Author Archives: Tiggy Hayes
Meatballs
This came about because I wanted to make something the children would enjoy as we were going out for dinner. It became an instant hit and is now requested whenever I say we are going out. It is so quick … Continue reading
Apple Pork
I got caught out one time when on holiday with my husband’s family. We were staying in a holiday cottage and I learned mid morning that 26 people were descending on us for a meal that night. Not only was … Continue reading
Home family cooking
Don’t you just find it so difficult to provide nutritious meals that all the family will eat. I am a working mother also trying to find time to become a writer and sometimes preparing and cooking a meal the whole … Continue reading
Victorian Attitudes
Times are a changing! I guess for adults reading this your age will change your recollection slightly. When you recall your school days some like me; will be filled with horror at the tunnelled opportunities and others will remember … Continue reading
Cunning Smoke
I, like hundreds of others tried smoking at a very tender age. My parents were smokers. They had grown up when the risks were not as emphasised as nowadays. Everyone in their social circles smoked even their close friends the … Continue reading
Broken Resolutions
Happy New Year. I hope the festive season brought all you desired wrapped in love, health and happiness. My biggest complaint; that it was not long enough, and I feel propelled into the New Year having not stopped for breath. … Continue reading
Nativity Tidings
Once upon a time in a land far far away a young man found himself travelling miles from home with his pregnant fiancée to a town heaving with visitors. The emperor had decided to count his wealth and check that … Continue reading
New Celebration
It was only five minutes ago I was waddling around rushing to complete my Christmas shopping way too early, for me at any rate. We went out on the Saturday in Sexy Sporty Dad’s little spitfire and traversed the countryside … Continue reading
Achieving the Goal
You join me a week after the end of NANOWRIMO and forgive me if I am a little self congratulatorythis week, but I did manage to complete the mammoth challenge I had laid out for myself and wrote 50,816 words … Continue reading
Tumble Down
The mountain of washing that accumulates in my house is gargantuan. Like the famous Forth Bridge; by the time it is completed, it needs starting again. We own two washing baskets one for the children’s bathroom and one for ours; … Continue reading