As much as I would like to live in denial, I am getting a little (ahem) older, and the big 40 is looming. I am trying to make more effort to look after my skin. I am starting to see a few signs of aging, here and there, a few fine lines that weren’t there […]
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Dear Windows 10. After much hype, cheesy adverts and promotion, you have arrived. I downloaded you, I tried to use you. You are awful. I’m off back to Chrome. I thought you were supposed to be an improvement on the shambles what was Windows 8 but maybe I’ve missed something. You are slow, complicated, clunky, […]
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I love this quote and am finding it comforting at the moment, because it is where I am at both on a short term, and a long term, with my parenting. I recently hatched a plan to take the children, with just me (as LSH cannot take more leave) to go home, to Scotland, for […]
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*This is a collaborative post sharing why I don’t camp and why glamping is THE way forward if like me, sleeping in a tent on the ground is the last thing you enjoy doing. If you know me in real life you will know that I am not fond of the whole sleeping on the […]
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I am always on the look out for useful tools to help with parenting. As a family that loves stories, both telling and listening to them, I thought that this book might be something we could try. It’s a very interesting concept. This is a guest post from the author, Nic Andela, explaining a little […]
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Well, ok, technically glamping, which is much nicer (I’m not a camping fan, everyone knows that!) (Photo source) You can check out how we are getting on, and the fun we are having (and hopefully the weather will behave) on our Instagram and Facebook pages. The cats are being looked after by our lovely house […]
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When we were in Bangkok last Christmas, one thing I noticed, when we used public transport, was that Thai people treat children differently on transport. We used the SkyTrain a lot, whilst we were there (it’s amazingly efficient, we loved it) and when we got into a carriage with the children, people used to immediately […]
READ MOREWelcome to my Friday’s Rants from the Soap Box in my Living Room. A small space in the week where I can have a chunter about things that have made me twitch with annoyance or made me question if the world has gone mad or not. This week, my foot stomping tantrum is titled “MOVE […]
READ MOREHaving any pet, be it a few fish, or a dog that needs a lot of walking, or a cranky old cat that needs lots of tlc, is a big responsibility. When the children begged me to let them get a hamster, and we agreed to get one for Little Man’s birthday, I told them […]
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Trying to conceive a baby doesn’t always happen as easily as the movies and books would make you believe. If you follow our blog you will know that we are hoping to add a third small human to our number, but that it isn’t an easy thing for us, due to some hormone issues I […]
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