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In case you haven’t noticed, I absolutely love a winter holiday and playing in the snow. Nothing beats wrapping up, pulling on some snow boots and exploring landscape covered in white blankets. The air is crisp and pure up on the mountains. In January we decided to go ski-ing in Nordmarka forest, and it was
Buying a house for the first time can be really exciting, but it can also be pretty stressful too. Why? Well, you’ll need to kit out your whole house unless, of course, you move everything from your rented house into your new home. However, you’ll most likely want to buy beds and other things brand
Heard of dry January? Yeah, well what about dry July? Oh don’t worry guys, we’re just yanking your chain, we know better than to expect our readers to forfeit beer and rose during the summer. But seriously, how do you feel about taking a sober month? It sounds kind of daunting right? But it’s not, and I know
Don’t get me wrong, I love a glass of wine in the sunshine as much as the next girl. But since as long as I can remember, the morning after drinking has been hell for me. Yes, we all get those pesky hangovers, but if all I had to deal with the next day was a
Getting your head around tax issues can be a rather ‘taxing’ at the best of times (pardon the dreadful pun). For those who have one main source of income – working for an employer – it’s something that never crosses the mind. Out it comes from our wages, without our prompting, and we merely take
This weeks early journal update will hopefully make up for the last couple of blog posts I’ve missed. I’ve been so crazy busy, and I’ve been away the last week. Doing what, I hear you ask? S and I decided to get away from technology and go wild camping in the Highlands. If you follow
As you’ve probably seen in some of our posts recently, we’ve been wild camping in Dartmoor, and have been hiking in Snowdonia. Far away from hostels, B&Bs and hotels, we’ve spent some evenings curled up around a camp fire baking beans and sipping tea out of flasks to eventually stretch out onto our best camping cot.
Are you one of those people trying to shed off few extra pounds? Do you want to have a healthier and fitter body? In that case, do not fall for one of the miracle diets which promise amazing results with little or no effort. Diets like the high protein low carbohydrate are not healthy for
This weekend, I was invited to be one of the first to experience the largest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas, on an exclusive pre-inaugural sail, to experience onboard features including the spa and restaurants, firsthand. The $1bn cruise ship, long as the Eiffel tower is tall, has 23 swimming pools, 20