*We hope this collaborative post on how to keep hardwood floors looking great throughout winter is helpful to our readers* Hardwood floor maintenance is very crucial and tough in the winter, especially for those who are dealing with a harsh winter where heavy rains, ice, snow, and salt can add to the difficulty. Even the […]
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Christmas Bites and Beverages from Around the Globe
Sharing a festive guest post by By Erik Wolf, Executive Director, World Food Travel Association about Christmas Bites and Beverages from Around the Globe When we consider Christmas foods, we tend to look to countries with a Christian tradition, so while Christmas might be celebrated by many people in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, […]
READ MOREThe Great Festive Giveaway 2021
We are delighted to be collaborating with a group of lovely bloggers for The Great Festive Giveaway 2021 bringing you a bundle of goodies worth over £700 to brighten up your Christmas. There is something for everyone and lots of brands have also helped us bring this to you. 2020 has been a challenging year […]
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Christmas is coming fast, so I thought I would share our family Christmas traditions, some old, some newer, some passed down and some we started ourselves. I love Christmas. We have has a couple of challenging ones but we mostly try to make them fun, enjoyable […]
READ MOREMaking a trip to Paris easy
*This post is written as a partnership post, sharing information on making a trip to Paris easy that you might enjoy and find helpful* We love travelling to France for family holidays and enjoy our time there and we look forward to our trips and visits. We have spent many a happy summer in either […]
READ MORECovid19 symptoms & recovery
I have shared about how Covid19 found us, as a whole family, so I thought I would share our Covid19 symptoms & recovery as well. How it started? We had no real idea we had covid19. On Halloween Evening I had a very mild sore throat, but because I had just dealt with a bout […]
READ MORETake Care Of Your Own Health And Wellness As A Parent
*We hope this collaborative post sharing ways to take care of your own health and wellness as a parent is helpful* As parents, we spend most of our lives focusing on our children and generally forget to touch base with ourselves. Being a good parent is of course about being selfless and nurturing our young […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – back to normal ish.
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and hopefully this week after having had covid, we are back to normal ish, and although both adults are still not fully on the mend (we have been told the tiredness, cough, and loss of smell could take a few weeks to go) we are hoping that this week will […]
READ MOREHaving Covid. The good, the bad and the ugly.
After a long time managing to avoid it, both adults being fully vaccinated, the teenager with one vaccine on board, the boy not eligible yet, Covid found us and invaded. We have lived an element of normal life, having eased ourselves back in to things at a slower pace than some, for our own mental […]
READ MOREIs Home Education Right for You and Your Child?
Thank you to Joy from Pink Oddy who has kindly shared this helpful guest post with us with some thoughts around if Home Education is right for you and your child. As fellow home educators it’s great for me to read how and why other people choose that option and I think it also gives […]
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