Welcome to part sixteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. Many of us like to stock up on a range of things this time of year, including drinks for all the parties, extra house guests and time off work. Do you ever buy alcohol as a gift? Do you struggle to know what to buy? Premier […]
Christmas gift guide: part fifteen
Welcome to part fifteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’ – how is your shopping going? Do you wrap as you buy or do it all in one go? I love the idea of doing it all in one go in front of a good Christmas movie with a glass or mulled wine, but these days […]
Working from home: the myth and the reality
Working from home is something that I have done for the last six years. I began this approach in order to try to more effectively balance work and family and because I felt that I was missing out on many of the wonderful aspects of parenting. The job I had been doing could not offer […]
Christmas gift guide: part fourteen
Welcome to part fourteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. How is your Christmas shopping going? Are you struggling to buy for anyone in particular? Have your children written a list yet? What sorts of things have they asked for this year? I love it when I come across things that all the children can play […]
Prepare for your retirement before you need to
As you get older, it’s only natural that you should start thinking about retirement. Granted, I’m not yet near the age where I plan to retire, but I still think about it sometimes. I think what it will be like when my children grow up and move out. I think about where we are going to […]
Christmas gift guide: part thirteen
Welcome to part thirteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. I’ve officially started my Christmas shopping now. I am always a bit caught up between wanting to be organised and just feeling it’s all a bit too early, but I have even wrapped a few things now – mainly to avoid little straying eyes I have to […]
If babies could text
Baby 1 Yo, yo, how’s it going? Erm…Baby 2 are you receiving me, over? Baby 2 Sorry, couldn’t reach the phone, the old girl had it in her pocket Baby 1 No worries – did you see that thing on FB this morning about Baby 3? Why would you want anyone to see that? Baby […]
Christmas gift guide: part twelve
Welcome to part twelve of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. You will no doubt be either really excited or totally put off having seen the title of this post but it is actually only a few weeks until Christmas. I’ve officially started my Christmas shopping now. I am always a bit caught up between wanting to be […]