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Payment Protection Insurance - or PPI as its more commonly known - is a phrase that has become part of the furniture in recent years. So much so that I no longer think about its meaning when I hear it mentioned. Well, that was the case until recently. You see, the PPI deadline is fast approaching. ...
Half term is almost upon us and, with it, comes the need to keep the kids entertained. As all parents know, this isn't always easy! I think term three is easily one of the toughest for kids and parents alike. It follows Christmas, it's cold and everyone is under the weather for at least a month. As ...
Youngest is absolutely loving We're Going on a Bear Hunt at the moment. It seems to be the basis of a current topic at nursery and she often asks for it at bedtime. I'm always happy to oblige. It's a cracking book that I adore. Michael Rosen is a linguistic genius and Helen Oxenbury's illustrations are ...
Not that I'm obsessed or anything, but it's time for another post about our attempts to finally move home! Last week, I wrote about how we might need to be prepared to reconfigure a new house to make room for everyone. Unfortunately, there are limited options in our area, so we may need to buy one that ...
One of my favourite things about having kids is the funny things they say and do. I love how out of left field some of them are. They speak without any kind of filter and as thoughts come to them. Sometimes, I can pinpoint where certain utterances or actions have come from, but others leave me completely ...
I've always had something of an affinity with magazines. From an early age, I wanted to be a journalist thanks to those that I bought with my pocket money. I followed this up in adult life, earning an NCTJ qualification, getting my first job on a consumer title and even ending up on the cover ...
I've written a few posts about moving home - or at least trying to move home - recently. The signs continue to be encouraging and we've had more enquiries in the last week than in the last few months put together. With that in mind, we've been keeping a keener eye on the market. And, to ...
If your family is anything like mine, you're really looking forward to the release of The LEGO Movie 2! We probably won't see it until half term but, thanks to the people at LEGO, we have a couple of playsets to whet the appetite in the meantime. They sent us the 'Rex's Rex-treme Offroader!' and 'Ultrakatty & Warrior ...
A couple of weeks ago, we were on the bus to my parents' house. When we got off, another passenger tapped me on the shoulder. At first, I thought I must have left something behind so I was pleasantly surprised by what he said. He told me that it was lovely to see two parents paying ...
One of the must-haves in our next home is a decent garden. This is especially important as I feel we've let the kids down with the one we have at the moment. Making it more kid-friendly was always on our to-do list, but we only got round to dealing with it last year. And, even then, ...
I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, the writer of a multi-award-winning dad blog.
I've been writing Diary of the Dad since 2010 and it's gone from a small hobby to my full-time job.
I still have the same enthusiasm for this blog as I did when I wrote my first post and hope you enjoy reading my musings as much as I do writing them.
