First month to the new year and it appears I've just done a lot of sleeping and napping and eating - it's like Christmas and New Years have just continued into to January! Reading back on January's gratitude journal it appears I'm super grateful for Artemis helping me stay present, as well as the hubby [...]
May has been a restful month filled with lots of sweet treats and birth. It's my birthday month and now two dear friends also have May babies, literally. I've been appreciating sleep, rest, and nature; really admiring the garden and blooming flowers out on dog walks. I've been grateful for life and food, the most [...]
So that's the first month of the new year done and dusted. As I read back on my daily gratitudes, I feel it is rest and people and dogs that I am truly grateful for. I spend most of my time either at home or at work, so the hubby, the dog, and my colleagues [...]
So it's been a little while since my last blog post. A lot has happened, in my personal life (which I'm sure you'll learn about reading further) and also around the world: the Queen has passed. Of course I've never met the monarch, but the thought of being invited for afternoon tea at the palace [...]
We had some spare eggs last month and I wanted to bake some brownies. But we had been eating a lot of brownies lately, so I decided to try something a little healthier: substitute butter for prune puree. I found this website that lists substitutes for butter in baking recipes, along with tips and advice. I opted [...]
I had been wanting to bake something Christmassy last year in an effort to embrace the Christmas spirit, considering the lack of festivities all around. When I eventually managed to get some plain flour, I was all but exhausted and couldn't bring myself to bake anything too difficult or fancy. Plus, there would just be [...]
So I made brownies for the first time ever last month using an ex-colleague's "fail proof" recipe. And I've got to admit: it's been pretty fail proof so far. I like moist brownies, but not always the ones where there is caramel or chocolate oozing from the centre after the first bite - with those [...]
Endless May Dreams 