Married to my wonderful husband William and currently living in Germany.
+ more bio informationDreams never really follow the path we want to!As we grow up dreams become a way of our life, as a little girl i had lots of ideas of who i would be and where i would end up. Everything from the extravagant, having a career in brain surgery, to the simple ones, settling down with a nice man. It's the ones in between that I've... More..
Common belief in todays society, is that the average wedding has to cost around the 15,000 pound mark, but as I tied the knot in August, I spent a third of that amount.My first thoughts of course as a 'bride to be', was how much it was going to cost, but I knew that I would have a great day no matter what.I booked my August w... More..
Three months ago, I married my husband, a soldier serving in the British Army, posted to Germany. As I write, the regiment are preparing to deploy to Iraq for the second time in three years. Before I met my husband, I will admit that I was one of the many who never really cast a thought for serving soldiers or indeed for the ... More..
My boys are off to Iraq.This is a statement that would relate to many parents, but I am relating it to my friends. Or my husband's friends. Since I have become a military wife, I have taken on all of my husband's friends as my own. They are good friends, I never thought I would relate to them, but since they turned up and bec... More..
THE LOVELY SUNFLOWERThe little seed of black and white,Tended lovingly day and night.Days go past and still no sign,Water and sun, the weathers been fine.Then after a week a bit of green,Oh I must say the best sight that I've seen.It takes so long as weeks go past,But now I see, a bud at last.The petals appear as green gives ... More..
As children, my sisters and I, and probably my brother too, learned to knit when we were in primary school. It as always taught by Miss McCurdy, in primary 5, so we would have been about 8 or 9 years old. And it was the bunny rabbit story I learned, 'around the tree, down through the hole and off pops she,' or something along... More..
When does a few drinks become binge drinking?In the UK there have been a series of television commercials, warning us of the dangers of binge drinking. But when do we think that just a couple of drinks becomes something more, binge drinking?Health authorities are increasingly recommending new limitations for a healthy lifesty... More..
I have been married for 6 months now, and the money I manage to save on my wedding has helped furnish my house, and give us the little treats that we would otherwise not have been able to afford.When I booked and arranged my wedding, I saved money on just about everything required. From the bridesmaids right down to the recep... More..
Since I was 15 years old, I've always had a job of some description. Whether it was a Saturday morning in the newsagents, right up to working a nursing home by day, and a pub by night. I can say that I've always enjoyed my work, apart, that is from the early 7am starts, and late to bed 11pm finishes.As a group, my friends and... More..
As a child, I grew up with my brothers and sisters, in a small terraced house in a country village, in Northern Ireland. We never wanted for much as we accepted with pleasure everything we were given. If we didn't have it we didn't miss it. As the years went past, we grew to be a close family, always there for each other, and... More..
Laura Sugden
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