I am a slow runner and that’s okay for now.

If you have read my blog before you will know my love of running, if you are new and also like running have a gander over at my running page in the bar above. Also, if you have been following my blog for a bit, you will also know I am trying to lose weight...

How not to start the first day of your holiday in Manhattan

Hello! Today will be the start of many, many, many posts about my holiday and things I learned when I visited New York and Toronto in early March. I feel it is best to go straight to the start and the first day so let’s just get right into it and chat about the things...

Last weeks trailers 25th Feb

It is a new week and that means there has been a tonne of new movie trailers released for us to look at. Have you had a chance to have a little look at them yet? If not then welcome to your one-stop shop for last week’s trailers. I will be adding a little optimism gage...

My personal highlights of 2018

2018 was here and then as soon as we got used to the idea of it, it soon left us. The years do seem to go by a lot quicker nowadays. It’s a shame as I didn’t get everything that I wanted to get done, but I probably would have needed an extra 11 months...

Learning a new language as an adult

Victoria and I are all about trying new things and one thing we both wanted to do and actually approached each other about around Christmas was to try and learn a language together each year or every couple of years. I love learning new languages, plus I am a nosey bugger and if people are...

Veganuary Week 3

Well, well, well. Here we are for the 3rd week of Veganuary and everything is good with the world! Well in my little house anyway! As I haven’t felt too many challenging scenarios since Veganaury started I thought that I would chat a little about the food I have been making for my dinners as...

Should a film be made about child murders?

This week Detainment was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Short Film Category, this has caused an awful lot of discussion and bad press towards the Irish filmmaker Vincent Lambe. This outrage has grown to the point where over 100,000 people have signed a petition for the Academy or Lambe himself to withdraw...

Oscar Nominations 2019 Breakdown

Well, literally an hour after I posted about my predictions, the actual nominations came out. Got it in under the wire! I got a lot right, but some wrong. I have been honest and kept it as it was in the last post. Have a gander below on my thoughts and who I got right...

Oscar 2019 nomination predictions

The Academy Award nominations are due later today (UK time) and I kinda forgot about it a little, so this is very much a rushed job! I will come back in a few days to go over how right or wrong I was with my picks, but in the meantime have a gander and see...

Veganuary week 1

I am almost one week into Veganuary and I have to say things are going pretty well! If you want to have a read as to why I am participating in Veganuary then have a little read here. I thought it would be a good idea to provide a little bit of an update as...