Welcome back to another edition of Life Lately! This week, I planned on being a little different and king some different things alone, with family and with friends and this week I did just that. The weather has been a little up and down but that won’t stop us from having a good time.
I took my self out a on a solo date and headed to see my friend in theatre perform The Distance You Have Come. I was a little nervous, I’ve never been to the theatre on my own before, but you know what it was brilliant the show being on my own and having some good solo parenting fun. The show was absolutely excellent, it’s now finishes it’s run unfortunately but if it is in theatres near you I highly recommend going to see it. It’s about normal everyday life experiences and the outcome of life.
We finally got to go to our favourite museum The Natural History Museum, it took over a month for us to get a slot to attend due to all the restrictions, but it never disappoints, Leanora loved looking and learning all about the animals, her current favourite animals at the moment is owls. It’s a great way to get the kiddos out to learn about animals, stones and so much more, with the summer holidays fast approaching I highly recommend booking to go now!
As you know we are big foodies and always love trying new foods, so what better place to fill out bellies than heading to our Spitafields market, located a short walk from Liverpool station. The market is packed with loads of eateries from all over the world, to pizzas, dumplings and desert places. Not feeling to peckish or want to walk off all the yummy food, you can do that their too whilst perusing the many retail stands.
Cherries, who would of guessed it was a new favourite fruit, but we’ve been eating punnets after punnets, I’m sure we will ending our looking like a cherry not before long. Currently thinking of a recipe to use fresh cherries, any tip or ideas would be much appreciated.
Game day, wow! What a game the boys did good in Saturdays match. With a little room left to eat, after exploring Spitafields, I raced home and made a batch of my Lemon Pepper Wings, I mean who doesn’t love wings on game day or any! With another match this Wednesday I highly recommend on making them.
Well that’s this weeks life lately round up! Did you get out and do, see or eat anything new?
Let me know what you got planned for the week! Don’t forget you can also tag me over on Instagram or by using the #LondonMumma tag to show me what you get up to or keep up to date on what’s new on the blog via Bloglovin!
Also, don’t forget any recipe ideas for using cherries let me know in the comments below.
Lindsey
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I get a lot of questions, asking what do Leanora and I do during this pandemic, weekends and during the half term. The answer is everything and anything.
We’ve become a bit of gamers in my household, ever since I got Leanora the Nintendo switch, we’ve been getting crafty and building our own personal heaven on Animal Crossing to something a little bit more scary Luigi Mansions. I’ve got so bad, I’ve been sneakily playing it when Leanora’s gone to bed. I have to admit, we even play friends online, which is a great way of keeping in touch and spending socially distanced time together, a great console for family and friends I can recommend it enough.
With it being Easter we’ve been making some tasty treats, such as our Lemon and Pistachio cake and our adorable bunny biscuits, both never last very long in our house. Being able to bake together as a family brings us closer together, well until L gets flour everywhere and blames poor Milo!
We are a family who loves to create and design, so this Easter we decided instead of buying cards for our friends and family, we decided to roll our sleeves up, get the glue, googley eyes and scissors out and a few bottles of glitter and design our own. This adds a bit more of a personal touch, plus it’s a lot of fun, me I get really stuck in probably more than I should, it certainly brings out my inner child and imagination.
I don’t know what is up with kids, but they are always drawing on themselves, Leanora drew a little heart and when questioned she thought it was a good idea, as I had a tattoo so why not her! Well where do I begin......girl your 6 haha! But whilst she has been rejected to ever mark her body, I thought what not make an activity out of it and let’s draw, on paper and who can design the best picture. We found some really cool tattoo fonts online on the fonts bundle website.
Still having our creative hats on we decided a bit of tie dye was in order, a few white T-shirt’s looking a little old we decided to bring them back to life and add a little colour to our tees.
Everyone’s favourite game MONOPOLY I mean every household has this game am I right! Now Leanora being of an age, I bought the Junior Monopoly and I’ve never had so much fun, only a few tears and tantrums, which pretty much came from me as Leanora kicked my butt at it! Maybe Ludo is in order..
With our favourite bookstore still closed, has not stopped us from reading. We’ve brought a tonne of books and what better way to expand our minds than with some really great literature.
Now that we can meet up with friends and family out doors, we’ve been taking advantage of this dry weather, grabbing coffee and hot chocolate and heading out for a stroll, which is so beautiful due to all the cherry blossoms trees having bloomed.
Every week, we get our main and pedis on! Nothing quite like a day of pampering, this weeks shade of nails is green.
We love a movie night, we grab the duvet all our fave snacks then kick back, Netflix and chill and watch a movie, we just watched Raya and the Last Dragon, it was absolutely excellent, so much so we’ve watched like 5 times already.
There you go folks, are top 10 things to do this Easter.
Let me know what you and your family get up too in the comments below we are always looking for new ideas, new crafts and activities to do! Don’t forget you can also tag me over on Instagram or by using the #LondonMumma tag to show us what you get up to!
Lindsey
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Reading is my favourite pass time, if I’m not Netflixing or listening to a podcast, guaranteed you’ll find me cosied up with a book either at home on the sofa, coffee shop or when commuting to work. Reading is a great way to calm and free the mind.
Tangerine, by Christine Mangan
This month, I am reading this beautiful book, a debut by Christine Mangan about two university friends with a toxic relationship, set in the 1950s this book about two friends with two different views of the mysterious horrific accidents that led to them going separate ways only to reunite in Morocco where one is finding it hard to adjust to the new settings with her ruthless husband and finding her estranged school chum at her door, questioning why she is here and an unfamiliar feeling of ultimate control and tension brew between these two former friends. Love single white female, then Tangerine is a compelling read.
Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
If wanting to sink your teeth into a murder mystery, that turns in to a Groundhog Day of mayhem than Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, is the book you need, an interesting read filled with time loops of twists and turns which feels like a game of Cluedo and the only way to find out who is the murderer, is to die and find yourself in some else’s body.
A quite thrilling game mystery of reading this month, I wonder what I have in store for next!!!
What are you reading this month, have you read any of these? Did you know that you can get and win free books from Gratisfaction.
London Mumma
Last year I got back into reading this year in 2019 I am going to be growing my reading list bigger than ever.
Last year was all about fiction, this year my reading habit will change as I have changed, I'll be reading and sharing more interesting books such as biographies, self-help and I may go against the grain and share a romance, but it will have to be a damn good one!
I decided to m ease myself into it this year and I’ve started with two greats, a biography from a political great and strong woman and a new book by a famous actor, totally unplanned books being from two people that I truly admire but I am glad I started with these.
A woman like no other, a first in the history America’s First Lady of colour, a sassy and smart funny woman that is Michelle Obama. There has been so much excitement around this book Becoming and it is evident why a beautiful and inspiring first hand look into her life and the trials and tribulations of growing up in America and becoming one of the most powerful and admired woman all over the world.
Tom Hanks, an amazing actor and who knew a brilliant writer Uncommon Type: Some Stories is a collection of amazing stories that I’d be more than happy to read again and again, I just wish I had him on speed dial to read these stories to me. In the book, there are 17 well-written stories perfect for a commute to work or even a light night time read each story I devoured they are moving, humorous and utterly engaging and making you yearn for more, from Mr Hanks.
What books have you started reading this year? Have you read Michelle Obama or Tom Hanks book, what did you think?
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Lindsey xx
I'm back and kicking off July with summer great summer reads. I can not believe we are more than halfway through the year it's completely flown by and I am glad to say this year has been the big read and the last few weeks I've been perusing every bookshop, new and old for July summer reads.
The Lido, this summers uplifting read based in my hometown of South West London. Meet Rosemary and Kate an unlikely pair that friendship blossoms and community spirit grow to support and save the local Lido from a property developers clutches to knock it down and build posh apartment building over it.
You. A brilliant and terrifyingly good read, one that I was compelled to keep grasped firmly in my hands and read in a matter of days. This is a must read especially for those social media buffs, which sees Joe totally abusing social media to stalk and set up a series of events so the Beck falls into his arms! I totally recommend snapping up You before it comes to Netflix.
An authentic family read I do try to stay clear of these family dramas, I always get a little too ceremonial, I blame the fact the since becoming a parent a whole new emotion embodies me, but I was hooked by the first page! Whistle In The Dark is about a 15-year-old girl who goes missing for a few days, returns back intact but does not want to share where or who she has been with. The family then move to London where they see Jen's character start to change.
What books have you picked up recently? Let me know in the comments below what you will be reading this summer.
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I don't know about you, but I am a major bookworm, I get all excited about finding new reads each month and season. I love a variety of subjects and different genres, well not so much romance not really into that lovey-dovey, Mills and Boon stuff, maybe in the 90s a few decades ahead and I'm over it.
There are a few buzz worth books that come out each month, with there mesmerising covers and little snippets that instantly draw you in, which drive you insane as you find yourself every day going past the bookstore, to see if it's finally found its place in store and in the shop window. The Water Cure did that to me, a few weeks ago whilst reading Grazia there it was, an icy blue covering with a lady floating into the unknown, I was instantly drawn to it and eager to find out more.
The Water Cure, Sophie Mackintosh’s debut novel is a bewitching read, about sisterhood and transformation. A truly haunting story of abuse, death, and desire and a book that I am keen to sink my teeth into after I've finished 'The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder'.
You may remember me talking about this amazing poignant thrilling read from Sarah J Harris, in my Friday Favourites To Get You Through The Week post and I am nearly finished, this beautiful book so well written is a book you must read this June, it is like no other book that I have read before, all about a young boy, Jasper trying to remember a murder all whilst suffering from synaesthesia and face blindness.
Have you read any of these? Or what thrilling reads are you working your way through this month?
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Each month I am treating myself to some great reads, last months was insane, this month I am just topping myself with some gripping, funny, erotically dark murderously thrilling reads and something light and good for the soul.
All the best authors, know how to start off a good book, that one-liner, the first sentence is what draws me in, if I am not gripped or compelled, to sit on the floor in the bookstore it's getting tossed and I am moving on. Bookstores, library's since a young age have been my utopia, I love adventure, thrillers, poetry I love it all. I did forget how much so, with life in the way, but after reading sapiens, my brain craved for more knowledge, something shocking, funny, educational, thrilling reads and now you will not find me leaving the house without a good book in hand.
I always found reading relaxes me, takes me from the days stresses or more likely prepares me for the day, be it on my commute to work, sneaking in a quick read here and there throughout the day On my way to meeting to meeting as I combat the traffic with Gett I feel uplifted, invigorated and I eagerly wait for more.
Ultima, the last instalment of this trilogy of a good girl working in an art auction house, boring life, feeling undervalued at work, she bumps into an old school friend, becomes a hostess then her story takes a dark, exotic, luxurious, murderous twist throughout. Now, this is like a mash-up of 50 shades of grey meeting a deadly assassin. A total page turner that will want you craving for more and I have about 50 pages lefts and I just do not want it to end.
Having worked in property and knowing the realities we face within in property law, this book, Our House is one that promises from the offset to be a thrilling read. Trust me the first sentence will compel you to find out what happens when you buy your home, your home that you did not sell!!!!
The Hate U Give Us, a gripping book, based on the black lives matter movement. Angie Thomas, who witnessed the shooting of a dear unarmed friend by police, inspired her to write this compelling and inspiring novel.
Milk and Honey an insta famous book I've been meaning to sink my teeth into a beautiful collection of stories, to inspire, and to heal.
I will be on the hunt again this weekend for some new reads for next month, I'm thinking something inspirational, thrilling, historical maybe even parenting. Do you have any suggestions, or know of any books I should sink my teeth into?
Have you read any of these boos, what were your thoughts?
Happy reading
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I've always wanted to be apart of a book club, but never got the chance too plus I kinda didn't wanna be like that weirdo, but you know what now that I am older I think it's kinda cool and I am on the hunt for one, so if you know of any good book clubs hit a lady up!
But I digress, back to business....This month I have found myself submerged into some beautiful thrilling books, which I have been getting lost in on the commute to work, or waking up a little bit earlier to get a quick reading sesh in as I simply have been unable to put these few gripping reads down.
First on my hit list was Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, all about a lady, who has no concept of the real world and majorly lacks social etiquette or she thinks those around her lack it and she is totally fine with that. This book is a must read this 2018, totally funny about a hard life of a socially inept woman finding her way through society, unwillingly but determined to reinvent herself with a little assistance from Bobbi Brown, attending hardcore rock events and drinking her way through the weekend to making new friends unexpectedly, plus if we keep our fingers crossed we may, just may be seeing this book be made in to a movie.
A book about a savage murder set in 1842 brought to you by the amazing author Sarah Schmidt. See what I have Done, is gripping, and outstanding haunting book, I am only halfway through, but this book certainly makes the cut in a book to get lost in this month. I have pounded my way through this book and by the time, I've made this post live I would have devoured the whole thing and for those that may have read the book, I would love to hear your thought, on this explosive book.
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London Mumma xx
The most tremendous day has finally arrived, FRIDAY! And it is time to plan a weekend of bliss, be it a day of relaxing in the house in your favourite pyjamas or venturing to the great outdoors and looking for an adventure, what ever you do make it your own. Today I am sharing with you some much loved Friday Favorites, a round up of what I am loving, from a beautiful store that I have found and decided to make my home, to books, and so much more.
The most beautiful and heavenly store in Hove, Igigi. Whilst roaming for coffee after a day spent on the pebbled Brighton beach collecting seashells and spotting crabs, I was in need of some rich warming coffee to warm up my cockles. They sell everything from home furnishings to the most beautiful natural milk soaps, to coffee and cakes in the upstairs cafe, it is the best place in Hove for a little refuel.
I finally have gotten round to reading a book, yay! With normality setting back in at work and parenting life, I have found some much needed me time be at late at night with my new Utility Design lamp. I am able and divulge into an amazing fictional book, Domina, the right amount of sex, drugs, and murder, which makes for a good night sleep!
My creative juices flowing, thanks to the fabulous blog, A Pair and Spare. I am updating the living room and thought due to it being Autumn to add a little colour, with some new pillows and I thought purple would totally make it pop, but finding it hard to find the right style, but with a little inspo from one of my fave bloggers I can make my own with this handy DIY post.
This gorgeous Ecoya, Lotus Flower candle was gifted to me at a recent press showcase and it is simply divine, I have only used it once and the whole house smelt exquisite. Its scent is a blend of lotus flower, contrasted with deeper shades of vanilla and patchouli a scent and candle that I never want to run out of and will certainly be purchasing.
Let us know what fun things you guys have planned this weekend and what your favorites have been this Friday?
London Mumma xx
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