Welcome to The Good Life!


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Hello and welcome to our little part of cyberspace! I'm Viki and live with my husband, best friend and personal chef Paul at the top of the Elham Valley! Our friends refer to us as Tom and Barbara, because we're basically trying to live The Good Life! We run a business called Valley Crafts UK selling our own handmade and handpainted thingymabobs on Etsy - www.valleycraftsuk.com

We are owned by two cats and have a random number of chickens - including some of our neighbour's birds which tend to pop by from time to time... Paul can mostly be found in his workshop creating wondrous things out of wood, like chicken arks and cat houses, or in the kitchen making delicious fudge and chutneys. I spend most of my time in the office/craft room where I knit, crochet, attempt to learn to sew, and paint traditional canalia (that's "roses and castles" style painting).

We grow our own veg, brew our own beers and wines, make chutney, eat free-range eggs from our own chickens and are a hybrid of country bumpkins and cool hippies with some boho chic thrown in for good measure.

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13th September 2011

Second Thoughts About Dukan…

So I went back to Amazon just now and before I purchased I checked out some of the reviews. I always have a quick look at the good ones, but take my time looking at the worst ones… I don’t think the Dukan diet is for me - lots of people saying that fruit and veg are restricted. I can’t live without fruit and veg, so this is a huge thing for me! Also a couple of doctors have commented and they have said the same as me - a low carb diet makes you lose weight quickly but won’t keep the pounds off.

I think I’ll just (try) and stick to eating healthy and drinking my herbal teas. Total, utter, respect to people that are sticking to it and losing weight. I just don’t think this diet will suit me personally, and I really think that restricted fruit and veg will make me want to binge more. Well, that was another flash in the pan then! :-) I’ll see how I get on trying on my own. Frankly I don’t want foods to be restricted. Certainly not the healthy ones.