My EdD cohort is scheduled for a virtual residential today which I am very much looking forward to as I get to meet up with my classmates from all over the world. Modern technology is a wonderful thing. I ran the Coastal half Marathon on Sunday and it was enjoyable …
I’ll be honest (when am I ever anything but?), it’s been a bit of a shit week really. My dad collapsed and was rushed to hospital (he is ‘ok’, thanks for asking), I had way too much work to do and not enough time to do it so worked 12 …
I am in a limbo between finishing my first unit and the next one starting so no Doctorate related news. I went on a jaunt to London this week for the Nursing & Midwifery Genomics Round Table which started off with a 1.5 hour long delay due to multiple problems …
These apple roses are super pretty and fairly easy to make (if you enjoy baking). Method: Make your standard pastry recipe for one crust Slice one apple (skin on) paper thin using the flat blade side of your grater Slice your pastry into 5 cm wide long rectangles Spread thinly …
Try this delicious vegan Waldorf salad for lunch – it’s so easy to prepare: Violife Blu Block Chopped salad leaves Apple Walnut Shelled hemp seed Chopped beetroot Grated carrot Homemade vegan grainy mustard mayo
Party time! Errrrr, not really…..but that’s how a typo on a recent performance review claimed I was fitting in my doctorate….sounds much more fun than doing my Doctorate ‘part time’, that’s for sure. In other news, I pressed the submit button for my first assignment today! Hopefully I’ll know whether …
This week has been quite stressful in terms of trying to juggle all of the everything that is part of the role of being a lecturer in midwifery, trying to fit exercise and family time in around loooong work days, whilst also working on my doctorate in the evenings and …
I’ve managed to gain a half stone over the festive period which I will now have to rename as the ‘feasting’ period. Half a stone! I mean that’s really quite an impressive achievement in a unhealthy sort of way. Just goes to show what drinking wine and eating all of …
I made my Moroccan Butter Beans last night. Here’s my recipe – let me know if you make any changes to it so I can try those out: 1 tin butter beans (think these are called lima beans outside of the UK) 1 courgette (called small zucchini outside UK) – …
Veganuary, it’s an actual thing! Other than the propensity for an overabundance of onions (which should be banned from inclusion in recipes), I think vegan is a good lifestyle choice. I’ve been considering going vegan for a long time now and this seems like a good way to try it …