It’s funny how certain things can completely confound your expectations at times. Take last weekend, for example. It was my turn to take youngest to her new weekly swimming lesson early on Saturday morning. While I was, of course, looking forward to spending time with her it’s fair to say that the time and venue …
According to a recent survey, 31 is the average age of financial maturity for most Brits. In my experience, that sounds about right. But with a caveat that I’ll come to later. By the time I reached that age, we were in our second home – albeit our first true family home – had one …
Now I’m working full-time, there are lots of things I’m missing about working from home. Having more time with my family is obviously up there, as are parts of my old routine like the school run. But there are a few things I’m not missing at all. Particularly some of the kids’ TV characters youngest …
Disclosure: this is a paid collaboration with Gautier Semences. My kids love Piccolo tomatoes. We grow them in our back garden and they can’t get enough of them. So it was a good thing when the people at Thanet Earth sent us a large box of them! As the name suggests, the Piccolo tomatoes are …
There may be two months to go but I’ve decided to admit defeat in my 40 before 40 challenge. I set out with high hopes but have somehow only managed to achieve one item on my list. Yes, just one. The reasons for this monumental failure can be broadly summarised by a distinct lack of time …
Nothing is ever straightforward with three kids in tow. Take last weekend, for example. We needed to go into town to get a few new things. The most urgent of which, as far as I was concerned, were some new pants. But a simple trip to buy them was anything but a brief encounter. We …
Disclosure: this is a paid collaboration with Scrubbingtons. It’s almost time for kids to go back to school and nursery. And with it comes the need to get back into a school routine. After six weeks off, this can be a little bit of a challenge, but a few changes in the last week or …
I’ve been in my new job for three weeks now and am finding my feet. After four years of working both for myself and from home though, it’s taking a bit of getting used to. Such a change in day-to-day routine was always going to take a bit of adapting. There are some things that …
Disclosure: we attended a screening of LEGO DC: Batman Family Matters as the guests of Warner Bros. and were gifted LEGOLAND tickets. We’re big fans of all things LEGO and DC, so it was fantastic to attend a special LEGO Batman event at the weekend. We travelled up to LEGOLAND Windsor for what proved to …
I’ve been busy getting settling in my new job this week. As is the case in most workplaces these days, the majority of my time so far has been spent completing all the necessary training tasks. This got me thinking: what if the workplace policies, procedures and practices I’ve been ticking off the to-do list …