On Wednesday just gone it was my birthday, and my 20 year old daughter came home from university for a few days. Which was wonderful as I got to see her on my birthday, many moments make your life worthwhile, and my Sunday Photo this week is without a doubt, one of them. Whenever my…
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Omg ! Christmas Is Nearly Here I Can’t Wait!
Read moreI am a self confessed Christmas fan. I love it! It’s that time of year when you can spoil your loved ones without fear of judgement that you might be buying too much, and if anybody does say anything, you can simply say, it’s Christmas, don’t be such a Scrooge! Of course spending within your…
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How to Get the Most Out of your Outboard Motor
Read moreThe traditional outboard engine is no different to the one that drives your car, with perhaps the exception that the power is delivered to a specially shaped rotary propeller, rather than the wheels. The engine itself requires regular attention, with spark plugs changed at specified intervals and oil and coolant checks, and aside from this,…
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How The Internet Helps My life #BroadbandAndMe
Read moreWe live in a world today where the internet is completely taken for granted as a must in the family home. This got me thinking about if it was taken off me tomorrow how would it affect the way I live? You may be surprised how many things that we do in life in the…
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The Older Generation (My Mother) & The LGBTQ Community
Read moreThere is no doubt that at times I despair at my mothers views on being gay, but I also understand her beliefs. She is in her eighties and from a generation that quite simply doesn’t tolerate people’s choices on how they decide to live their lives. Homophobia sadly is alive and kicking in a small…
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Daughters Hugging A Relative After Receiving A Present This Christmas
Read moreOur five year old twin girls have recently started Rainbows which is the first stage of the girl guide movement that will eventually lead on to possibly, the Brownies and Girl Guides. I thinks it’s a particularly great organisation that hopefully the girls will learn many life lessons from, that they can take into adulthood.…
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Ice Skating And Our Twin Girls:My Sunday Photo
Read moreYesterday we went on our new Christmas family tradition, ice skating at our local winter wonderland with our five year old twin girls. This is the second year in a row that we have done this particular day trip. The girls loved it so much last year we thought we would go along again and…
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I Want It! But I Don’t Need It!
Read moreThroughout my life at certain intervals, I have bought items on impulse or have asked for items for my birthday or Christmas, and I didn’t actually need it, I just wanted it. So here are a few items I have bought or been given over the years that have ended up collecting dust after just…
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My Three Oldest Children Are Living Their Lives: They Are No Longer Kids
Read moreTwo of my children are no longer teenagers. The eldest lives with her partner and my 20 year old daughter is in university in Southampton, and my son is 18 years old and at university in another city. The passage of time waits for nobody and we all grow up which is exactly what has…
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Teaching Our Little Ones How To Be healthy
Read moreThe importance of teaching our little ones to be healthy is so important I believe, and this cannot be started soon enough. Doing regular exercise and eating healthy foods are something we pass on to our children. Hopefully this will keep them fit and healthy all their lives. My three older children all loved sport…
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Dads Taking Their Daughters To The Mens Toilet
Read moreToday I will be speaking on the Radio at around 10am. A researcher phoned me from the Jason Mohammed show which is broadcast on Radio Wales to ask if I would like to be interviewed. The subject matter was dads taking their daughters to the mens toilet in public places. I didn’t know it at…
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Gerber: Centre-Drive Multi-Tool Review #ad
Read moreI’m a painter and decorator, and also do many handyman jobs, so I am always on the lookout for new tools which quite honestly, does it all, and that will make my job easier. So when Gerber asked me if I would like to review the new Centre-Drive multi -tool, I thought yes, I would…
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Four Out Of Five Ain’t Bad (My Sunday Photo)
Read moreWhen you have five children like me, it’s almost impossible to have them all together in the same room at the same. In fact the last time that happened was last Christmas. I’m hoping it will happen again this Christmas. Nowadays it really is a rare occurrence. One of the problems of this happening on…
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Kids Will Change The Way You Look That’s Guaranteed
Read moreRegular readers will know that I am a father of five children. The other day I was looking at some photographs of my older children when they were little. I thought as I was browsing through them, OMG, I have changed! Then I realised what had happened is that I have aged. That’s what having…
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My Premature Twins: World Prematurity Day
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know I’m a father of five children and there’s not a day that goes by where I don’t feel lucky and blessed to have five healthy children. Of my five children, two of them are five year old twins who were born premature. They were six weeks early. When…
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Transgender Kids
Read moreA little while ago I watched Louis Theroux’s documentary about transgender kids. I was completely engrossed by the show and the stories of children not knowing, or in fact knowing if they are in the right body or if they are the right gender. Since watching the show I have struggled to decide if it…
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To Be 5 Years Old And Just simply Believe!
Read moreTo be five years old like my twins must be wonderful. The innocence of a child is still there, none of the harsh realities of life have in any way clouded their thoughts. Life is actually very easy. You get to be a kid and you believe in all the magical, wonderful, completely mythical ideas…
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Follow The Bear: Hofmeister Lager Is Back With A Giveaway
Read moreIf you are as old as me, you will remember the 80’s with affection. For me it was easily the era of music, although I’m quite happy to see my favourites stay in the 80’s. Comebacks are never quite the same as when they were top of the charts the first time around. For all…
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My Twin Girls They Are So Different
Read moreI have written many times how different my five year old twins are, but the older they get it’s becoming more obvious how different in character and personality they are. This has become more apparent to me in the last nine months or so. Personally I don’t think it’s a bad thing, because although being…
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Santa Safari:Our Family Christmas Trip to West Midland Safari Park
Read moreOne of our favourite places to visit for a day trip as a family is without a doubt, West Midland Safari Park. So when I was asked to bring the family along to experience their Santa Safari, it was an immediate, “Yes, I would love to!” When you have five year old twin girls who completely…
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I Was So Sure This Lioness Was Looking At Me. My SundayPhoto
Read moreYesterday we visited West Midland Safari Park for their Santa Safari. Blog post review coming soon! While driving through the safari, I managed to capture this lion walking towards us, and I was quite convinced it was staring straight at me, eyeing up its lunch, haha! It wasn’t until later when I looked at the…
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