For anybody who does not know yet, I have some very exciting news. I am getting married! My partner proposed to me on a lovely weekend away in the Peak District. We are getting married in May 2026. The church and venue are both booked, as is our photographer. I started looking for my dress…
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We’re Back!!!
Hi everyone It’s the person formally know as the idea guy here! So I know we’ve been away from the bandwidth for a while so to speak, and kind of popping in and out of the blog periodically, so sorry for our absence for our brilliant loyal readers. The good news is Amy’s returning to…
My First Rock Choir Performance
At the beginning of this year (2024) I joined a fabulous choir called Rock Choir. Every Wednesday evening we meet up and sing some amazing pop and rock songs, all well known ones. Each term we learn three new songs which is very exciting. A few weeks ago a really exciting opportunity was announced to…
Coronavirus Diary – Page 17 (Heading towards the finish line, I hope)
Well… I DESPERATELY don’t want to jinx this, but things are starting to look quite positive around here in England. Definitely a lot more positive than things have been before. The vaccines are working their magic and the number of cases are falling. I heard on the news today that things are looking hopeful for…
How Losing Your Sight Can Change Everything
For those of you who don’t know me personally, I started blogging in 2017. At the time I did not have my own blog, but I wrote many posts for my local sight loss charity. I was and still am very passionate about making people aware of the impact that losing your sight can have…
Coronavirus Diary – Page 15 (New Year, New Lockdown)
I should really start this post by saying Happy New Year, but I’m really not feeling it this year. Obviously I really hope that you do all have a great new year, but I’m not feeling so optimistic. Every new year’s eve I send everybody a text at midnight to wish them happy new year,…
Dressing Positively
A month ago, me and my boyfriend decided to have an online date night for our anniversary. We haven’t been able to see each other for eight months now because of Covid, but we weren’t going to let our special day get missed. So we did everything we could to celebrate without actually seeing each…
Coronavirus Diary – Page 14 (Social chaos)
This week I was supposed to be on holiday in sunny Spain. Because of Covid -19 this hasn’t happened and it is not likely to happen any time soon. Even though we were not going away, me and my family decided to try and have a few days out together. Yesterday we decided to go…
Coronavirus Diary – Page 14 (A mug of frothy familiarity)
After what feels like a million years in lockdown, from the 4th July pubs and bars were allowed to open again in England. I had heard on the news about all of the social distancing measures that were being put in place so that this was able to happen. I was imagining hand sanitizers everywhere,…
Glitter In The Darkness 