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My dad left when I was two, he came back into my life when I was eighteen. No regrets. We’ve made our peace. He’s making the effort now and that’s what counts, I honestly believe that it’s easier to forgive and forget than create negative energy and hold a grudge. I love and respect him for who he is even if I can’t for some of his earlier choices.
The truth is that while I was actually growing up I barely noticed his absence and that’s the …

I’m a simple cook. I hate following complex recipes and quite frankly I’m crap at baking. I tend to take a brief look at a recipe and then make things up as I go along.
This is one of my favourite ‘easy and quick’ dinners at the moment.

Ingredients
Serves 2
Pork medallions
One leek
2 cloves garlic
Single cream
Brandy or white wine *Optional
1/2 pint of chicken stock
Olive oil
Tsp wholegrain mustard
Sea salt and pepper
1. Sear the pork medallions (season and coat in olive oil first) on either side until they’re caramelised. …

On Wednesday I was invited to appear on BBC Radio Scotland’s Call Kaye show to talk about maternity leave, unfortunately I was cut from the schedule due to the never ending Al Megrahi fiasco so I was on today instead.
You can listen in here, I’m on just after the hour mark. I was pretty nervous to start out but ended up quite enjoying myself

We’re three weeks into the Summer holidays now and I don’t think we’ve had a full sunny day yet. No panic though we’ve had a lot of fun already, one of my favourite days out has also been one of the simplest (and cheapest!)…

First off we headed for the tiny train station in our village, Erin had never been on a train and was beyond excited. She asked loads of questions about the level crossing, the train timetable, and how to embark/disembark the train. Usually her incessant …

It felt about time to write you a litte update (you can read all the blog posts about you here). If mummy remembers to renew her blog URL hopefully you’ll have a chance to read this and all the other posts I’ve written for you.
You’re four now and starting school in about a month. You’re very excited and we’ve been very busy choosing your uniform. You’re very particular about everything picking things with frilly bits and butterfly embroidery. The shoes you’ve chosen are bright red! …

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We all know if you want the coolest, most stylish small car on the market then you buy a Mini, right?? Well not any more thanks to the game changing DS3 from Citroen.
I have had a DS3 for a week to test drive and have loved every minute. The model I was driving was the DSport version and although it was the top of the range with all the cool toys and gadgets (sat-nav, air conditioning, Bluetooth phone connection, etc.) and the biggest engine (155 Brake horsepower, …

A lady from BBC Worldwide contacted me last week and asked if I’d like to review the Kerwhizz Magazine, Erin loves the show on Cbeebies so I was interested to see what she’d make of it.
Most magazines we’ve bought up until now have been a bit of a waste of money. Erin hardly ends up doing any of the activities and it ends up strewn around her bedroom floor where I inevitably end up standing on the obligatory plastic toy that decorates the front cover, resulting in much almost …

So life’s moving on, my trip to Florida was almost a month ago now! We’re also over two weeks into our Scottish summer holidays and so far my tactic of having one activity planned each day is working a treat. So far we’ve been swimming, visited friends for lunch, shopped for school uniform, had our first ever sleepover and attended a birthday party and an anniversary meal. This week Erin’s off to the cinema to see Shrek (I have been promised a review by her aunty…) and …

On our final day in Florida we visited Aquatica, SeaWorld’s water park.
I went sporting my new ‘I follow @SeaWorld_Parks‘ t-shirt and the mildest of hangovers.

Aquatica is brilliant, definitely my favourite water park. There’s something for everyone and the slides, tyre rides and flumes were the right balance of thrilling without being too scary! We rode Omaka Rocka, Roa’s Rapids, Taumata Racer, Loggerhead Lane and my personal favourite Whanau Way.

There’s a white sandy beach and a huge children’s area too.
I could quite happily …