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#MySundaySnapshot – Sunflower Supreme 21/52 (2025)

by RachelSwirl May 25, 2025
#MySundaySnapshot - Sunflower Supreme 21/52 (2025)

Welcome to another week of #MySundaySnapshot, a snap-sharing-blog-linky series celebrating natural beauty. Click here for further information and guidelines on this linky if you wish to participate. It’s been a huge week for our household as our eldest turned sweet sixteen. Though he was spoilt rotten with gifts and cards galore, the GCSE gods also blessed him with the longest exam of all – English Literature, which he spent the first four hours or so working through before he was finally able to come home and celebrate in style with home-cooked steak and cake. We continued the celebrations this weekend and …

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Happy Terrific Tenth Birthday To Our Double Digits Diva

by RachelSwirl August 23, 2023
Happy Terrific Tenth Birthday To Our Double Digits Diva

Our beautiful little lady turned ten years old this week. No longer is she a single-digit girl – she’s double-digits all the way! She woke to a house covered in balloons and banners and was spoilt rotten with cards and presents galore including a brand new bike ready for upcoming cycling proficiency, a beautiful flute which she will begin learning to play shortly, a range of Squishmallow plush toys, and various Harry Potter-themed bits and bobs to go in the room of requirements AKA E’s boudoir. After unwrapping her presents and opening her cards E, J, and their cousin traveled …

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The Fabulous Forties

by RachelSwirl August 21, 2023
The Fabulous Forties

And just like that, I’m officially in my forties. Does it feel any different to being thirty-something? Not particularly… Did I celebrate the event? Not really… it was just another day. Most of my friends celebrated their big birthdays such as thirty or forty with weeks or even months of what appeared to be endless events; big birthday bashes, evenings out to see live concerts, meals out, cocktail parties, pamper sessions at posh salons, or even experience days at the likes of the racetrack. I wasn’t up for any of that, I haven’t been in the mood to celebrate any …

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Happy Fantastic Fortieth Birthday To My Amazing Husband

by RachelSwirl April 2, 2023
Happy Fantastic Fortieth Birthday To My Amazing Husband

And just like that, my husband turned the grand age of forty. Paul was woken with cards and gifts including new Etnie shoes, new Croc slippers, a bottle of his beloved Jack Daniels, a huge box of beers, a Toblerone, and a large bar of Mini Egg Chocolate. We later celebrated with an evening  sharing a takeaway with family and Paul got to blow out his candles (and the signage on his cake as I somehow managed to set that alight whilst carrying the masterpiece to the table) We plan to continue the celebrations by visiting the Chill Factor for …

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#LivingArrows – Happy Harry Potter Birthday To My Princess 34/52 (2022)

by RachelSwirl August 22, 2022
#LivingArrows - Happy Harry Potter Birthday To My Princess 34/52 (2022)

Today marks the ninth birthday of our very happy little Harry Potter fan; thus we’ve spent the entire weekend celebrating in order to mark the occasion. Firstly, E had her friends over for a Harry Potter-themed party where they played in the hot tub, watched Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone whilst guzzling a buffet (and a cake that took me a fair few hours to bake and decorate) big enough to feed the five thousand, which they then followed by an hour or so of karaoke and playing in the garden. E awoke to find the living room covered …

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