10 Things Killed By Technology (that I sort of miss…)
I love technology – we owe our entire lifestyle to modern technology, and we’re grateful for it every single day. The internet allows us the amazing flexibility of working from home – and I would never ever have considered home educating four children without the world wide web at my (and their) fingertips. Not just for their unbelievably busy gaming social lives, but for the knowledge that is right there for the...
Toys For Girls. Yes, really.
After three boys, I was a pretty confident parent and was ready to roll on through the next few years with a measure of experienced comfort. *hollow laugh* How little I knew! Having a daughter was a WHOLE new ball game – but not the way you might typically expect. Yes there were pink gifts, pink clothes, an excess of soft toys and a ridiculous amount of soldiers and snipers sitting around having tea parties (this is what happens...
Just the Best & Prettiest Kindle Fire HDX Case – Lente Designs review
When the 8yr old got a Kindle Fire HDX for her birthday, I kew it should have been a double-gift, and come with a Kindle Fire HDX case. Because it is utterly pointless anyone at all having a nice tablet if they haven’t got a nice case. Quite apart from the pretty-factor (let’s be honest, tablets are NOT attractive things), there is the serious issue of protection. Having an unprotected tablet around is simply asking for...
Best Lip Balm. Ever. Fact.
I can’t tell you how many lip balms I’ve tried over the years. I’m fine in the summer, but the minute the central heating goes on, or (worse) I’m in a car with the heater on… Crack! My lips shrivel and crunch. And that’s it – I’m left battling the dry soreness for months. Lip balms come and go – I’ve tried most of them. Some are better than others, but I was always on the...
When nostalgia comes knocking…
Watching my No.1 son tower over me (which is no mean feat when your Mum stands almost 6′ in her socks), I can’t help but heave a sigh of nostalgia. I know we all say it, but how does it happen? How is it that you turn around twice, and that small blonde giggling boy who’s got “Lotsa Jobs Ter Do, Mummy” is now 6’1″, tripping over his size 12 feet, and terrifying you in the night when he looms...
The Perfect Cat Mug
A few weeks ago I spotted the Perfect Cat Mug – properly beautiful little mugs on Jin Designs, they had small black cats on, in the most perfect, sweet, unfussy designs that made me oooh! happily. I shared it on our facebook wall, as I’m prone to do, and sadly moved on to less exciting things like laundry and how to remove tea stains from the new hall carpet. A few days went by, and then a parcel arrived. Mr...