• 10 BC things
    Life,  Parenting

    10 Things I Would Tell My BC Self

    I’ve written before about what I would tell my 15 year old self if I could jump in a time machine and meet up for a beer milkshake. It was mostly life stuff though I did briefly mention to her…

  • Rainbow Factory Leeds
    Day Trips & Travel

    Half Term at Rainbow Factory

    If you’re in West Yorkshire and looking for somewhere a little different to take your kids over the summer then why not try the Rainbow Factory in Leeds? Rainbow Factory, Leeds is two things: 1 – A fairytale land where…

  • talk northern to me
    Featured,  Life

    Talk Dirty (Northern) To Me

    Today I received a package with the following note included: My nice new packaging hasn’t arrived yet so please accept this Shan post -it heart as a token of my gratitude. My response was, quite obviously Ah that’s nice.  Whereas…

  • Life

    Getting Beach Ready

    This is written in collaboration with Simply Beach.  It’s sub zero outside, well minus one, and my weather app keeps telling me it’s going to snow. So we’ve started thinking of the sunshine and booked our summer holiday, it’s time…