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Week Sixteen – Watching The Sharks

20 Apr 201920 Apr 2019

Ok so it's fair to say I don't like watching sport. But I realised I've lived in Sheffield for twenty years and have never seen a Sharks basketball game (or…

Week Fifteen – Sheffield Half Marathon

14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019

Wow I hear you utter, she kept that quiet. Surely we would have known if she'd increased her fitness level so dramatically. Well yes, yes you would. Clearly I wasn't…

The Chaos That is My Life

The Clock

I am partial to a bit of nostalgia so welcomed my Dad's gift of my grandparents mantel clock enthusiastically. It's looking a little tired and is undoubtedly more old fashioned…

The Chaos That is My Life

Growing Up

Not a weekly 'do something new' one today, but a thoughtful post about growing up. On Sunday my eldest goes away for a week, out of the country. On Wednesday…

Week Fourteen – Eating in an Art Gallery

30 Mar 201930 Mar 2019

This one could have been called "going to a gala dinner" or "drinking prosecco next to a woolly rhinoceros" - as you do on a Friday night. I feel like…

Week Thirteen – Beating a Board Game

I've never been one for an epic board game, preferring to play multiple short games rather than wading into 4 hours of Monopoly. However, being a Harry Potter loving household…

Week Twelve – Urban Caving

So this is getting exciting isn't it?! We seem to have moved up a notch from craft to adventure! So again Sheffield comes up trumps as a place to live…

Week Eleven – Escape Room

25 Mar 201925 Mar 2019

Again this one is a bit dodgy as in fact I didn't go into the escape room. This was for a very good reason. The event was my daughter's birthday…

Week Ten – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Continuing with the theme of doing things with the people I love I bought tickets as a gift for my lovely Aunt and her friend to go to the Royal…