World book day has come around very quickly, and this year on March 7th we will be celebrating world book day with a simple message #shareastory. It’s a simple message yet for me an important message in the fast paced technological world we live in where everything is condensed down to an Instagram page or…
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Making Sure You Have The Right Gear To Go Skiing #AD
Read moreNowadays people don’t just limit their family holidays to the summer. In fact many families now have two holidays a year. A very popular choice is to have a winter holiday of which skiing is usually the number one choice. Of course with a skiing holiday you have to have the right equipment and clothing.…
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Hobbies For Dads: Fun Activities For Guys to Try
Read moreWhen we’re young, most of us have lots of hobbies. We try our hand at all kinds of activities, and spend these years finding out what we do and don’t enjoy. However, when we leave school and enter the world of full time work, it can be difficult to maintain activities that are ‘just for…
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Figuring Out if Laser Hair Removal is Right for You
Read moreLaser hair removal is a clinical hair removal treatment that offers an alternative to at-home hair removal techniques like shaving. If you are tired of quick hair regrowth, accidentally missing some hairs while shaving or the general inconvenience of at-home techniques like waxing and shaving, it may be right for you. However, it is not…
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Parenting Teenagers It’s Tough At Times
Read moreI have been blessed to have five children and there is no doubt about it, I feel privileged that in my lifetime I have become a dad five times. However, getting it right as a dad is incredibly difficult. I think I have bitten my tongue more times than I care to mention and I…
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Keeping Your Home Cosy And Warm During
Read moreIt seems that our winters are getting colder year on year and it really is not unusual for temperatures to drop well below freezing on a regular basis. It also pretty common now to have snow right across the country every year. When I get home from work all I want is to walk into…
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Teaching Our Children Boundaries That Others Should Not Step Beyond
Read moreTeaching our children boundaries is so important to me, but it is not only the boundaries that they shouldn’t step beyond, it is also teaching them the boundaries that other people shouldn’t overstep with them. Our children, I believe, need to the learn to use the word NO, and to say, “Please don’t do that…
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Personal Finance Tips: Why the Grass Isn’t Always Greener on the Other Side
Read moreIt’s common for people to obsess over the lives of other people. There’s a reason why there are entire TV shows dedicated to documenting every time celebrities leave their homes. While it can be fun and entertaining to follow the lives of others, it can also be dangerous when taken too seriously. This is especially…
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It’s Time To Buy Some New Furniture For Our Home
Read moreOur twin girls turn seven years old very soon and looking around our home, it has become apparent that our furniture has started to look very worn out and tired. The dining room table, coffee table, sofa and sideboard have now been completely personalised by the girls with crayons, felt-tips and more paint than I…
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What is Social Housing?
Read morePretty much everybody has heard the term ‘social housing’ used, however many people don’t really know what it entails, what it takes to qualify for social housing, and what your options are if you’re rejected for social housing. Social housing isn’t as black and white as simply receiving a house from the council, there are…
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An Interview With Susie Who Writes So Happy In Town & The Inspiration Behind The #itsoktofeelshit Campaign
Read moreSusie is the founder of So Happy In Town / S.H.I.T., aka Mrs S.H.I.T. She lives in London with her husband, Mr S.H.I.T. and her three children, The Little S.H.I.T.s. She started writing her S.H.I.T. blog two years ago because She wanted to share the real side of family life – the good shit and the…
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One Way to Make Some Extra Money: PPI Claims #AD
Read moreMaking some extra money is never easy, but if you could find a way to make some extra, what would you spend it on? Here are a few things that I would spend it on. Home Improvements This is a really big one for me because there is always so much to do when you…
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Yes! I Survived Nearly 7 Years With Twin Girls
Read moreVery soon my twin girls will turn seven years old and, yes, I survived. It amazes me that I have! Becoming a dad to twin girls, and in my case as an older dad was a huge shock to my system, especially as my three older children at the time of the girls being born…
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Caring For Your Beard With Beard Buys #AD
Read moreIn todays modern world a lot of men have beards. Some of them long, some bushy and some not so bushy, however would you believe that there was once a time when only certain men of particular professions such as men who spent their lives at sea had a beard. The remainder of us men…
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An Interview Donna Wishart Who Writes “What The Redhead Said”
Read moreThis week I am interviewing Donna, she is one of biggest mum bloggers in the uk today and is currently ranked as #1 on the Tots 100 index. Donna writes What the Redhead said, one of the UK’s top family lifestyle blogs. What the Redhead said has evolved over time to become Donna’s full time…
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My Mental Health: The Stigma Of Mental Health Needs Eradicating For Our Young Peopled
Read moreFirst of all I would like thank Susie over at So Happy In Town. She has inspired this post with her amazing campaign. #itsoktofeelshit. The stigma surrounding mental health has certainly been broken down a lot since I was first diagnosed with depression in my teenage years. Back in those days I was quite simply…
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Domestic Abuse: Finally Society is Beginning To Accept Men Suffer Too
Read moreWhen we hear the phrases, domestic abuse or domestic violence, we naturally think that it is the female in the relationship that is being abused, and to some extent I can understand this. I mean after all, of all the cases of domestic violence or abuse that are reported to authorities, two thirds of them…
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Did Instagram Contribute To A 14 Year Old Taking Her Own Life?
Read moreLast week there was numerous newspaper articles and television stories about a father who is convinced that Instagram contributed to his 14 year old daughter taking her own life. This is because of the content that is readily available on Instagram concerning self harm and suicide. She was apparently viewing this very easily on the…
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My New Grooming and Shaving Regime For 2019 With The Personal Barber #AD
Read moreI never make resolutions for a new year, but 2019 is the year that I have decided to introduce a grooming regime. My days of the stubble have gone and I want that clean shaven look all the time. For a lot of men making sure that you have a grooming regime is quite easy,…
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An Interview With Aby Moore Founder Of You Baby Me Mummy
Read moreThis week is the start of my interviews with some of biggest mum bloggers currently in the UK and to start the interviews off, I get to interview the inspirational Aby Moore. Aby is a blogging strategist and founder of youbabymemummy.com, one of the UK’s top family lifestyle blogs. She has written for a range…
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Old Age Doesn’t Come Alone
Read moreMy mum is now in her twilight years and with old age life changes dramatically. One of the biggest changes is mobility, and generally being unsteady on their feet. I know this better than most. As my mum has got older this is what has happened to her. So what was once easy and possible…
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