2020-12-12 15:05
As I mentioned before, I’m doing an open degree. Not so much because I love the idea of studying an eclectic mixture of modules. More because I hate the idea of doing an entire semest… Read More
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A blind blogger shares her love of beauty products, skincare, animals and travel, as well as some general opinion posts!
2020-11-29 14:58
I haven’t done a skincare and haircare post in a while, so I thought I’d share with you a few recent finds from my subscriptions. Let me know in the comments whether you’ve… Read More
2020-11-24 11:36
I had to send a letter
I don’t know how long ago it is that I sent my last letter. I just don’t do it. All of my business correspondence is sent online and I generally encourage… Read More
2020-11-10 10:37
This is actually a post that I wrote for one of my business blogs, but I wanted to link it here because I know I have readers who are interested in accessibility or posts around visual impai… Read More
2020-11-02 18:34
I met Vie online earlier this year because we were both in one of the same Facebook groups. What started as a virtual coffee chat has become a friendship, even though we haven’t actual… Read More
2020-10-24 15:16
I started thinking about writing this post after listening to a podcast, in which the topic was winter, and how we should use nature and being outside to help us through the long winter mont… Read More
2020-10-20 14:19
This is not a sponsored post. I talk a lot about accessibility and the problems that I have when companies don’t think about customers with different needs. Instead of just talking abo… Read More
2020-10-13 19:08
TM129 (technologies in practice), is the 3rd of my Open University IT modules, following TM111 and TM112. Actually, there are only 3 IT modules at level 1. Most of the other students did a… Read More
2020-10-08 17:42
September – sunflowers and shielding birthday
I was debating whether to write this post at all. Our household is still shielding, so I don’t have posts about the places we went o… Read More
2020-09-30 09:12
I used to have a golden retriever guide dog. She taught me a lot and we had many happy years together, as well as a lot of adventures! We could both be stubborn and things weren’t alwa… Read More
2020-09-09 19:36
You may remember Caz from the interview that she did for me earlier in the year.
Caz asked me to write a guest post for her blog, and I’d like to share that with you today.
It’s… Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
Good things in August 2020
Well, August isn’t usually holiday month for me. It hasn’t been for as long as I can remember. When you don’t have children, taking holidays outs… Read More
2020-08-15 14:06
I got to know Janelle a while ago – I believe through a group for bloggers. Since then, I’ve been following her blog The Nellybean and Janelle did a blog interview for me in 20… Read More
2020-08-02 12:41
Vitamin C products and beauty box finds
I thought I hadn’t done a skincare post for a while, so here are some of the things I’ve been enjoying (or not so much!) lately. Let me kn… Read More
2020-07-08 12:10
Ok, I don’t actually have a guide dog. But I didn’t have a blog when I did have a guide dog, and this message is important!
I got the idea for the post when I read a humorous art… Read More
2020-06-28 11:37
I’m not good in hot weather. If I’m supposed to be on holiday, I can just about deal with it, but my first thought about choosing a holiday destination is not about whether it&rs&hell…Read More
2020-06-18 17:15
You may remember Gemma from my interview blog post that we did a few weeks ago. We’ve also done an accessibility post exchange – I wrote a post for Gemma’s blog about acce… Read More
2020-06-13 16:36
It’s halfway through June and I’m just getting my act together to talk about the products I tried and used up in May! As always, let me know if you’ve used any of these.
Y… Read More
2020-06-08 16:05
People’s experience of the lockdown has been very different. I talked about that in my walk a mile in their shoes or stay a day in their self-isolation house post, so I’m not go… Read More
2020-06-03 12:45
I don’t commute now, but I’ve spent a lot of time travelling on trains because I used to work in London. I commuted in for over 10 years, and for much of the time, it was a 3 hou… Read More
2020-05-27 09:35
Guest interview with Caz from InvisiblyMe
First we had an interview from Gemma. The next in my series is Caz from the InvisiblyMe blog – you may have already seen her name as she&rsqu&hell…Read More
2020-05-21 11:55
Well, April has come and gone. I tried some interesting new products, and am going to share them with you here. I was particularly interested to see that the Body Shop has some new launches… Read More
2020-05-17 13:25
I thought exams were a thing of the past, but I’m doing a part-time IT degree at the Open University. Much of the assessment process is around submitting assignments – I wrote ab… Read More
2020-05-05 19:02
I’ve joined a couple of wedding groups to maybe get some inspiration and chat to other brides. I thought I might find it hard to fit in – because I’m not an ultra-girlie e… Read More
2020-05-03 14:22
It occurs to me that even when all the norms are thrown out of the window, it doesn’t take long for a sense of pressure to build up about what is “normal” behaviour, or wha… Read More
2020-04-27 19:57
You may remember a couple of weeks ago I published an interview with Gemma from the Wheelescapades blog. This month I’ve also written a post for Gemma, which she published today. It&r&hell…Read More
2020-04-26 17:56
I’ve said for ages the Body Shop is missing a trick by not offering a beauty box subscription. They still aren’t, but Heidi, my friend and a consultant at the Body Shop at home… Read More
2020-04-21 19:08
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you will know that I love animals. There are plenty of posts in my “animals” category!
Last year I told you about our visit… Read More
2020-04-15 14:42
I’ve got a slightly smaller collection of stuff to talk about this month – mainly because I’m not repeating staple products that I’ve already talked about, but I thin… Read More
2020-04-11 15:05
We’re doing something different this week. I’ve got the first in a series of interviews with you from some of my blogger friends. I wanted to introduce you to them and their blog… Read More
2020-04-04 19:52
I think it was a joke. I’m not sure. Maybe there’s a picture that would make it clear if it was a joke, but I can only read the text.
Anyway – I’ve seen it a couple o… Read More
2020-03-29 14:54
I started writing this a couple of weeks ago, before social isolation and the country was on lock-down, meaning that many of us had more time on our hands at home. But I’m still going… Read More
2020-03-22 17:49
Many people are finding themselves working from home at the moment. As a result, my feed is full of tips about how to work from home. The only problem is that some of them have clearly been… Read More
2020-03-21 16:14
I’ve seen the discussion in several places now – on Twitter, YouTube, and people’s blogs.
What do we do now in this time of uncertainty, change, and constant references to… Read More
2020-03-16 08:53
What a strange week last week was. Struggles to get a delivery of my online shopping – to the point where the site couldn’t be accessed and the app has been taken offline. I fina… Read More
2020-03-14 17:59
A bit later than usual, but here are some of the skincare products that I used in February and what I thought of them. All of these products were bought with my own money or birthday/Christm… Read More
2020-03-12 18:45
With all the talk of coronavirus and its impact on our economy, some of the smaller changes in Rishi Sunak’s budget yesterday haven’t received much attention. I’d like to m… Read More
2020-03-07 12:11
Of all the things I wonder about when it comes to people who are different from me for whatever disability-related reason, dreaming isn’t one of the first things that come to mind. But… Read More
2020-03-04 21:48
This post is neither sponsored nor gifted.
I’ve written a couple of posts about the Lovelula box before – the last was in October 2019 – so I decided to tell you something… Read More
2020-02-28 20:59
It seems all of my students wanted to talk about it this week, and everyone has something to tell. I learned about the bulletins you can get from the government in Singapore, border crossing… Read More
2020-02-25 20:21
I thought I’d share something I wrote for one of my business blogs. I think it’s something that some of my readers here will relate to as well.
I don’t talk about emotions… Read More
2020-02-20 20:16
I wrote a guest article for the Open University Open Degree blog –
find out why I enjoy the flexibility of an open degree curriculum here!
The post Guest article for the Open Universi… Read More
2020-02-17 20:46
This is the next part in my blind bride-to-be series following on from my we got engaged and wedding fairs posts.
I’m not going to talk about my venue here. There will be posts abo… Read More
2020-02-11 08:24
A long time ago, back when I began learning Turkish, I downloaded and tested a couple of language learning apps. Duolingo wasn’t one of them, but I was generally unimpressed with the a… Read More
2020-02-04 14:54
This is one of the suggestions that came up when I did the survey (thanks for that!) and I thought it would be an interesting conversation to have. So if you have some extra tips, please lea… Read More
2020-02-01 19:35
Another month has passed and I wanted to tell you about some new products that I discovered and some old favourites! Let me know in the comments if you have tried any of these.
Andalou Natur… Read More
2020-01-29 11:58
This year I’d like to try something new and find out a bit more about what my readers think. This includes what you’re enjoying, which content you find most useful, and what you… Read More
2020-01-23 22:56
Before Christmas I emailed a couple of beauty boxes with an idea. The Pip Box responded to me and has now made a change to their process that makes my life much easier as a visually impaire… Read More
2020-01-19 16:59
This is the next part in my series about finding local activities for us to do together. The idea is that you can often miss things that are on your doorstep – even more so if you can… Read More
2020-01-14 19:18
One of the great things about my job is that I can pack up my laptop and work from anywhere where I have a quiet space and a good internet connection. Sometimes if S has to travel for work… Read More
2020-01-09 12:39
I’ve seen a couple of blogs and videos about this topic recently. I could relate to some of the points very well, and other things made me think “no, there’s no way I would… Read More
2020-01-06 17:49
I didn’t get round to finishing this post in December, but I wanted to do a kind of update – it is an empties post of sorts, but it also highlights some of the new brands and new… Read More
2020-01-02 16:46
This is the next in my series about finding things for us to do on Groupon. Things that I didn’t even know existed nearby. Things that S and I can do together to experience something… Read More
2019-12-27 14:01
We use Lego for all sorts of things in our house.
When we needed to renovate the garden and change it from the overgrown danger zone of weeds and rubble to something that we could actually u… Read More
2019-12-20 19:44
This month has been a challenge – partly because I had two assignments to be submitted along with doing my full-time job, but mainly because I’ve had a tooth infection and they a… Read More
2019-12-08 20:41
Due to the way that my courses work, I’ve had to submit two assignments in the last two weeks. One a week. One was considerably longer than the other, but that doesn’t necessaril… Read More
2019-12-06 18:04
I mentioned in my good things in November post how I’d found some things for us to do on Groupon. One of them was the owl wander with owls from Apollo Falconry. It’s worth chec… Read More
2019-11-29 19:23
Well, another month is nearly over, so here are some November highlights!
1. Festive content plans
I’m not doing Blogmas this year, but I do have some festive article planned, and whil… Read More
2019-11-28 10:04
I’m not going to do Blogmas this year, but I do have some Christmas content planned, and this is the first in my series of festive posts.
I’m not going to suggest things that are… Read More
2019-11-25 15:37
This is the next in my series of posts about the modules I’ve completed at the Open University.
TM112 is the second level one introduction to computing and IT module. It follows TM111… Read More
2019-11-21 19:11
Someone asked me the other day why I write about products when I’m not paid to do so y brands. But I think the fact that I’m not working on paid advertising campaigns is part of… Read More
2019-11-17 14:06
So, yesterday Facebook reminded me that 7 years ago, the guy outside the station gave me free coffee.
I didn’t know his name and I don’t think he knew mine.
He sold coffee outsid… Read More
2019-11-11 13:37
At the end of October, I got the 2nd of the three birthday Pip boxes that my mum got for my birthday. So yes, this is gifted, but not by the brand and therefore not sponsored.
These boxes co… Read More
2019-11-08 17:32
I’ve had some interesting conversations recently with people doing research, and others who are developing or have developed products for visually impaired people. I mean interesting i… Read More
2019-11-04 19:51
It’s November already, but I like to give things a try before I write about them. That’s why I’m talking about the October Lovelula box today. This is not a sponsored post… Read More
2019-10-31 20:25
It’s the last day of October and time to think about what happened during the last month. These posts used to be about new products I’d tried, but I wanted the month review to be… Read More
2019-10-30 20:01
When I was growing up, my grandparents always had a car. It was only Granddad who could drive it, so if Nan and I needed to get somewhere when Granddad was at work, we needed to walk, take t… Read More
2019-10-25 09:06
It’s time for me to talk about some new discoveries and old favourites from the world of skincare this month! Let me know if you’ve tried any of these and what you thought of the… Read More
2019-10-20 12:25
It was my birthday towards the end of September. We had the day off. And it was raining. Not just a gentle drizzle, but the kind of rain that has you soaked to the skin in minutes!
This was… Read More
2019-10-12 09:51
Today I’d like to introduce you to another beauty box – the Pip Box. It’s a cruelty-free box and 50p from each box sold goes to an animal charity. Also, the box was named a… Read More
2019-10-04 16:08
To be honest, I didn’t really know that wedding fairs were a thing. But I liked the sound of them – lots of people in one place who can help you put your big day together –… Read More
2019-10-02 19:42
I don’t usually cross post from my other blogs, but I know some of my readers here are interested in accessibility too.
A recent visit to a hotel got me thinking about Braille signs, a… Read More
2019-09-30 12:55
Another month is over – almost – and it’s time to think about the good things in September!
Something I haven’t done before
Wedding fairs! I didn’t even know th… Read More
2019-09-25 20:39
It was the second day of our holiday and I had been planning this particular adventure for the last couple of weeks. One of our friends mentioned that there is a local farm that does adult-o… Read More
2019-09-21 15:28
Lovelula was the first beauty subscription box I tried. I’ve had a break for a few months, but I decided to re-subscribe last month after seeing some great products from previous month… Read More
2019-09-17 14:05
The more people who get involved with your medical treatment, the higher the chance that something can be forgotten/noted incorrectly/misunderstood. That’s why making a medical log you… Read More
2019-09-15 14:06
I’m back with a products post to tell you about 15 more (mainly bath and skincare) products that I’ve been using recently. Have you used any of these? Let me know in the comments… Read More
2019-09-11 14:49
“When you grow up you’ll learn to like tea!” That’s what my family said. They were kind of right, but it was more the fact that I learned there’s more on offer… Read More
2019-09-06 19:38
I thought I’d let you see what I picked for my Latest in Beauty choices in August.
Latest in Beauty is a subscription box with a difference – you can choose your own products.
I… Read More
2019-09-02 12:29
August was a bit of a tough month – for two years running! In some ways I’m happy it’s September, and not just because September is my birthday month. Some good things happ… Read More
2019-08-24 13:27
S had already been to the Computer Museum at Bletchley Park, but I wanted to go too! So we arranged to go back during our week off in July.
Bletchley Park was a centre in Milton Keynes, Buck… Read More
2019-08-18 13:50
I’ve been trying to write other posts, but then I keep coming back to this one. I think it’s the most important thing I have to say at the moment, but it won’t be the easie… Read More
2019-08-12 12:57
I found a bunch of comments that I hadn’t been alerted about. They were stuck in the queue and I worked my way through them, approving and deleting. The exercise got me thinking about… Read More
2019-07-29 13:19
I guess the brand that I am most loyal to is the Body Shop. I don’t use their products exclusively, but I buy a lot of stuff from there because the products are great value, they&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-07-22 14:14
Cadbury had a competition in which members of the public could come up with new chocolate bar flavours. Now, three of those chocolate bar designs have become reality, but only one will make… Read More
2019-07-18 20:50
Milestones – museum of living history
We’ve got another week off coming up soon and I realised I hadn’t finished telling you about one other day out that we had in June. Ac… Read More
2019-07-09 16:13
I’ve collected together another 15 products to tell you about. I’m doing these less regularly now and not featuring repeat products. There’s less make-up now too as I don&r&hell…Read More
2019-07-02 14:42
I don’t think something spectacular happens when you hit your 30s. I remember waking up on the morning of my 30th birthday thinking “I will never ever do this again” after… Read More
2019-06-29 09:38
I knew about the picnic. I knew we were going to Watership Down for a walk. It had been in the diary for a while. What I didn’t know was that S was planning to propose to me there!
Las… Read More
2019-06-18 10:55
I can’t believe I’ve had this blog for two and a half years now! From what started as an idea buzzing around my head whilst I was supposed to be relaxing in the bath, it’s… Read More
2019-06-11 18:20
It was the last day of our week off and we had been working through my list of places to visit. We decided to go to the Vyne, a former Tudor country house and grade I listed building owned b… Read More
2019-06-04 11:47
I wrote some thoughts about my first module in this post about the first four months of my degree, but my idea is to write a summary post about each module once I’ve finished it. So h… Read More
2019-05-24 20:47
I’ve collected together another 15 products to tell you about. I’m doing these less regularly now and not featuring repeat products. There’s less make-up now too as I don&r&hell…Read More
2019-05-21 12:08
I can’t contribute much to the current debate about whether the new language exams are too hard – I haven’t seen them. I do remember though, back when I did my school excha… Read More
2019-05-18 16:01
I’ve always like donkeys. I think they’re cool and I’ve supported various donkey charities over the years, but the only time I tried to visit one, it was out of seas… Read More
2019-05-14 10:50
It’s not just kitchen waste that needs to be recycled. It’s sometimes a bit more difficult with beauty products in terms of identifying exactly which bottles and tubes can be rec… Read More
2019-05-12 16:03
Recently I’ve taken to signing up for tourist information so I know what’s going on. I can’t see flyers or adverts for upcoming events, so the alerts and newsletters work w… Read More
2019-05-08 10:52
It’s one of those rambly posts with more questions than answers, so be warned if you’re not a fan of those!
People wear me out sometimes – in a way that my dog never did!
N… Read More
2019-05-03 14:06
When I was doing the “gifts that keep giving” post for Blogmas, I was intrigued by the number of cheese subscription boxes that are available. There’s plenty to choose from… Read More
2019-04-30 18:01
I got a bit bored with my favourites posts because they were all quite samey, and often focussed on beauty products, which I know is less interesting for some of my readers. So I thought I&r&hell…Read More
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