Reasons to be Cheerful – My Growing Garden

So, as part of the ongoing mission to transform myself from city girl to country bumpkin (yeah right - don't hold your breath!) prepare yourself for the next shocking revelation: I GROW THINGS NOW!! I know! ME!! Me who has never really accomplished anything more green fingered than having a couple of orchids and a [...]

Reasons to be Cheerful – Happy, Happy Hot Tub

When we first got the hot tub, I obviously knew I was going to enjoy it. I mean, it's a hot tub. Come on. We had originally had concerns that maybe we wouldn't use it as much as we thought we would, and some people do seem to have a bit of a snooty perception [...]

Reasons To Be Cheerful – Coming Home

I don't cope well with the end of a holiday. That sunshine, that relaxation, that sense of being far, far away and not having to do anything you don't want to? I live for that. I don't want those long, lazy evening walks in hazy sunshine to end, nor the late sleep ins, the endless [...]