One of the joys of working from home is that I don’t hear too many Christmas songs too early. Still, as we’re getting closer to the big day, I’ve been enjoying a few here and there. The likes of Slade, Wizzard and The Darkness have, of course, got a decent amount of airtime. There are certain tracks, …
One of the days I always look forward to over Christmas is Boxing Day. This is because, without fail, we all descend on my parents’ house for a big family get together. There will be four generations in attendance with ages ranging from one to 91, so there will be many mouths to feed. Not to mention …
Disclosure: this is a paid collaboration. As our house is up for sale at the moment, I’m no stranger to cleaning in a hurry. We often receive calls about viewings at short notice so I’m always ready to scrub things. With three children around, there’s usually a mess somewhere. While I’m far from being a clean freak, I always …
Whether you like it or not, Christmas is coming. And whether you like it or not, guests are likely to be descending on you! I jest, of course. It’s always nice to see extended family and friends. It’s preparing for their arrival that I don’t enjoy – I don’t want to make a bad impression – …
Where has this year gone? It’s time for my Christmas Gift Guide! I’ve tried to include suggestions for all the family and at a range of prices too. I hope it gives you a few gift ideas for everyone! Discovery Kids digital walkie talkies These digital walkie talkies from Discovery Kids have a range of up to 3km …
Blogging for a living certainly opens up some interesting opportunities. The latest new experience it has sent my way was to try my hand at being a personal shopper. Sort of! The Bentall Centre in Kingston invited me to pick out some Christmas gift ideas for men. I was only too happy to oblige. I …
All eyes will be on the sky this evening as Santa, cunningly disguised as the International Space Station, flies over the UK as he distributes gifts to children all over the world. It may be a surprise to you that the bearded one doesn’t do the whole thing on his own. As well as getting a …
Christmas is imminent and, if you’re anything like me, you still have loads to do. Kate and I are determined to take things as easily as possible though, so here are a few things we’ll be doing to give ourselves a decent chance. Christmas life hacks, if you will… Veg out Preparing the spuds, carrots, parsnips and sprouts …
One of the many benefits of working for myself is that I don’t have any problem getting time off work to attend school performances. Getting round to writing about them afterwards can be tricky as the tardy nature of this post proves, but being there when it mattered posed no such challenge. So anyway, both Dylan …
I seem to have written more about Christmas on the blog this year than ever before and have come to the conclusion that I must actually be looking forward to it for once. The long and short of it is that I’m a much happier person than I have been in the past couple of …