How does your home look from the road as you drive by? Does the paint need retouching? Do the bushes need cutting? Are the lights working to welcome you when you arrive? These questions are the ones you need to be asking yourself when you’re wanting to improve the curb appeal of your home. The […]
Beaches in Florida: where to take the children
Do your children love the beach? Ours are huge fans of the beach and the sea, they’d happily spend all day there. They love to jump waves, run away from the waves, dig in the sand, practice gymnastics on the beach and look for shells and crabs. We are lucky that we live near quite […]
Having a wardrobe clear out? What are your options?
Having a wardrobe clear out can be so therapeutic as an adult. I find it helps me to feel focused and more organised. It doesn’t have to be about out with the old and in with the new though, just de-cluttering can be great, without necessarily replacing things. So many people only wear a handful […]
Does work-life balance exist for parents?
Work-life balance – one of those phrases we hear a lot these days. Companies use this to try an entice people to work for them, employers use the phrase to get that stamp of approval from Investors in People, and so many of us search for it. How much do you think about the ways […]
Coping with flight delays with children
No one likes a delayed flight with or without children – even grown ups are prone to toddler tantrums during a delay. If your flight is only delayed up to an hour you can manage, but anything more than that with small children can be hard work. What happens when you have a 4, 5 […]
Dealing with unwanted hair
Is there anything more annoying than unwanted hair as a woman? Possibly more something that brunettes out there are more familiar with, if you are fair, you’re unlikely to have such issues. Hair removal sucks. When you have dark hair and features it sucks even more. Like millions of women I’ve tried all sorts of […]
The MonaLisa Touch: Transforming vaginal health without surgery
Vaginas – not exactly something that is talked about much. Lots of alternative words are used, lots of references to ‘bits’ and ‘down below’ and LOTS of interference with them before, during and and after pregnancy and childbirth, yet there is still such a taboo about anything involving them. You might hear someone asking to […]
Top 20 parental stress triggers
As amazing as being a parent can be, we know that parenting can also be incredibly stressful at times. Are there particular situations you find yourself in as a parent that you experience as especially stressful? Do you know what your stress triggers are? Have they changed over time? Getting children to bed, doing the […]