Last week, I was explaining to oldest how different things are now to when I was a kid. We were in a shopping centre in the town I grew up in, looking for my wife and other two kids who had been to a couple of other shops. “Aren’t you going to phone them then?” he …
Month: February 2019
I’ve been playing quite a lot of Football Manager lately. Once everyone else is asleep, I fire up the computer and play a few matches, handle press conferences and try to keep in control of finances. Yes, this sounds both geeky and not particularly fun at all but I love it. I completed my second …
Blogging for a living is a strange existence at times. I never know what I’ll be working on more than five or six weeks in advance or, indeed, if I’ll have enough work. There’s also the fact that I don’t have a specific payday and that a large amount of my time is spent on admin, …
I’ve never been one of life’s more fashionable people. I rarely buy new clothes and, when I do, it’s usually more out of necessity than to treat myself. We all like a bit of escapism here and there, though, so when the people at Samuel Windsor got in touch about the Dress Like Your Icon …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …