One of the biggest and best attractions near where I live is Drusillas Park. I’ve loved going there since I was a child so it’s no surprise that my kids love it too. Indeed, we have a strange rite of passage in our family that involves a trip there. When we were invited to spend …
Month: May 2018
As I mentioned last week, I’m planning on doing a 40 before 40. I love a challenge so intend to do all of them between my 39th and 40th birthdays. That’s a lot to pack into 52 weeks, so I’m beginning to make my plans now. Obviously, they need to be completely new experiences, so here …
We’ve been making slow but steady progress overhauling our garden which, for the most part, is still just soil. It was definitely in need of some colour. With excellent timing, my parents bought us a couple of lavender plants and sweet peas. Youngest seems to be a natural when it comes to gardening so she …
I’ve been to not one but two sports days this week. It was nice to spend a bit of time away from my desk and see how my sons did. I like the way their school approaches it too. Although it was competitive in that they were earning points for their respective ‘houses’, the events …
Getting young children to eat healthily is a battle that most parents are all-too-familiar with. In fact, according to recent research by Beko, a huge 50% of Brits have given up on trying to get their kids to eat five-a-day. The survey of 2,000 British parents also found that 41% had abandoned trying to getting …
Seven years ago today, I wrote a post about not feeling as young as I once did. It started with a magazine landing with a thud on the doormat. I’ve written a couple of other posts about age since then, but this one is the official sequel. There are a couple of reasons for this. …
My daughter is very much in the terrible twos stage at the moment. As all battle-scarred parents know, this term is something of a misnomer. It’s definitely not confined to the 365 days that little ones spend as two-year-olds. It starts around about the 18-month mark, reaches its peak at roughly two and a half …
It’s been a while since I published a post offering advice for newer bloggers, so it’s high time for another! As a full-time blogger, I get a lot of emails. Most of them are from nice, professional people. What they say in their messages is what they mean. I love working with brands and PRs …
One of the best things about working for myself is that I get to spend more time with my family. Until around three years ago, this wasn’t the case. I spent a lot of time in offices and on trains. Since knocking that on the head and becoming my own boss though, things have been …
One frustration many of us have with smartphones is their rather limited battery life. Indeed, 45% of smartphone users in a recent YouGov survey said that longer battery life was their most-wanted feature. For the record, the next two items on the collective wishlist were shatterproof screens (21%) and water resistance (16%). These findings set the …