When you are moving there so many things to do and it’s very difficult to remember everything so I thought I would do a moving home checklist which I consider one of the most important things to be done. 1. Book a removal company and get a price for the job. Ring a few…
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Sex education with my children
Read moreWhen I was growing up my Mother never talked about sex. Not once. The question is, how did I learn? Well my sex education was learned in my local woods or park! Practising seemed a much better way to learn and in truth a lot more fun. Did I know about safe sex and STI’s…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreThe girls love having a bath and for Christmas they had a Tomy bubble machine toy. There’s no question they enjoyed playing with it. They really enjoy creating new hairstyles with bubbles and they of course are all the rage nowadays! I in particular like the goatee that R is wearing! The girls love games in…
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Breaking up and social media
Read moreA few days before Christmas my 20 year old daughter broke up with her boyfriend for the second time in just over six months. Social media today has a lot to answer to. Her boyfriend had gone out for a night out with his mates for his birthday. On snapchat that night my daughter saw…
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Managing Remedial Work Following Flood Damage to Reduce Costs
Read moreThe last couple of years in the UK have seen an increase in extreme weather and flooding. For those affected, this is a traumatic time involving the possible loss of their home and most of their possessions. Alternative accommodation will usually have to be sought during the examination of damage and the following repairs, potentially…
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Social media and toddlers
Read moreOur twins R and M will be four years old at the end of the month. A couple of days ago M said something to me which really surprised me. The twins were building a den on the sofa which is something they love to do. Naturally I thought it was a great opportunity 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 49
Read moreThis weeks Brilliant Dad Feature is Lewis, who blogs at Dad Who Blogs. Lewis live in Leeds, West Yorkshire with his wife of over 10 years and their two boys. They also have a dog called Penny. Lewis has been blogging for nearly five years. He started it as a way to document his feelings…
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4 habits that are driving up your motoring costs
Read moreMost people like to think that they’re a good driver, or at the very least, not too bad. In reality though, lots of us have some bad habits that are actually costing us money every time we hit the road. In this post, I hope to highlight some of the worst habits and look at…
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Our sleeping habits and rituals tag.
Read moreI have often wondered what everybody’s sleeping habits are. Do we jump in between silk sheets naked or partially clothed just like Hollywood films or are we a little bit more practical. I thought I would create a tag of three sleeping habits for your partner and yourself. 1. I could say I sleep in…
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Bondi children's app
Read moreI was recently asked to be part of the new Bondi children’s app. After taking a look at it I instantly thought, wow this is great and I definitely want to be involved. The idea of the Bondi app is that it’s a 10 minute video of fun educational daily activity. It’s aimed at 3-6…
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The fantastic relationship our twins are developing
Read moreJust recently as I have written, M had to have an operation at our local children’s hospital. I noticed something properly for the very first time. I was always aware of, but it stood out now more than ever before and that’s the closeness and bond my twin girls have developed for one another. When…
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My Sunday photo
Read moreR and M went to a tenpin bowling birthday party on Saturday. It was only the second time the girls had been bowling. It was very well organised and R and M had a fantastic time. I’m not competitive, but out of the 12 children invited R had the highest score by quite a long…
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Coming to terms with moving again
Read moreSo we are on the move again in just under a fortnight and coming to terms with it for me has unfortually taken a little bit of time. I don’t adapt to change easily and I’m not very keen on change either. I imagine that it might make me boring, but that’s me. We have…
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M had a simple accident that required surgery
Read moreA couple of days ago M trapped her wedding ring finger in the front door. The door was not shut tight, but it cut across the top of the nail and it bled a lot and to be honest it stopped bleeding eventually so we decided not to go to A&E. When M decided around…
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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 48
Read moreThis weeks Brilliant Dad feature is Mark Richards he is the author of Best Dad I Can Be – currently voted Funniest Dad Blog in the UK and runner-up in the UK’s Funniest Blog Award. When he’s not sending money to his two children at university – or stocking the fridge for the one still at home –…
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Highlights when your a parent to 4 year old twins
Read moreWe are parents of four year old twins and in all honest truth we get no help from family, which unfortunately doesn’t allow my wife and I any time to go out together. I was thinking what are the highlights of our lives and do we yearn for more from our time. It would be…
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Do you monitor the water you use? Here’s 5 tips to saving on your water bill…
Read moreWater is something that we tend to take for granted in the developed world. Yet as the population increases, demand for water does too. Suppliers do their best to meet demand and use Wastewater Solutions to recycle water as efficiently as possible. Even so, if water isn’t to become a luxury, we need to become…
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Does anybody win in Divorce
Read moreThis post was inspired by a conversation I had with a friend recently. I am divorced from my first wife I think, if not that makes me a bigamist! Only joking! My friend has not long got been divorced and when he tells me of some the antics that his ex-wife gets up to it…
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Revitalising a tired looking kitchen
Read moreI was recently employed to re-decorate a kitchen in a semi-detached house. It was in need of a lift and as it had been seven years since it had last been decorated because I did it back in 2009. It had been previously painted in a pale lavender colour and the customer was looking for…
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