I don’t know about you, but I love fresh flowers and nothing makes me happier than when the husband or children decide they want to buy me some. Fresh flowers are so beautiful and really can liven up a room, or cheer someone up. Sending flowers can be the perfect way to say “I love […]
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We as a family, have visited Thailand, and in fact I spent part of my childhood there, and my father lives there now, and we plan to visit again for more family holidays. Thailand is one of my favourite places and it’s capital city Bangkok is a place where we have spent time and enjoyed […]
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Yes, I am talking testicles on the blog today. Don’t click away. If you are a woman who has any man in her life, be it a boyfriend, partner, husband, father, brother, male friends, then you need to read on. If you are one of my male readers, then you also need to stay and […]
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I have learned a lot about skincare mistakes and what does and doesn’t work for my skin. I am trying to help my own daughter make those same mistakes. When I write about my teenager who will be fourteen in a few short weeks, I feel old. Mostly, because I am sure she was only […]
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This is a cat’s tail (see what I did there?) of woe, otherwise entitled, “Jasper got in fight and we had ANOTHER trip to the vet…” Jasper is a bit of a rogue, he’s a bit like Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses (yes, I am that old!!) with a kind heart but sometimes […]
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Since I turned 40 (which I am still in a large element of denial about) I have become much more conscious of my skin care, and looking after my skin. I have reached the point where I am sort of willing to admit that time is not as much on my side as it used […]
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The husband has taken over the blog today… I surprised him with the arrival of a set of Scalextric racing cars, which he and the whole family, including me, enjoyed playing with. When my wife said we’d be getting some toy cars to race and review it sounded like fun and I naively said “I’d […]
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If you read my blog, you will know that sleep has been somewhat lacking, round here for a LONG time, and we have had a long journey to where we are today, and right now, we are all getting some sleep, and good sleep. However, lack of sleep and being a busy working mum, managing […]
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This is a tough topic, to write about. Having your home broken into, and precious belongings rifled through, destroyed or taken, is a horrible thing to happen, for anyone, and we as adults have to process and deal with that, but so do our children. It can be incredibly traumatic for them, to go through […]
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Clothes shopping for my daughter has changed over the past year or two. Whereas before she would be happy to have me go shopping and choose things I thought she would like to wear, she is now hitting the pre teen years, and has moved into the stage where she very much wants to choose […]
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