My Experience of Dating and Falling In Love

Happy Valentine’s Day! Everyone wants to be loved by someone. I was no exception to that rule growing up. I’d fantasise about my wedding and about meeting my “The One.” I had a crush on a boy when I was about 7, but he didn’t feel the same. Then, there were a few people I […]

The First Days of 2018 Plus My New Year’s Revolutions

Well, it’s now the second of January and I’m feeling like the new year has got off to a good start for me. New Year’s Day morning was a relaxing one (after Alfredo and I had gone to bed at 3AM). We had a late breakfast of fruit, yoghurt pannetone and hot chocolate with oats. […]

New Year’s Eve 2017

I can’t believe it’s New Year’s Eve already! In the week since Christmas, we: Saw lots of my favourite films on TV which are : Bridget Jones’ Diary (on Christmas Day night) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (on Boxing Day) I finally got to see Home Alone 3. The Home Alone series of films […]

Happy Christmas 2017!

Happy Christmas to my readers! What are you up to today? Alfredo and I had our Christmas dinner last night as is the Spanish custom. We decided to eat the roast pork filled with pine nuts, plums bacon and red peppers we bought especially for Christmas Eve. We ate it with roasted rosemary potatoes and […]

Birthday Post

Today is my 36th birthday. I’ve always loved birthdays and have made a great show of celebrating every one . Thanks to the family and friends who took the time to send me cards , gifts or Facebook messages. Today more than ever I give thanks for those who think about me and who value […]

How To Send (Christmas) Cards When You Have a Disability

Amongst the preparations for Christmas that I talked about in my last post I have been finishing sending some Christmas cards this week. Writing Christmas cards is either a joy or a chore for people, whichever way you look at it. With writing being very difficult for me as you will see in this other post I […]

Getting Ready For Christmas

A few days ago, Alfredo and I got our first Christmas card. It was from my godparents in Australia. The second one came yesterday and was from my parents. We already have a tree which is a real dwarf pine tree which was given to us for Christmas by my gran. Try as I might, […]

Review: Lidl Limited Edition Summer Toiletries Collection 2017

Back in the summer, I bought the Cocoanut and Aloe , mango handcream and the Barefoot Spray from Lidl’s Limited Edition Summer collection. The Coconut and Aloe Body Lotion is one of those spray lotions which are quite a popular format now. It contains 150 mL of product which I didn’t think was very […]

World Prematurity Day 2017

Did you know that every 1 in 10 babies is born prematurely? That’s the statistic. I was one of those babies. On 22nd December 1981, I came into the world at 11:24AM at Kingston Hospital in Kingston upon Thames, England. Minutes before, my twin sister, Natalie was born. We were both identical and both weighed […]

Writing and National Novel Writing Month: My Experiences

Back in November 2013, I heard of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo as it’s known among those of us who have participated. I’ve always wanted to write a book, and so this seemed the perfect opportunity for me to begin. I love books, and wanted to have my own. I like lots of different […]