut butter cupcakes

If you were given the choice to spend £250 ($400) on one dress or £250 on one dress, a jacket, shoes and accessories what would you do? Add to the mix that the money isn’t yours. In fact, not only is it not yours, it’s not anyone’s. That works because you are being given the items for […]

Lemon & Courgette Cupcakes

Lemons & Courgettes

Back to school. Three harmless words. Together, however, their alliance packs quite a punch. I know the holidays can be hard for some. Working mothers have to fund potentially expensive childcare or face being penalised for their absence. SAHMs with small children are faced with endless hours of organised play which can be exhausting as well […]

Banana Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Icing

Banana Cupcakes

Communicating and Negotiating via Facebook My daughter has 691 friends on Facebook. I’m not sure that’s even a lot in the world of teenage social networking. One of her friends has 728. Thanks to mobile uploading she also has 1593 photos. Between Facebook chatting with a small proportion of those friends, managing her photos, studying for […]

Blueberry and Polenta Muffins

Plate of blueberry and potenta muffins

You know it’s summer, when you look outside and see the vibrant colours bursting forth in the surrounding  landscapes. These are some of the flowers I see in my own garden. Come and have a peek.

Latte Cupcakes

latte cupcake

Two of my kids are desperate for mobile phones (cell phones in the US). They are almost 11 and 13. Most of their friend’s have them already and they feel hard done by (“complete losers” in their words) because up until now we have said no. They also want to go on Facebook. Again, it’s […]

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