Reclaiming My Future

I should write a disclaimer before you read this post that I love men, I think we’ve established that, but there are definitely a few things in life that help men out more than women so excuse me gentleman as I write a post that will have every woman nodding their head in agreement… Men [...]

A huge thanks goes to Monica of The Travel Hack and Erik of On my feet or in my mind for tagging me in this super fun game of kiss chase A-Z of travel! Let’s begin the lesson shall we?… A: Age you went on your first international trip: 10 with my dad and grandma [...]

Almost the entire world and their dead grandparents seems to be on Facebook these days but you know that we all have things that makes us think ‘I hate Facebook!’. Here’s why… I hate Facebook because… You send me friend requests from people I don’t know. We all get them. You see the notification and [...]

I don’t particularly like Christmas. Well I do, I just get so sick of the long-winded run-up to it that I feel it’s lost its magic but I’ve now discovered my own random reasons for enjoying it: – Alcohol (all day) From the moment you wake up alcohol can touch your lips without thinking you [...]

With a recent trip to the Big Smoke under my belt, I realised that whilst it’s a necessity, I really do hate the London Underground with a passion. Here’s why:

After months of finding nothing but travel vaccine advice for US citizens and none for the UK, I finally decided to write one myself… Your travel advice/vaccines will be dealt with by a nurse at your general practitioner’s surgery and you should make an appointment (if possible) approximately six months in advance of your leave [...]

Box (come on, what did you really think I was going to say? Answers in the comments below…I have a feeling they were stupid thoughts) Chances are that you’ll have a good few months before you leave and if you’re sensible (i.e. you know how to get your s*** together) you’ll be buying the ‘must [...]

No, it isn’t an updated version of The Book where Moses advises you that for a price he can part the Red Sea. It’s a book made by you; for you (I’m probably sacrificing a lot of strange Google key word searches to my site just by mentioning the ‘B book’ now…you’re welcome!). Sooooo, you’ve [...]

Yes folks, today I join the ‘quarter of a century birthday club’.  I sound old and wise like Yoda don’t I? That’s ok, Yoda kicks ass figuratively, physically and mentally! It’s also another momentous day – 90 days until my big adventure to Africa starts =) Let the good times roll… In the spirit of [...]

I seriously don’t know what happened over the last 2 days that should have signalled the weekend.  I woke up 9.30am yesterday and I don’t remember where the time went after that.  No, I wasn’t drinking (at that point anyway). Yesterday was dedicated to my best friend SMS as she turned 25 on Wednesday (YIKES! [...]