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Single Parent Spotlight: Elizabeth
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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DIY / Upcycling: A Shoerack
Read moreThe saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” has yet again been proved by yours truly. I visited my mother the other day and as I rolled up the drive I noticed her neighbour had left out an old, wooden shoe rack with their rubbish. It was still fully-functioning but just didn’t look too…
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#My3Things Positive Parenting Motivator: Week 15
Read moreAs you know #My3Things is my way to try to value myself and my parenting a bit more, so I’ve created this and a linky for other bloggers to join in with too. Each week I list three things that have not gone so well that week, three things I want to focus on improving next week, and ending the…
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My New Single Parent Linky!
Read moreAs a single parent I love reading other single parent blogs as it can really help me see how other people cope in my situation and gives me so much inspiration! To make it easier to find all these blogs, I thought I would create a Single Parent Linky which will run fortnightly. It also…
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Turning 30: Good or Bad?
Read moreIn a few weeks I’m about to turn…thirty. Even typing that makes me feel sick. THIRTY. Where did that time go?! A lot of people have been telling me not to be silly and that’s not “old” but to me that sounds old, and adult-like. Being in your twenties signifies youth, fun and excitement, and…
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Reliving Childhood Pleasures: #AngelDelightMoments
Read moreI’ve recently spent time thinking about all the little things I loved as a kid, to compare them what’s around now for Chunk. I adored Rainbow, Trap Door and Fraggle Rock on TV and I’ve even bought some of the DVDs to share with Chunk how great children’s TV was in the eighties. When it…
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Christmas Gift Ideas: Peppa Pig
Read moreMy Christmas Gift Guides Yes, it really is getting closer to that time of year when us parents need to start finding gifts for the children that will last longer than a few hours and that will hold their attention span long enough for us to have a breather. In an attempt to be vaguely…
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#My3Things: Positive Parenting Motivator Week 14
Read moreAs you know #My3Things is my way to try to value myself and my parenting a bit more, so I’ve created this and a linky for other bloggers to join in with too. Each week I list three things that have not gone so well that week, three things I want to focus on improving next week, and ending the…
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Our Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning Fundraiser
Read moreYesterday I helped my friend run a her very first coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support. Approximately 2 million people in this country are currently living with cancer and this number will double by 2030. One in three of us will get cancer and the amazing staff at Macmillan provide medical, emotional, practical and even…