Oh my it’s been a very busy couple of months to the point that I’ve not had time to even blog about any of my latest upcycles and revamps! This month I have taken on two major projects; My hallway and spare room. My hallway has an archaeic dado rail but I don’t have the…
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My Quest For Better Skin/Hair: Beauty Reviews
Read moreThis is the first year I’ve started to hear myself say the things my mum and her friends used to say to me; Those lines that would make me roll my eyes and shrug in disbelief, as I believed I had aaaages before I had to worry about fine lines, age spots and sagging. Oh…
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Toy Review: Fireman Sam Vehicles & My Little World Pop Up Book
Read moreLast week Chunk was sent some lovely toys and books to test out and here were our favourites. Fireman Sam Vehicles Chunk has loved cars, trucks and all things mechanical since he could crawl so the brand new Fireman Sam Vehicle Pack was inevitably going to be a hit with him. He got a fire…
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Taking My Son Camping For The First Time…
Read moreA couple of weeks ago my son and I were invited to a bloggers’ camping weekend trip run by Camping in the Forest (CiTF) which looked both challenging and exciting, so I accepted! I haven’t camped since I was a teenager at Girl Guides and that was not an enjoyable experience at all, because all…
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Single Parent Spotlight: Nicky Booth
Read moreThe aim of these interviews is to show how AMAZING us working single parents are. I want to highlight how hard, but also how rewarding being a working single parent is, and to hear how other people in my position handle the tougher times, in the hopes I learn how to be the best parent I can…
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Competition: Win A Urtekram Beauty Hamper
Read moreUrtekram are a Danish company that specialise in organic beauty products and they have been kind enough to offer one of you lucky readers a beauty bundle! The bundle of organic goodies includes: Aloe Vera Conditioner Body Lotion Brown Sugar Shampoo Rose Hand Cream Rose Deo Crystal Rose Soap Bar Eucalyptus Toothpaste To enter simply…
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Toy Review: Casdon Toy Post Office
Read moreChunk has been a lucky boy again this week and been given the chance to test out the new Toy Post Office by Casdon. It was nice and easy to put together and has so many little features that are so lifelike, including cards, envelopes, newspapers, stamps, money and even a letterbox! Chunk spent ages…
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Surviving The School Holidays: Guest Post by Vivienne Smith
Read moreI recently met fellow single parent Vivenne Smith at a recent Uflourish Pregancy & Family Fair as she was talking about ways to reduce stress as a parent. She has written a book called The Single Mums Survival Guide which uses some NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) techniques as well as including useful tips on how to…
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Toy Review: Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Toyset
Read moreChunk enjoying his Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Toyset We went camping this weekend and on our return we found this lovely Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Set on our doorstep! This morning Chunk invited his Marvel superheroes to a tea party breakfast and spent ages making them tea and coffee which was so sweet to watch. The set…
