Living with a cat when you are a dog person

Getting a grip of my weight in December

Last time out I spoke about how 2019 was on a weight loss side. Spoiler the first 10 months weren’t good… But from October onwards I was able to get a grip of things, but I was concerned December was coming and everyone gets that holiday weight and seeing as I was entering my second...

How was my weight loss journey in 2019?

Oh, well this isn’t going to be the easiest post to write about… I had all these lofty aims at the beginning of 2019, from fitness to the blog, but most importantly my weight loss. I had aimed to be at my desired goal at this point, but it didn’t happen. Here’s the story. Gaining...

5 reasons why I got a side job

Last time out on a similar subject I spoke about the issues with Rev. I won't go further into the subject on that side. But I did want to talk about another side job I have and how I actually enjoy this one! Luckily for me, I am in a job where I am more...

Making A Vegan Christmas Dinner

I haven’t posted anything up lately about veganism and I thought I would give that a little fix. I have gone every Christmas in my life without ever thinking about what a vegan would eat on Christmas Day. That was until last Christmas when Victoria came to my house for Christmas and I cooked for...

When working a side gig goes wrong Rev.com

As you may know, if you have come across this path before, I work a cushy 9-5 job. It is good for me and I enjoy it. But I also work a couple of side gigs. I work selling merchandise at music events every so often and it is an absolute blast. I also transcribe...

What’s out in cinemas this month – October 2019

We are now well into October and the first batch of films are being released for the month, Have you got a few films picked out for the month? No? Oh, well let me be a kind soul and assist you with your cinema going needs for the month. Be prepared this is a lengthy...

Sober October Challenge 2019

Like a lot of people this month, I am going to be attempting Sober October, but if you know me at this point, you will know that I am not really a drinker and in fact drink very sparingly. Instead, I will be using Sober October to compete with a few friends to improve my...

Monday Thoughts: Should we return to independent traders food shopping?

Victoria and I were watching a BBC documentary about plastic waste and at one point they mentioned how butchers, greengrocers and milkmen are making a small resurgence and that got me thinking about how much I use their services and actually how much I want to increase using local traders rather than supermarkets for my...

Is it possible to spread your blog too thin?

I don’t often talk about my blogging as I just like to write things for people to read on the internet, but I was looking at my blog a little while ago and I started to think about whether or not I post too many things about too many different topics. Have I spread myself...