• Hebden Bridge

    Review: Katinkas Kaboom Wireless Bluetooth Speaker

    Just before our holidays moneysupermarket.com asked if I’d like to review the Katinkas Kaboom Wireless Bluetooth Speaker. It was a perfectly timed email reminding me to sort out our holiday insurance which I always leave to the last minute. Apart from comparing insurance, loans and all the usual jazz they also compare things like mobile phones and other techy/geeky devices that I’m partial to. We are currently without a DAB radio at home so I thought a bluetooth speaker would be…

  • Home Interiors

    Wish List: 5 DAB Radios

    The day came. It was a snowy morning and I had places to go and people to meet. I swished my feet out of our warm bed, opened the blind and window, ignored the mirror and reached over to turn the radio on. Radio silence. Nothing to see (hear) here (sobs into tea). To be fair, our radio has lasted a long time but I will miss it so. It’s heard many a song, story and football match, morning and…

  • Lifestyle

    5 Positive Things To Do This Week #9

        Thank someone. Beautiful Mess did a great post on this last week. There are many ways to thank the people in your life. Whether it’s your employees, friends who are always there for you or telling a company when you’ve received great service. We’re all quick to pick up the phone or write an email when we get bad service, and rightly so. But telling someone they’ve done a great job when they might be having a bad…

  • Lifestyle

    5 Positive Things To Do This Week

      Pick up a pen and a piece of paper. Write down an ambition you have. Already achieved it or on your way? Give yourself a pat on the back. Not quite there yet? Begin to think and research how you can make it happen (followed by a pat on the back for taking the crucial first step). Take 15 minutes out of your day with a cup of your favourite beverage, and write a letter to a friend or…

  • Hebden Bridge

    At Home: Free weekend fun

    I get excited over the small things. So if I have a few days off and don’t have any pennies to my name I turn to my house and all the stuff I can get up to. Ooo-er missus! Now they’re not the most innovative or interesting of things to do but they are fun and two out of the three are super productive so you can tick them off that list. Living in the digital age it’s been a…

  • Hebden Bridge

    9 good things.

    It is the 9th May today so here are 9 good things that are currently making me happy…just because. My friends. This was us at the weekend on the first hen do of the year – a slumber party. I may have danced my socks off. ♥ The prospect of a holiday. We’re not going to Australia until next February but the planning (for me) is as much fun as the actual going. I’m beside myself. I’ve begun looking for…