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BlogMas Day Nineteen – Book Review – Hark! The Biography Of Christmas
View recipe: BlogMas Day Nineteen – Book Review – Hark! The Biography Of ChristmasThis is another of the Christmas themed books I have recently read and really enjoyed. It is written by Paul Karensa and the foreword by Chris Evans is a great introduction. The Blurb In this delightful sleigh ride through Christmas history, Paul Kerensa answers the festive questions you never thought to ask… Did Cromwell help…
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BlogMas Day Eighteen – Recipe – Cauliflower and Garlic Cheese Soup
View recipe: BlogMas Day Eighteen – Recipe – Cauliflower and Garlic Cheese SoupThis is a soup I have been making for a while thanks to my lovely Mum who first gave me her recipe. This is now the recipe I generally follow after tinkering with it a little and I absolutely love it. Thick, creamy and flavoursome, perfect for this chilly winter weather. Cauliflower is one of…
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Coping With A Stomach Bug When You Have An Ileostomy
View recipe: Coping With A Stomach Bug When You Have An IleostomyI recently caught the dreaded diarrhoea and vomiting bug that seems very prevalent at the moment. These kinds of bugs can be really dangerous for people with an ileostomy, mainly due to the ease we already become dehydrated even when not ill. Severe dehydration can quickly lead to kidney and other problems which can become…
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BlogMas Day Sixteen – The Santa Express (video)
View recipe: BlogMas Day Sixteen – The Santa Express (video)So today my Mum and Dad arranged to take the boys and their cousin Maisy on the Santa Express train on the Peak District Railway. Me and Ste decided to tag along too! We all had a fab morning, with magicians, balloon modellers, a sing song, clowns and of course a visit from the man…
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BlogMas Day Fifteen – The Things You Can’t Say To Your Chronically Ill Partner
View recipe: BlogMas Day Fifteen – The Things You Can’t Say To Your Chronically Ill PartnerI wrote this post before Ste went into hospital, over a month ago, and had it sitting here for all this time. I feel like now is the time to share it. As anyone following my blog will know, Ste was admitted to hospital after we visited his amazing gastro doctor as he was rapidly…
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BlogMas Day Fourteen – The Winter Tag
View recipe: BlogMas Day Fourteen – The Winter TagI recently saw this over at LOVE-ALMA.COM and decided to give it a whirl after seeing her answers! Hope you will all join in! WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY TRADITION? One of my favourites is still getting my Dad to go downstairs first on Christmas morning to check ‘he has been’. He always come back…
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BlogMas Day Thirteen – Ground To A Ho-Ho-Halt
View recipe: BlogMas Day Thirteen – Ground To A Ho-Ho-HaltWell, what a time to get struck down by a stomach bug! The last couple of days have been pretty horrendous but I am pleased to say, today I seem to be on the up. Anyone with an ileostomy will know – diarrhoea and vomiting bugs are not only horrific but can be pretty dangerous…
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BlogMas Day Nine – Spoonie Christmas Challenge
View recipe: BlogMas Day Nine – Spoonie Christmas ChallengeWHAT ILLNESSES DO YOU SUFFER WITH? I have rheumatoid arthritis, Crohns disease, an ileostomy, ostopenia, high blood pressure and iritis WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST ‘CURE’ SOMEONE HAS EVER OFFERED YOU? Well according to one GP I saw (yes a doctor), I shouldn’t need a bone scan because I am too young to suffer from these issues!…
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