Design Ideas For The Dining Room – Brought To You By John Lewis
It’s actually, really, definitely Spring at last, isn’t it? The heating is now OFF, the hawthorn is finally in blossom, and the windows are open most days. Marvellous. So naturally, now’s the time we all start to look around our winter dens, and feel like it’s time for a spruce up (it’s no accident that the easter Bank holiday is the biggest DIY weekend of the year y’know). So when John Lewis got in...
Five Reasons Why Blackpool Rocks! – Brought to you by Travelodge
Blackpool is one of the UK’s most fun-loving seaside towns, but it’s often overlooked these days. Here are five reasons to bring your family back to Blackpool for an exciting summer break: 1 – The Pleasure Beach Blackpool is one of the few seaside towns to have a full-on themepark in the centre, and is worth visiting for the thrills and spills of the Pleasure Beach alone. There are rides and attractions for all ages at the...
Tips and Advice for Mums on the School Run – Brought To You By ASDA
The school run isn’t easy, especially if you’re not prepared for it and you have more than one child to worry about. The more organised you are, the better the process will be and, if you’re lucky, you may even get to snooze your alarm clock until as late as possible. While you may dream of being like that mother in the playground who makes her daughter’s hair look like a stylist has been at it every morning, in reality, what’s...
Melted Crayon 3D Valentine Cards – Brilliant fun ‘danger’ craft for age 6+
We’re really pleased to be taking part in Bostik’s Family Craft Blogger’s Network – not that I am in any way a ‘craft blogger’ you understand. Oh no.But I have taken on this potentially foolhardy and fraught-with-mishaps idea of homeschooling.Which means I get to do crafts.On top of which I have a 7yr old girl.Which means I get to do a LOT of crafts.Oh how the girl loves to cut, paint, stick and...
Finding a bed for a TINY Bedroom.
So finally – or “FINALLEEEE” as she would say – the 6yr old is hvaing a new bedroom. Well – not a new bedroom, obviously – but she’s having a lick of paint and some furniture to call her own. It seems about time – she’s been living in her inherited big brother’s Lime Green room for 5 years, after all. The trouble is – it’s a tricky room. In all honesty,...
Protecting your home – do you think about it much?
I’m so lucky that I live in a really low-crime area. To give you an idea of the scale of the issue, the local paper lists the crime each month in the column by the local policeman. Last month there were a horrifying total of SIX crimes committed – three of which were ‘anti-social behaviour’, and one was a vehicle. Only two were burglary. But. We’ve lived here 20 years – and ten years ago there...