May 22, 2013

Join us as we unveil a host of new games by Drumond Park at Christmas in July

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    You might remember that I recently spilled the beans about how our family was honoured to have been asked to try out a selection of new games soon to be released by Drumond Park. Next week five of the children and I are joining Drumond Park for the Christmas in July media event [...]

Managing Your Energy Online

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  http://www.ebuzzingvideo2.com/uk/img_uk/brief/BritishGas/BGApp1.png   It has often been said that women are known for their multi-tasking abililties but a recent survey by British Gas reveals how the internet helps their time-saving skills go even further.   For me, the internet has proven to be such a life-line.  All my bills and banking are set up so [...]

Today you can find me over here…

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      … guest blogging at Older Single Mum’s blog.   Like I just said in a comment I left there:  Sometimes in a world of working vs stay at homes, younger vs older, single vs married etc etc etc we get carried away in what makes us different and forget that we have [...]

Making the most of summer fun in the garden

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    This year’s delayed summer has resulted in a bunch of restless children who have been cooped up for far too long desperately needing to stretch their legs and burn off some of that pent up energy. The garden turns into a hive of activity with dens being built, competitiveness takes on a whole [...]

Announcing the total raised in our Help Oliver Walk Auction!

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    Regular readers and new visitors will have noticed the sticky post on the home page of this website telling the story of Oliver. Oliver is the son of our friends Barry and Danielle and he has Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy due to being starved of oxygen during birth.  Oliver is unable to walk [...]

Linky: Getting to know you

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      I thought it would be nice to do something different and get to know each other a little more.  I mean, you read this – I read yours (or I will do if you link your post below), but how much do we really know about each other? Here are 10 things [...]