We have finally reached the end of what has been a very long summer term. It’s had some serious highs and serious lows. But we made it and we are glad. My kids have coped with the ups and downs and challenges of the last academic year really well, and I am proud of them. […]
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If I said I was spinning a lot of plates I wouldn’t be joking. Many plates. Some mine, some ours, some other peoples. I haven’t blogged properly for two weeks. I haven’t even got half way through my to do list. It will slow down. The school holidays start in two weeks and we will […]
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*Sharing some Father’s Day Gift ideas that we think are fun and different. We were kindly sent items to review for this post* Father’s Day is always a day marked on my calendar but that still manages to creep up on me, and I end up having to work out what to get for the […]
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*This is a collaborative post that we hope is helpful* The place of an air-cooling system can be overlooked until when it gets extremely hot, especially during summer. How can you ensure that your home or office stays cool, providing you with unhindered comfort? Your first thought would be to install an air conditioner, preferably […]
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This week, frankly, it’s all been a bit much and this is a two week dump of our week in photos and what we have been up to or not. Life feels a bit strange right now. As we adjust to Covid rules changing (and we watch and wait and see if yet another variant […]
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*We were kindly sent a set of books around Raising Confident Children to review. All opinions are our own* As a parent, one of my main goals is to ensure, to the best of my ability is that are happy, healthy and confident. Confident children are more likely to mamage life well and as their […]
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Dear Virgin Media About those scam calls we have been getting? We have a home phone. A landline. We never use it. We have it because even if we don’t have it you still charge us for having a landline and our bill doesn’t change. This makes no sense in itself but is another rant […]
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I don’t drive. Not because I can’t (well, technically now I can’t because my license is no longer valid in any form) but I choose not to drive a car. I don’t like driving. I just don’t. I tried driving when I was 17. My dad did a stint or two with me in my […]
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There, I said it – I am not going to let grey hair take over any time soon, I plan to cover my grey hair and use colour for a long time to come. That’s actually ok, despite what seems the trend calling for people to embrace it. It’s not that I am ageist, I […]
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Is your child ready for ear piercings? Ear piercing is a subjective topic. I am aware that some cultures choose to pierce ears very early in their children’s lives, but for us, it’s not something that is really done culturally and tends to be more of a “when a child is ready” type event. The […]
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