A new year often signals the start of a new regime for some people. I’m a bit of a smoothie fan and I have to say that as much as a cocktail making course would appeal, so would a smoothie making course. I love anything green, anything with berries in and anything that has the […]
What’s in your junk mail?
Junk mail, is something we all get. Some more than others, depending on your set up, but it is hard to escape. Most of the time the junk doesn’t bother me, it goes in there without me realising and doesn’t interfere with the inbox and what I am doing day-to-day. What is actually more annoying […]
Cooking for pleasure
I love to cook but much of the time these days, cooking ends up being a functional thing. Just one more thing to tick off on the to-do list each day. I have loads of cookery books but rarely use them . Most of the time I cook from memory or I make it up […]
Dreaming of white stuff
That wonderful white stuff…snow of course. You might think that the summer is a strange time to dream of snow but as any skier or snow boarder will tell you, that’s when you start to think about next season and if and when you will be able to hit the slopes. I’m a skier. It […]
Healthy lunches
What is a normal lunch for you? Do you have a packed lunch? A hot meal? A sandwich? A salad? A jacket potato? Something else or nothing at all? When we are busy it can be easy to forget to stop and eat sometimes. I always try to have at least in my head, an […]
Money saving tips for families: part eleven
You might have been reading our series of articles on money saving tips for families recently. There are a number of ways families can save money and we have covered several different areas so far in this series. If you have been following these articles, you will know that we have addressed everything from clothing […]
Encouraging active children: part one
This is the first in the series of our ‘Encouraging active children’ articles. Do you struggle to keep your children active or are your children the ones doing every activity going? You might have read our article a while back on ‘Generation Go, Go, Go‘, where we looked at how active children are today, compared […]
An introduction to sensory play
I heard a mum the other day say “my sister does sensory play with her children but I don’t bother because I don’t know what I am doing”. I think this is a shame as it really doesn’t need to be that complicated. To me, sensory play is any sort of play with a strong […]