Scottish Mum Blog - Writing from Aberdeen
Walking in the rain, or blogging in the snow. On the path to enlightenment, wear comfy shoes.
A huge thank you to Ainsley Harriott for the lovely Winter Warmer hamper that arrived at the Scottish Mum Blog household for review. The pack was just what we need up in the cold in the North East of Scotland. It gets pretty chilly here and standard winter clobber usually involves multiple layers of [...]
At first, I threatened to cancel the whole of Christmas and postpone it for a while, but I didn’t think our lovely KellyBronze Turkey would stand to wait for another few days, so we went ahead and had our meal. We did NOT have any presents for the kids to go down to on Christmas [...]
As much hard work as it is to get everything ready for Christmas day, it’s nothing in comparison to the people who have to spend it alone, for whatever reason. We like to stay together as a family, but I do know people who spend it alone. Friends and family are very important in [...]
This is a fabulous Guest Recipe, featured and supported by Country Products. We all want to know how to make fabulous cake when Christmas comes around, and the Caribbean Christmas Cake looks and sounds like a worth cake to try out for special days. I hope you enjoy it. Related Posts:Baker Days – Letterbox Cake [...]
How to make cranberry sauce is something I have wondered for a while. I wanted to try something different, and visiting Cosco saw me pick up a box of fresh cranberries that I fancied using to make a sauce for Christmas Day. I’m pleased to say it was easier than I expected to do, and [...]
This is a thoughtful and helpful feature from Castle Cover. They have built a delivery dates calendar for us all to use. If you’re not sure when the Christmas Delivery Dates are, then just take a look at the interactive pages on their website and it will help you make the right decisions about those last-minute presents [...]
A lovely Christmas featured post, brought to you by Simply Be. It’s that time of year again when Christmas is nearly upon us. Many of us are getting ready to stock up on luxuries, gifts and decorations. Oranges, nuts and much more sit happily in shop windows, while boxes of cakes, chocolates and figs [...]
Now there’s a question. It did come up in conversation. You know the type. You’re standing at the sink peeling spuds, and out comes a voice from behind you demanding to know the difference between God and Santa. Turning round, with three pairs of eyes looking at you, you instantly become conscious that the voice [...]
Ask her friends is run by Ben. He has this to say: “Buying a gift for someone special should be one of the most natural things in the world, right? So why when we try to get something for our wife, girlfriend, sister, friend or mum is it such a struggle – with countless hours [...]
A featured competition, brought to you from SSE. As a festive thank you to customers and social media followers, SSE is offering everyone the chance to win a brand new Kindle Fire HD tablet! All you need to do to enter is like the SSE Facebook page and help the Christmas Elves charge their Kindle in [...]
Notcutts sent me a lovely box of 200 indoor and outdoor lights to use for our tree. We have some lights, but the boys were determined to put them on the tree as they have several flashing functions on them. We put the tree up last night, and the kids are highly delighted with it, [...]
Warner Bros. came up with a couple of grown up DVD’s that 2 of my boys will watch. In the little pack, I have: The Dark Knight Rises New Year’s Eve Christmas Stocking Three Candy Canes Three Chocolate Figures. It’s always nice that Warner Bros. remembers I have three boys. The Dark Knight Rises also [...]
