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 …
We’ve just returned from a long weekend at Camber Sands. We stayed in a caravan on one of the holiday parks, which was a first for us. We were all really looking forward to staying in a caravan and the kids loved it. It wasn’t quite as good an experience as I had hoped, but …
Four years ago today, I started a new life as a freelancer. Soon afterwards, blogging took over and became my full-time job. When I left a secure and well-paid role to become my own boss in 2015, it did raise a few eyebrows among colleagues. It was worth the risk though. It’s given me loads …
We took the kids to see Toy Story 4 last weekend. While I was looking forward to it vicariously for them, I wasn’t particularly fussed about seeing it myself. I felt that Toy Story 3 was a sequel too far, so didn’t have much enthusiasm for another instalment. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I didn’t enjoy it. It …