Muddling through summer and a trip to Butlin’s Minehead
It’s been a busy few weeks at our little HQ. The summer holidays loomed and have passed in mostly an easy going, whatever kind of way. I was dreading the time off with our little […]
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Separately together: what we’re watching on Netflix
We haven’t had a huge amount of time to settle down to Netflix lately. A combination of the goddamn ten thirty pm setting sun (but Mammy it’s not dark, it’s not bedtime…. grrrrrr) and a […]
8 reasons why I’m addicted to Love Island
You either watch it or you laugh at people who do. You’re either addicted or you avoid people who are. Love Island. Wow. Up until this year, I wouldn’t have been caught dead watching it. […]
Historical Fiction: 20 words and phrases that sound old but aren’t
I always thought historical fiction was a pretty mainstream genre. It was all I read when I was a kid, and growing up as an Enid Blyton fan, I associated books with everything ancient and […]
Still here. Just about. An update.
Wellity wellity. Look at you sitting over here all neglected. Poor blog. Poor liddle bloggy. I’ll be honest LadyNicci.com – you were nearly for the chop. No beating around the bloggy bush. I grew tired. […]
Reflections on a snow day
It was my birthday yesterday. YAY. Except all of our plans were scuppered thanks to a major storm snow Armageddon that came all the way from Siberia to say hello. We had booked a night […]
Netflix – the work life balance barometer in your life
Nuts. Nuts I tells ya, I’m going nuts. Between the kids, the house, the clutter, the non-moving baby weight and hmmm, what else I dunno, life stress, my little head has been a whirr. You’d […]
Richmond Fort, Drogheda – eat, drink and celebrate
I got invited to try Sunday Brunch at Richmond Fort in Drogheda some weeks ago. I’m always wary of agreeing to try things, with a view to posting blog post or social media updates online. […]
Kon Mari – Changing my life, one black bag at a time
I have a new hobby. It’s very satisfying, cheap and helps reduce stress. Big time. Some may know it as decluttering but I like to think of it as ‘konmari-ing’. It mostly involves throwing all […]
Simply Be – Styled Review
Simply Be asked me some time back to pick some items from their website for review on LadyNicci. When I clicked on the site I quickly realised that their specialty is plus size and for […]
Eight things I plan on changing in 2018
For the past few years I’ve sworn off making New Year’s resolutions. The pressure. Something else to fail and disappoint myself with. Everyone knows that January will start out great and by March all those […]
Review: MikaB Teething Jewellery
Teething babies. Is there anything worse? Puking babies maybe. Although I could probably deal with puke better than the pure suffering of my baby as her gums are splitting open. SAD FACE! Our second daughter […]
What you should (and shouldn’t) be doing with your car this winter
*This is a collaborative post* Cars, can’t live without them, can’t afford to live with the frickin cost of them. This year we changed our swapsie car for a car we actually wanted to buy. […]
Tantrums, three year olds and toesies
On Friday night I broke my foot. There I was, sitting on the sofa, admiring my just cleaned over sitting room, when the baby cried and I stood, picked her up to bring her, for […]