I have been a dad for 23 years and one of the most special parts of fatherhood for me has always been bedtime, and more importantly the bedtime story. You would think that after 23 years and five children I would have grown tired of reading bedtime stories, but the truth is I still love…
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Cost Effective Gift Ideas for a Motor Fanatic
Read moreI’ve got one friend, as I think many of us do, who I know I can always call upon when I’m having a motor-related misadventure. With his HID headlights searing through the urban smog, he’ll blister to my rescue like a fire-fighter racing to battle a blaze. Before I know it there’s a countless array…
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Guide on Best Mattresses for Parents with Back Pain
Read moreMillions of people around the world suffer from chronic back pain. Many of the victims are parents and their long painful days can seem like torture. If you are a parent who is looking to relieve some of this chronic back pain, the solution may be as simple as purchasing a new mattress for back…
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Giving Your Car That Extra Special Touch
Read moreThere is nothing more exciting than purchasing a new car. After all, you have probably researched and hunted for the car that is perfect for you for a very long time. That probably involves going online checking specs of many different cars, making sure it’s the right size especially if you have a bunch of…
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The Smart Way To Handle Your TV Entertainment
Read moreIt hasn’t taken a very long time for televisions to develop to what you have access to today. Starting out as comparatively basic machines, early examples of TVs couldn’t even manage colour signals, and this is a far cry from the sort of options people go for today. When you have a nice screen, though,…
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I Really Need A Home Office
Read moreOver the years my blog has grown and I now find it difficult to do everything I need to do for a successfully run blog on the kitchen table or the sofa. This has led me to thinking that maybe I should have an office within our home. This will be quite difficult to accommodate,…
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My Wife Is Training Hard For The London Marathon
Read moreLooking back to just under a year ago my wife announced to me that she was going to try get a place to run the London Marathon. I have no doubt that when my wife puts her mind to something she invariably achieves it. She is determined, driven and very focused. If I am entirely…
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Teaching 5 Year Olds About All Sorts of Family’s In School Who Decides?
Read moreSo here we are in 2019, society has supposed to have moved on we have become more tolerant and understanding as people, but have we really. There is sadly still in 2019 a bigot narrow minded large percentage of people that try to dictate to us what is considered normal. Normal now there is a…
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Treads The School Shoes That Are Indestructible Review #Ad
Read moreChildren and school shoes if your children are anything like my seven year old twin girls then you will have that feeling that you are constantly buying new ones because they quite simply don’t last very long. As a new full-term starts we are off to the shops to Purchase new school shoes again “parents…
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A Mother’s Day Thank You Card To Break A Guinness World Record #AD
Read moreMother’s Day is a very important day all around the world. It’s also a very special day in our home for a couple of reasons. My seven year old twin girls love to spoil their mum, my wife. The other reason is my mum who is in the twilight years of her life. This means…
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When Is Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Going To Take Responsibility?
Read moreSome of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world are social media companies. They have been allowed to grow without any regulation and they seem to operate in their own world without any governing body, or government controlling their behaviour. They consistently tell us that it’s not their problem, but the people using…
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Chester A Perfect Place For A Day Out Or Some Retail Therapy
Read moreI’m lucky enough to have family living very close to Chester which means that over the years I have had many opportunities to wander around one of the most beautiful and interesting towns in Cheshire. If you are ever in the region of Cheshire, Chester is a town that you must visit. The town dates…
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Dads! You Are Your Children’s First Superhero Lets Get It Right!
Read moreWhen you have been a dad for as long as me, it’s actually 24 years this year, it’s scary to think about where the time has gone. My son is turning 20 years old in a few days time and it only seems like yesterday that he was a baby. I’m not sure if my…
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Decorating A Child’s Bedroom With A Twist
Read moreDecorating a children’s bedroom can be very difficult, especially if you have twin girls as I do. Their characters, personalities and tastes are polar opposites. That means somehow we have to find a theme that both the girls are happy with, and believe me that is something that is incredibly difficult. You would think with…
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Giving The Girls Bedroom A Facelift With New Duvet Covers
Read moreWe live in a two bedroom bungalow, we have one bedroom and our seven year twin girls share a bedroom. A perfect arrangement you would think. Well not quite! Our twin girls are total opposites when it comes to their tastes and interests. In fact I call them my Superhero and Princess because of their…
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Playgroups & Prosecco Book Review #gifted
Read moreI have to admit after becoming a dad to five children, reading a book was something that I could never find time to do. Thankfully three of my children have grown up so I now have a bit more time to do a few things for myself and that includes reading a book. So when…
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Benefits of Getting More Hands-on in Your Life
Read moreThese days, the world is generally more forgiving towards people who are prone to ruminating obsessively, frittering away their time on idle distractions, and having their heads stuck in the clouds. Image via Pixabay Whereas once people in this category would have often had to go out and engage with the world to beat the…
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Body Positivity Photos Surely It Applies to all Shapes And Sizes
Read moreThere is a movement on social media all about body positivity. I think this is wonderful and I am all for feeling good about yourself, and feeling good about your body whatever your shape or size. After all it’s your right as a human being to be exactly who you want to be. I will…
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Protecting Your Property as Best Possible
Read moreThe average person works eight hours a day, five days a week. There’s a reason for this. We want to provide ourselves and our loved ones with a good quality of life. We want a roof over our heads, we want to be comfortable and safe, and we want to surround ourselves with lovely things…
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Trying To Live A Zero Waste Life
Read moreFor quite a while my wife and I have become increasingly more aware of the amount of waste that we are dumping on our planet and just what a devastating effect it is having on planet earth. As such, we have decided to try to live a zero waste life. We both feel it’s vitally…
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Year 2 Parents Evening Half Term Begins
Read moreLast week was the last week in school for my twin girls before half term. That also means that parents evening falls in that week. I’m not sure about everybody else, but I always find parents evening a daunting experience. I always feel like an adult that has gone back to school for twenty minutes.…
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