Having a child is one of the major milestones in many peoples’ lives. It is both stressful and rewarding, a source of endless joy and occasional frustration but above all it can be rather expensive! A recent UK government study suggested that the average cost of raising a child to adulthood is now in excess […]
Sponsored Video: You're so fake.
I have a vivid memory of starting to trade on the internet. Like much of my life back then, people were full of doubt that it would ever work. If people weren’t questioning whether home ed would work, whether it was legal or could be trusted, people were wondering what on earth I thought I […]
Talent Show
I didn’t get time to mark Fran’s success in a recent talent show she was part of; the evening coincided with me having to dash off to rescue Josie who arrived on a holiday with friends and threw up immediately 🙄 I’ve also been waiting for Fran to organise a video of the dance in […]
Oh, Gove Away! Frustrations with School
I’ve had this post in draft for a while, trying to find a time to write up some of the nagging doubts that are resurfacing about having our children in school. Debating the Paul Kirby blog post (a former advisor to the government) yesterday caused me to say, among other things, this:- This man may […]
Review: Clarks Shoes.
We were recently given the opportunity to review the service at Clarks in exchange for a voucher towards shoes; Bene, owner of the fastest growing feet in history, got lucky, since he was the person currently poking through the ends of his shoes so off we went, pausing along the way for a variety of […]
Soothing Stitches: Homemade Hamper Gift.
What do you give the person who has everything? Or in my case, what on earth do I give my mum, who travels a lot, has a lovely home, a brilliant brain and probably almost everything in terms of gifts and things that can be given. The answer is not stuff at all. In common […]
Calm among storms.
The run up to Christmas is always hectic here, it comes with the toy shop ownership territory. We looked forward to the Xmas break but for the very best of reasons, it was never going to be. Christmas, visitors, a wedding, decorating – it all added up to a holiday that passed by very quickly […]
Where did Patch of Puddles go?!?!?! (And everyone else for that matter!)
If you like to follow blogs by Facebook, you’ve probably noticed that almost all the pages you subscribe to have disappeared from your timeline; Facebook want people to pay for exposure and for blogs, that’s not much of an option. It looks like it is back to the old fashioned ways of keeping in touch […]
Promoted Post: Preventing the Spread of Coughs and Colds
The content below has been written on behalf of Patch of Puddles and contains handy hints on keeping the family healthy in the cough and cold season. As pretty much constant users of Vicks products since roughly 3rd September this year for one or other of us, I’m happy to receive tips. Roll on Spring! […]
Christmas Eve 2014
This year we celebrated making it to Christmas Eve without tears, though sometimes I was brought almost to tears by the lack of them. We celebrated a good Christmas at work, which we managed on 3 members of staff (two of them us) and which was positive for us and our customers and the future, […]
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