Give Me Something Good

Good Days: taking a baby to a festival!

Glastonbury is a place, a small town in the south of England. I remember going there aged 17 to see a band play with some friends and it was unassuming, from what I can remember. But that was probably because I was 17 and in a pub with real life boys and didn’t get ID’d. […]

Wren Dorothy Rae Mitchell

On the 28th of April at 7.32am a wondrous thing happened. We welcomed our little bird into the world. Fresh skin, new breaths, brand new eyes looking at a brand new world. She was born on the bathroom floor of our house and has met us where we are, turned our world sideways and upside […]

40 weeks.

As I have documented on this blog before, I am well aware that fertility and pregnancy is a subject seldom thought about for some and a mind boggling difficult subject for others. The road to getting there for us was documented somewhat briefly here but I also didn’t want to turn this blog into a pregnancy blog, not […]

Good Music Monday #3

I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve shared a Good Music Monday playlist! So long in fact that I even have #4 brewing even before publishing #3! So here goes… enjoy this one, it’s a cracker of mainly pop hits. So in no particular order (shuffle is your friend with this one)… Good […]

Good Books #1

Hello again! I write today in a midst of pregnancy joys and aches and pains but alas, the tiny human grows on and all of that is a blog for another time. Today, I’m emerging from the depths of blog tumbleweed to start a new feature that just might encourage me to finish the ever growing […]

Mini Mitchell

Sorry for the silence on the blog front but we are so delighted to share with you that we are expecting a tiny human in April! I wanted to write a little message about this journey so far and how when things don’t work out the way we had planned that there is a light […]

Good Days: cycling in the Peak District!

Sometimes you get days which are just plain old bad days. Maybe some bad news, maybe a bad vibe, bad conversations, bad feelings, bad outlook. So that being said, it’s worthwhile celebrating Good Days. Lee and I had one the other day. As I said in my previous post, I love the holidays but what I really […]

Good Music Monday #2

I love the holidays, don’t get me wrong; they’re a true joy. But the lack of routine can be quite unsettling and I am missing my short commute where I get to listen to my choice of music. In an attempt to create time and space for music in the holidays, I’ve created a new […]

3 Good Things About…

…Shopping Independent Whilst holidaying at Center Parcs earlier this year, this sign assaulted my eyes and was a stark reminder of the corporate world taking over. Let’s face it, when you’re trying to have a middle class time prancing around smelling of chlorine you don’t want that forest vibe being interrupted by corporate nonsense. (Sure there’s some […]

Thoughts on 30.

We are good at making plans. For ourselves, for the future. When I was a teenager, spotty but bright eyed and no idea what was ahead, I made plans. Not intentionally, but they were there, lurking in my subconscious, paving the way to potential celebration or disappointment. I made plans for my life; who would […]