Byford Holiday to Disneyworld, Florida ’26 βœ¨οΈ

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In the Easter holidays me and my husband were very lucky to be invited on a very exciting family holiday. The holiday was to celebrate my father in laws 70th Birthday (which took place whilst we were out there)

We went to DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida!!! For 10  magical days ✨️

This trip was a nostalgic trip for my husbands family as they used to do these kinds of trips when Tim and  his brother were younger.

It’s been a couple of years in the planning and I can’t believe its finally happened. Time flies all of a sudden!!

It was a brilliant trip, such a fun time! And to somewhere I love, that I honestly thought I wouldn’t ever visit again!

I thought I would share a few holiday snaps and write a little bit about whay we did and enjoyed im each park.


Let’s take a look!


Epcot ✨️

Epcot is a brilliant park and when we visited in 2018 we definitely didn’t give it the time it deserved! It’s so fun and really interesting!!

The iconic ball when you enter the park is quite a sight to behold. I particularly enjoyed it little up at night time.

I love the different countries around the lake that you can visit, try the food and drinks and even go on a fun themed ride, in some of them.

We sampled a delicious pizza slice at Italian pavilion, a delcious Mexican rice bowl with crispy shrimp at the Mexico Pavillion and the most refreshing pineapple Dole whip at the edge of the lake too!

My favourite ride of the whole trip was at Epcot. The Guardians of the Galaxy ride is absolutely BRILLIANT. It’s great even if you don’t like or haven’t seen the films, its even better if you have. Its a must!!

The firework/light/water show that they do in the evenings is phenomenal too. Its so clever and enjoyable to watch. It is defiantly one of the best to see if you visit.


Animal Kingdom 🌳

Animal Kingdom is a fun, really well themed park. Although not small in size there is a lot less rides there but of course you have the lovely animals, the safari and the wonderful shows to watch, from the Lion King to Finding Nemo.

We spent a special day here celebrating my father in laws 70th Birthday (the reason for our trip) and we had a great tim. We had a really lovely lunchtime meal at the Rainforest Cafe to celebrate πŸ₯³  its the largest one!

My favourite ride at Animal Kingdom was the Avatar ride. Its a simulator style ride and its fantastic, such a immersive, beautiful ride so well executed! And a really good length too considering how long the queue is all the time haha!!


Magic Kingdom 🏰

Magic Kingdom is my all time favourite park – it doesn’t get much more magical than here ✨️

There’s nothing quite like walking down Main Street USA, turning round the corner and seeing the Disney castle there infront of you. Pure magic.

What I described above, (Although indescribable really, you’ve got to experience to truly feel it) makes this the the best, but it also has so many awesome rides.

My favourite ride (of all time) and in this park is Big Thunder Mountain!! Such a good ride, sadly it was closed during our visit 😭😭 devastating. But, some other faves are Pirates of the Carribean, It’s a Small World and Haunted Mansion. Absolute classics.

We had some top tier food from Magic Kingdom this time round, I had researched some of the most recommended eats and I managed to find them all which was awesome!! My favourite snack was the Cheeseburger Spring Rolls from the cart outside Adventure Land – SO delcious (we went back several times haha) perfect with the pickley, burger style sauce.

Some other delicious eats were found in Gastons Tavern 🍺  we had the ham and gruyere crossiant, so yummy, savoury and delicious – the best one I’ve had. We also tried the popular Creme Brulee crossaint which was packed full of a yummy sweet vanilla custard and a crunchy brulee topping. Really good. Another great food spot is Casey’s Corner on the corner of Main Street.

The Happily Ever After Fireworks are phenomenal and I just love them. They are SO magical. A must see! Just be aware and ready for the madness getting out afterwards, a must do at least one a trip though! A must see is a parade, these happen throughout the day and you get to see lots of the classic Disney Characters inc Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Daisy, The Princesses and lots of your other faves. Me and my husband also watched the Starlight Parade which is a beautiful parade of light covered, character themed floats that go around the park and the castle. So pretty.


Hollywood Studios πŸŽ₯

Hollywood Studios is such a cool park. It uad a really cool, old skool Hollywood vibe about it and all the palm trees and lights really add to the atmosphere of the park. There are a few cool rides in this park, lots of variety, as well as great selection of shows.

Our main day in this park was also the hottest day whilst we were there – absolutely boiling πŸ₯΅ it had the most delicious cold brew float though which tasted phenomenal in that heat.

Some really good shows at this park are the Indiana Jones Stunt Show, the Little Mermaid Show and the Light show in the evenings.

When we came last time (2018) they were building ‘Galaxy’s Edge’ a special Star Wars area, this was open this time my husband was very excited about it!!

And I have to say, as someone who isn’t really a Star Wars fan, even I could appreciate just how well executed this part of the park was. It was amazing and the attention to detail and the vibe was perfect, you really felt like you were wandering through another world, into a market full of droids and Spaceship parts.

The two rides, Rise of the Resistance and Smugglers Run were epic. Both different but really good rides and they are definitely both worth trying out. I wish we’d been able to get on them a second time but the queues were crazy.

These were probably my favourite rides in this park.

I also really enjoy Toy Story Land but I feel like it was just crazy busy all the time, this time round, which was a shame.

I got to meet Goofy again here too, which was awesome AND for the first time ever, his son Max! So that was pretty cool as a big time Goofy fan πŸ§‘πŸ’š


Blizzard Beach 🌊

Blizzard Beach is really good fun and lovely on a sunny day in Florida!

There are lots of different slides and flumes to go on, a lovely lazy river, that I have to say was probably my favourite and a wave pool in the middle of the park.

Me and my husband had a go on a couple of flumes and slides but they are a bit scary to me, when you aren’t strapped in or anything.

It was a (mostly) sunny day when we were there and we had a lovely time in and out of the water.

There were lots of tasty treats there to enjoy, the lunchtime food options were really good (I can’t fault any of the Disney Food) they also did funnel cakes which are absolutely sensational and a Disney MUST. I also had a delicious iced mocha from Joffreys that really hit the spot.


Disney Springs inc the Artemis 2 launch πŸš€

Disney Springs is a Disney shopping village with lots of restaurants and entertainment spots. I hadn’t been before so it was cool to see it. I managed to pick up a few souvenirs for myself and others too.

This was also a brilliant place to watch a fascinating part of history, the launch of the Artemis 2 rocket. This was amazing. We had looked it up and it said that the multi storey car park at Disney Springs was a great viewing point so thats where we headed 10/15 minutes before the lift off!

It was an incredible sight to see infront of your eyes (and we were ages away) but still got a good view. If it had been a little less cloudy it would have been even better. So awesome and something very memorable to witness.


& of course, Disney food 🀀

These are some of the delicious foods Ive mentioned throughout this post!

Top Left: Cheeseburger Spring Rolls, Adventureland Cart, Magic Kingdom.

Top Right: The Ham & Gruyere Crossaint & the Creme Brulee Crossaint, Gastons Tavern Magic Kingdom.

Bottom Left: A Cold Brew Float, Hollywood Studios.

Bottom Right: Mickey Ice cream Sandwich, Mickey Pretzel, Available all round every park.

Mini Corndogs & fries, Casey’s Corner, Main Street USA, Magic Kingdom.

These were some of my faves.

Our Disney themed room, in our villa, was awesome!

I loved it!

Our villa was perfect for our stay and we had a cool games room, cinema room and best of all a lovely pool and jacuzzi which we used alot. It was perfect having the pool to cool down in after a long, hot morning at the parks.


Such a fun trip – I can’t believe how quickly it goes πŸ₯²

There truly is no place like Disney. I don’t know if we will ever go back to DisneyWorld (never say never) but I’ll be dreaming about it until our next Disney adventure (in Paris)

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 20: Work Christmas meals πŸŽ„πŸ½πŸΈ

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It’s so great to be off work now for the school holidays! Woohoo.

And only 5 days until Christmas – exciting!

I feel like this Blogmas has flown by!!!


One nice part of the festive period is the work get togethers!

Here’s how they went!

For my work do we went to a local pub thats sells amazing pizzas to order. Delicious.

I also had one of my favourite cocktail – an espresso martini 🍸

It was lovely to get together for a chat! And its nice to get a chance to chat to othe people at work that you don’t often get a chance to, unless it is just in passing!

Last night I went to the Christmas meal of my work place that I left just before the summer hols, at the end of July. I have seen them since but it was nice to catch up again.

I enjoyed the food at Prezzo, you can’t go wrong with Italian!

Bit gutted that I started the evening off with a headache (sugar induced I think) so I didnt think I ought to have a dessert! The tiramisu looked so nice 😩 but I really enjoyed my Araccini style starter and ‘Marry Me’ Pasta.


Have you been out for your work do yet?


Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 8: A Christmas Roast πŸŽ„

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Happy Monday!

I had a thoroughly festive weekend that was rounded off yesterday with a delicious roast for lunch with my friend.

We met up for a last meet up before Christmas and to exchange our Christmas presents/cards with each other.

We went for a proper, traditional Sunday lunch at a lovely pub. It was so cosy and festive in there and the food was delicious.

We both went for the turkey roast dinner that came with Pigs in Blankets. I also got some Cauliflower cheese. The turkey and the pig in blanket was my favourite part but it was all really tasty.

For dessert I went for the Chocolate Fondant served with white chocolate ice cream and crumbled shortbread biscuit. I love a chocolate dessert and this really hit the spot.

We had a lovely time, a great pre Christmas catch up with some tasty food. A great way to round off a fun, festive weekend.


Did you get up to anything festive this weekend?


17 days to go!


Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Holiblog: Europe Edition πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

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This year’s ‘Holiblog’ post (holiday blog post for those who are new here) is a bit of a different one as we booked an impromptu train trip around Europe (well, a small part of Europe)

We went for a 5 day trip getting to and from using the Eurostar, and then local trains in-between. So, with just a rucksack, each we set off (at 4.30 am in the morning 😭)

Here’s how it went…


Paris, France

A brilliant first day of our little European adventure!

Our first stop was Paris πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

We found some delicious pizza πŸ€£πŸ• and we walked to the Effiel tower (which really is quite massive) very cool.

A highlight was the River Seine boat sightseeing tour. πŸžβ›΄οΈ

It’s been 33Β° so it was a welcome shelter/rest from the sun, and we were able to see lots of the sights of Paris that we wanted to. 🌞

Traditional pastries acquired ready for tomorrow mornings early train to our next destination πŸ₯


Pairi Daiza, Cambron Casteau

Today was amazing. πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

If you ever in Brussels you’ve got to visit ‘Pairi Daiza, Kingdom of Animals’

It’s so much more amazing that I could ever have imagined – what a beautiful place with some amazing animals, I’ve never been anywhere like it.

The themeing of each continent area was spot on, and we saw animals we had never seen before absolutely thriving in the most amazing exhibits.

It’s been a full-on, hot day, and my feet ache a lot (10 hours there and 30,000 steps)  but boy, did we enjoy ourselves – we didn’t want to leave!!

Ps – the bats were awesome πŸ¦‡

Europe Day Two- done βœ”οΈ πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ


Ghent, Belgium

Today, we started off with breakfast in Brussels before we headed to today’s stop – Ghent. πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

I’d never heard of it before we booked this trip, but I am so glad we came.
This place is so lovely to walk around. The architecture is beautiful, and it’s so quaint with a surprisingly contrasting but infectious bustling night life. 🚀
The canals are really pretty, and as well as wandering around ourselves during the day and at night, we also enjoyed a canal boat tour and a Medieval walking tour.

The local culinary delights, including Leige waffles πŸ§‡  DELICIOUS frites, topped with traditional blemish stew, gravy & mayonnaise, and Belgium chocolate of course.

Another brilliant day! Stop no 3, done βœ”οΈ

#Ghent #Belgium #Europe2025


Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Day Four was Rotterdam! πŸ‡³πŸ‡±

We started off the day having breakfast in Ghent before heading to our next stop.

We chose this (instead of Amsterdam) as it was suggested to be quite a contrast to Ghent, and that it was.
We visited ‘Mini World’, which was really cool, and it was actually very helpful when spotting interesting landmarks around Rotterdam afterwards.  The lighting at Mini World was very impressive i. Particular.
We also had a walk around the plaza.

The highlight was the food market hall – there was so much to see and try.
We had our first traditional Stroopwafel, which was delicious, as well as trying some other yummy cusines too.

We then headed to the harbour to have a look at the views, finished off the evening by chilling in our hotel room after a few very busy days!

Last stop today!


Brussels, Belgium


Our last day was Brussels πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

We never got to look around Brussels when we stayed the other day as it was just the closest place to ‘Pairi Daiza’.

So, here we are! Doing it properly this time (plus, you can get the Eurostar from Brussels so win, win)

We started off by getting a train to the other Brussels station, Centrale, which funnily enough was much more in the centre of Brussels than Midi. It was also a 6 minute walk from our first stop – The Choco Story Chocolate Museum 🍫 it had to be done.

It was really interesting and I very much enjoyed the samples along the way, as well as a chocolatier demonstrating how they make traditional Belgium Pralines which were first made in Brussels (we got to eat those too! Yum)

After that, we grabbed a quick lunch of Frites & Mayo 🍟 in the sunshine 🌞

In order to see as much of Brussels as we could in our short time there, we got tickets for a hop on, hop off tour bus of the city. (Although we just stayed on it for 2 hours to see the full tour)
It was a beautiful blue sky, sunny day and we enjoyed our little tour of the city on the open top bus 🚌  we saw lots of cool sights, street art and the Headquarters of the EU πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί.

And just to round off the day before we headed to the Eurostar, we grabbed some final waffles πŸ§‡
We tried a savoury ham and cheese one which was very nice and a triple chocolate drizzled one.
Belgium chocolate really is delightful


16 trains later (for the whole trip), and we’re back home! All in all, it was a success! And a very fun, jam-packed 5 days – we’ve done many steps, seen many things, visited many new places, and consumed many waffles! Europe 2025, you were a blast!

(& living out of a backpack really isn’t that bad!)


Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚



#Europe2025

2025 memories – 6/12

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So, I had an idea to document some more memories on my blog. I used to do a lot more of these sort of posts before I started posting more book/reading content, and when I had more time haha, life seems to be busy these days!

Here is my second quarterly memories update to capture 2025, we are halfway through the year!!

These are the second three months of the twelve of 2025!

Let’s take a look.


April

Easter fun! Me and my Nephews and Niece did some Easter craft, Easter baking and an Easter Egg hunt. On Easter Sunday, we swapped Easter eggs and had our traditional family Chinese takeaway at my sisters. We enjoyed lovely walks and bank holiday board game days, as well as meeting up with my friend Hannah for nrucu to meet her little one and a day in Felixstowe with my friend Charlotte.Β 

I also handed in my notice to my job at the after-school club where I’ve worked since I was 19 😭


May

May was a fun one!

This month includes mine and my twin sisters birthday. We had a fun time meeting up for a late lunch, and going a bit of augmented darts before heading to mums to open some pressies. We also had a family chippy tea at mine the Saturday before.Β 

I made our birthday cake and made one that I have always wanted to try… meet Agatha the Caterpillar Cake! I’m really happy with how she came out.

Me and my husband went away for the May Half Term to a lovely place in Norfolk. We’d visited before, and it’s great for a relaxing and chill long weekend. It was lovely.

We also went to a cool exhibit in our hometown for our fave football team, had a beach day and did some good workouts.


June

We had another beach day as we had my nephews for the day and the weathers been great.

We celebrated my Dad’s 71st Birthday together with a garden Chinese,Β  we also celebrated Fathers day (double celebrations, greedy 🀣)

Other fun things this month include a ‘Hare trail’ coming to our hometown… these are always fun for the Summer. We did a parkrun (first time thos year!!)Β  Me and my work friends celebrated our friends 40th birthday with a fun party and my nephew came round and cooked us breakfast πŸ₯Ή

Me and my husband also celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary this month. I can’t believe it’s been 9 years.

We had a delicious meal at our favourite Italian in town to celebrate.


What’s been your favourite memory of 2025 so far?


Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Easter Hols 🌷🐣🌞

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Happy Easter Hols! Here’s what I’ve been up to ✌🏼

Week One


Week Two


I hope you’ve enjoyed the long Easter weekend, if you celebrate it πŸ‡

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

2025 Memories 3/12

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So, I had an idea to document some more memories on my blog. I used to do a lot more of these sort of posts before I started posting more book/reading content, and when I had more time haha, life seems to be busy these days!

So I thought as we are a quarter of the way through the year, I could do a quarterly memories update to capture 2025.

This is part one, the first three months of the twelve of 2025!

Let’s take a look.


January

I’m not always a fan of January. It always seems such a miserable month after the festivities if Christmas, but this one wasn’t too bad! Me & my husband went to London together for the day, we saw ‘Harry Potter and The Cursed Child’ (again) and had a delicious dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant. 

There was more footie with my nephew and lots of reading this month!! I love making my new reading lists and new book purchases for the new year. I also had two baby showers to celebrate, which was lovely! Not a bad start to the year, really!


February

In February, we had some fun sleepovers with my Nephew’s and Niece, me and my twin sister played the OG ‘The Sims’ game on its re release anniversary special, so amazing nostalgia there! I went to London to meet up with my Uni friend Kirsty and we watched ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Musical… we also had dinner with another friend afterwards which was a great catch up (The show was  really good).

Me and my Twin sister also saw a show, but in Norwich, we watched Giovanna Fletcher in ‘The Girl on the Train’. It was so cool to see Gi in a show and it was done really well on stage (I love the book!!) Speaking of books, Me and some friends from work started up a reading library in our staff room which has been going well and is nicely stocked now.

This month I also added some colourful accessories to our bathroom to finish it off, (we had it redone at the end of last year), and I have been meaning to add some colourful for a while!  And we, of course, enjoyed a lovely Valentines evening together at our favourite Turkish restaurant.

In the February Half Term me and my husband went away for a long weekend. We stayed in Norfolk at a lovely inn and enjoyed a chilled weekend! The pub was lovely and cosy, the food was brilliant (breakfast included, always a winner with us!) And we had a little trip to Banham zoo, which I haven’t been to in years. We even had a Meerkat experience whilst we were there as they were only Β£15 each, bargain. It was a lovely relaxing weekend, much needed.


March

We had lots of fun in March, including the football and limited edition Ed Sheeran stickers!! My besties little boy had his first birthday party (under the sea themed),  and our new sofas finally arrived!!

There was lots of yummy food, including a work meal at Prezzo, Wagas with my sister and our friend Dan, as well as our traditional Mothers Day homemade Afternoon Tea with my sisters and a Mothers Day lunch with Mum. I’ve also been ill a lot this month with coughs and colds, which is not ideal, so here’s to a healthier April.


What have been your highlights this year so far?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Blogmas 2024: Day 25!! Christmas Eve fun & MERRY CHRISTMAS πŸŽ„

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First things first – MERRY CHRISTMAS πŸŽ…πŸ»

I hope you all have had a wonderful day.


Let’s have a look at how we spent Christmas Eve πŸŽ„

I delivered Christmas Eve boxes to my niece and nephews! It is one of my favourite traditions. I love putting these together.

We went out in the evening for our traditional Christmas Eve Lights look out around our town. We all loved the festive Skeletons and this brilliant charity effort.

The we went home & I popped my stocking at the end of my bed and went to sleep.

I’m also a big fan of Christmas Eve as we have lots of fun traditions on that day that make us feel super festive.

I hope you’ve all had a lovely day and enjoyed yourself whatever you have been doing.

We’ve had a great time spending the day with family, that’s what it’s all about. And the Christmas dinner was fantastic.

Until next year, that’s me over and out for Blogmas 2024. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have.

See you soon,

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚


Blogmas 2024: Day 20 Rice Crispy Christmas puddings

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OMG – 5 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

How exciting!

Now that it is the school holidays and Christmas is just around the corner, it’s time to get in the Christmas mood. If you need a little festive ‘no-bake’ treat, then look no further.

This one’s perfect for a Christmas buffet table or an easy activity to keep the kids occupied.

Let’s take a look:


What do you need?

  • Milk chocolate – I prefer Cadburys but use your favourite.
  • White chocolate for the topping
  • Rice crispies
  • Christmas Sprinkles
  • An ice cream scoop
  • Small cupcake cases/greaseproof paper

How to make them:

  • Melt the milk chocolate (slow & steady)
  • Mix in the rice crispys until they are all coated.
  • Spoon into an ice cream scoop to create the dome shape.
  • Spoon into either cupcake cases or into greaseproof paper.
  • Leave to cool in the fridge.
  • Melt the white chocolate.
  • Once the chocolate has hardened, take them out of the fridge and drop the white chocolate onto the top of the milk chocolate rice crispy domes.
  • Let it drip down the sides to resemble the icing on a Christmas pudding.
  • Decorate the top with sprinkles to look like the holly on top.
  • Leave in the fridge so that the white chocolate hardens.
  • Enjoy!

These are super cute, really effective, and best of all, really easy!!! Oh, and REALLY delicious.

Let me know if you give them a go!


Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Blogmas 2024: Day 17 πŸŽ„Christmas Pudding Rocky Road πŸ˜‹

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I’m here with another delicious recipe for you, and this one really is worth your attention. If you are looking for something to really wow your guests but is also super easy to make, then look no further – a Rocky Road Christmas Pudding centrepiece is what you need.

Ingredients:

  • Dark chocolate 200g
  • Milk chocolate 100g
  • White chocolate X1 bar (topping)
  • Unsalted butter 125g
  • Small pack of digestives
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Golden syrup
  • Festive sprinkles (topping)
  • [You can add cherries/Raisins etc but I didn’t on this occasion]

I don’t usually use a specific recipe as I have made Rocky Road how we like it, for many years haha and we like lots of dark chocolate and golden syrup and we don’t add Raisins/Cherries etc.

I crushed up my biscuits, leaving some dust, mostly medium-sized pieces. I then melted my butter and chocolates (dark and milk) and mixed this all together. I then added my golden syrup (measure with your heart) and marshmallows.

I used one of my bowls as my mould, lined with baking parchment that I scrunched up so that it is easy to use.

I packed it in, making sure the bottom was flat, and then I popped it into the fridge to cool.

Whilst it cooled I melted my white chocolate.

Once it was cooled, I carefully spooned the white chocolate on top, allowing it to cascade down the sides to create the icing effect. I then added my sprinkles as the holly (you could use a fake or real sprig if you have one)

Leave this to harden up again in the fridge and voila! You have a very delicious, choc-tastic, and very impressive looking treat for any Christmas table.

It looks so effective when you slice it with all the bits of biscuits and marshallow, adding to the ‘Christmas pudding’ effect.

I took this one to my husbands work Christmas Wreath Making workshop, and it was a hit!

This recipe actually previously won us his works ‘Great British Bake Off’ comp, so why not try our winning bake! Haha.

Let me know if you give this a go and what you think!


8 days until Christmas!


Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚