*This is a collaborative post sharing some information about how sorting your finances could help you to manage your budget better* Debt is still a taboo subject for many people and something that many people struggle with or have had to learn to manage but we still don’t always talk about it. There can be […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – safe not boring
Meal Plan Monday is back and this week I am meal planning around my mantra that we can eat food that is safe not boring as we deal with the process of our teenager also having an issue with gluten. (If you follow us you know that the husband can’t eat gluten or cows milk […]
READ MOREA little festive giveaway
Christmas is coming and we have a lovely festive giveaway for our readings, in collaboration with a group of other lovely bloggers. It’s not hard to enter and all the details are below. If we could enter ourselves we would. A lovely hamper full of amazing goodies from Lush. One of my favourite places to […]
READ MOREKeeping kids organised in the car
*This is a collaborative post with Dreambaby sharing how keeping kids organised in the car isn’t as hard as you think* Travelling with kids or being in the car with kids can be fun but also hard work. It can take planning and thinking ahead of time to make sure the kids are happy and […]
READ MOREMoving house or moving stuff? Plan a man with a van.
*This is a collaborative post about moving and why planning the help of a man with a van is something we wouldn’t do without, that we hope is helpful* As a child we moved house often, due to my father’s job. It was always a fairly big deal because it was usually from one country […]
READ MORESo you’re going to be a dad? You need this book.
We are delighted to be working with DaddiLife to share this review for this book You’re Going to Be A Dad, which we think is an essential piece of kit for any new dad… We regard ourselves as seasoned parents, now our children are heading into the teens, but I work with families of young […]
READ MORESeptember 2021 – Stuff we loved
Welcome to September 2021’s Stuff we loved. Sharing things we have liked and love that we think our readers will like too. Because of #secondhandseptember I haven’t done that much shopping other than school uniform necessities and homeschool supplies, but we have been sent a few things and there are some snacks and treats we […]
READ MOREThe cold that wasn’t Covid
Last weekend I was relatively convinced that Covid, the current Delta variant, had finally found us. Or at least, found the teen. This week has been fun. She came home from school on the Friday evening of last weekend with a slightly bunged up nose. She felt fine. I thought nothing much of it, she’s been […]
READ MOREA Guide to Functional Medicine and How it Can Help
Functional medicine at its core is when health conditions are treated by finding the root cause, rather than diagnosing and treating symptoms. Functional medicine still incorporates conventional medicine when it’s needed, but the idea is to treat the underlying cause of health problems. Often functional medicine is mistaken for natural or homeopathic treatment, but it’s […]
READ MOREDon’t use fake tan products before your LASER hair removal treatment
*This is a collaborative post sharing some tips and advice before you consider laser hair removal treatments. We hope it’s helpful* The frequency and the intensity of the Laser beam emanating out of the Laser equipment used at skin clinics offering Laser hair eradication treatment is safe for all skin types but in case you […]
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