Now that my twin girls R and M have turned four years old their appetite to learn and increase their knowledge at times is exhausting. It’s that stage where the girls ask me and my wife millions of questions such as, what is that?, what does that mean? Dad, look at that! It’s incredible how…
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Safeguarding Lead Flashing on your Home
Read moreIf you’re unfamiliar with what lead flashing is, let me give you a brief explanation. Flashing can be found on the exterior of your home on porches, walls, doors and windows, but most commonly on your roof. Chimneys, skylights and vents will have a flashing where they join. The purpose of the flashing is to…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** Please link up a blog post, not your home page Please only link up one post – additional links will be deleted This linky is your chance to link up your favourite post of the week. It’s a great way to find new blogs to read and to raise your blogs profile. I’m…
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Brilliant dad feature week 63
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is all about Simon. He is a top 10 UK dad blogger and he blogs at the brilliant Man VS Pink. He is a stay-at-home dad of a 4-year-old daughter, and has been at home with her since she was 6 months old when his wife returned to work.…
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A Guide to Shopping for Cast Iron Radiators
Read moreBack in the 1800s, radiators played a huge role in keeping people’s homes warm but over the years, it has developed into a low-maintenance staple in every home with different sizes, colours, and shapes to choose from. One of the more popular types is the cast iron radiator. Despite its aged look, cast iron radiators are…
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Do we tell those closest to us I love you enough?
Read moreThree little words that we say often to another person. That could be our husband, wife, brother, sister, son, daughter, mother, father and many others, to express how we feel about those closest to us. How often do we say those three little words? Not enough I imagine and yet it’s simple and easy to…
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Battles with your children
Read moreIf you are a regular reader of my blog then you will know I’m a father of five children. With my older children at times it’s felt like a war zone battling with them over what I thought was right and of course especially when they were teenagers they would completely disagree, because like a…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday photo this week is me doing what I do for my day job as a painter/ decorator. This last week I have been employed to paint the outside of two semi-detached houses literally around the corner from where I live. As you can see my wife got this photo of me 30 foot…
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Anti-slip paint for outside steps
Read moreRecently I was employed to make some outside steps safe for a lady of the elder generation who had walking and balance difficulties. The steps were outside leading to the front door of a first floor maisonette so they were open to all weathers and quite often rain settled on the steps causing the odd…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** Please link up a blog post, not your home page Please only link up one post – additional links will be deleted This linky is your chance to link up your favourite post of the week. It’s a great way to find new blogs to read and to raise your blogs profile. I’m…
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Saving Mother Earth: Ways You Can Recycle Used Carton Packages
Read moreCartons can be picked up at any convenience store and supermarket. It’s easy to get used to chucking your milk and juice cartons out when you’re finished with them without realising how recyclable they are. First, let’s discuss the two types of cartons so you can differentiate between their design and how this makes a difference. Shelf…
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Brilliant dad feature week 62
Read moreThis week the brilliant dad feature is Jason. He blogs at Dads Triplet Blog. He is 35 and lives in South Wales with his wife and four children. He works for a major motor retailer as a development manager covering south Wales and the west. His Hobbies (mostly pre the triplets) include football and ice hockey,…
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Improve your Home Security
Read moreYale have realeased an infographic for National Home Security May Day 2016. On it you will find a lot of advice and tips to make your home more secure this summer. It has statistics of the types of jobs that people make a mess of and when it’s better to get the professionals in to…
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Fathers Day Fashion Wishlist
Read moreFathers Day is just around the corner and I’ve been thinking about what I’d like. I usually opt for a new game for my Xbox or something else techy, but I’ve not really had the chance the play on my Xbox or with my other gadgets lately as our four year old twins keep us…
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Wicked Uncle Toy Review
Read moreWicked uncle are an online toy shop that offer Christmas and birthday presents for girls and boys, as well as gifts for any event with several gift wrappings, as well as cards and experience gifts. I was recently provided with a £40 credit to browse their site and buy something to review. The website was…
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What I did on the weekend: It's trampoline time
Read moreHere in South Wales the weather was beautiful over the weekend with wall to wall sunshine. My 18 year old daughter also came home for the weekend from university and it was brilliant to see her and the twins love it when she comes home as they all miss each other so much. Last Thursday…
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My Sunday photo
Read moreM spent four days in hospital and has made a slow recovery. During the week she showed a lot of signs of improvement. Then by friday she seemed to go a little bit downhill and a visit to the GP was needed to make sure the infection had been cleared. Unfortunately she ended up back…
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Twins do and say the funniest things part 12
Read moreI haven’t done one of these for a while and the girls really do come out with some amazing things. I lose count, but here is a selection of different things they say and do. The older they get the funnier they are without a doubt. 1. M said she wanted a picture to colour…
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How accepting will you be of your children’s choices
Read moreWhen I was growing up I think my mother expected me to conform to what is considered the “norm”. That being a heterosexual male mean getting married and having children. As it happens that’s how I turned out. So my mother didn’t have to accept any different choices I may have had about my life.…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** Please link up a blog post, not your home page Please only link up one post – additional links will be deleted This linky is your chance to link up your favourite post of the week. It’s a great way to find new blogs to read and to raise your blogs profile. I’m…
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Reasons why you should be using a PE pipe at home
Read moreThe application of pipes for a wide variety of purposes in both industries and personal home use has become more sophisticated. Users are now not limited to only a limited selection of pipes to choose from, but different grade materials can be selected for different fields such as water and gas. The different choices of pipe…
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