Hi! I’m Lou, a blogger and freelance writer from Nottingham. I have been blogging on my lifestyle and family blog for over twelve years and decided to start I Could Be Happy Here to share our new house as we start to do it up in stages and on a budget. I’ll be sharing how we’re doing it up, tips we learn along the way, house decor that I find and love, and our family life here in Nottinghamshire.
I have one daughter, one husband, a dog, a cat and a rabbit and I have just turned 40!
We all absolutely love good food and we generally eat really well as a family with the odd takeaway thrown in. My husband is a brilliant cook so we’re really lucky to have amazing home-cooked meals most nights and my daughter and I enjoy baking at the weekends.
We would really love to live in Spain one day, at least for a little bit – we adore the tapas and pintxos and the beautiful country and the three of us actually did a road trip around Spain and Portugal for our honeymoon when our daughter was 3! Our favourite places were probably San Sebastian, Seville, Logrono and Porto and we’re desperate to go back and eat more chorizo and tortilla!
I am really into health and wellness, and I love finding more natural remedies or products that can help with my health and help me to live a more balanced life. However, I usually go to bed too late and I drink too much wine and cups of tea. I also take lots of supplements, drink a lot of water, eat coconut oil, drink lemon water, and make my own healthy chocolate. It’s all about balance for me but I do want to go to bed earlier more often, exercise more consistently and not drink quite so much wine or gin and tonics!
We have very recently moved into our new home in the area we wanted and we love it so much. It has already made the world of difference to our happiness, our lifestyle and how much we get to see our families.
I’m a blogger and freelance writer. I love what I do and the flexibility it gives me and I now write a few different blogs on different subjects and I am always looking for the perfect domain name to add to my collection!
I feel so grateful that I get to do this blogging lark full-time around school runs and family time. I have been lucky enough to work with lots of brands; both big and small, and I love working hard to create content that we are both happy with.
Thanks for reading! If you’d like to get in touch with me you can email me at couldbehappyhere@gmail.com
Lou xx
You can also find me at Birds and Lilies, Sand and Sunshine, Notes From a Kitchen, The Lace Nottingham, The Happy Budget and Christmas in the UK.