There are many types of conversions that you can add to your home. It could be that you are looking for a loft extension, a conservatory or two story extension for the side of your home to maybe give you an extra bedroom and a breakfast area in the kitchen with a utility room. Of…
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Families Fall Out It Happens!
Read moreNo matter hard we try to keep the peace in a family at some point or another families fall out. It can be for a variety of reasons. Siblings fall out, children fall out with their parents etc. The list is endless. It is the stresses and strains of life today that put added pressure…
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West Midlands Safari Park In July Our Family Day Out #AD
Read moreI was sitting down after we arrived back from West Midlands Safari Park last weekend, and I couldn’t work out how many times we had been there, but I’m guessing this was about the fifth time, which will then tell you that as a family it’s our favourite day out and that’s a fact without…
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Simple Happy Parenting: Denaye Barahona Ph.D. Book Review #AD
Read moreNowadays there are many parenting books out there, and yes I am a bit of fan. I love reading them. After all let’s be honest, parenting is not easy by anybody’s standards. It has challenges that before I had children I didn’t even know existed so when I read a parenting book the first thing…
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Pitch Perfect Grass Cutting With The Flymo Ultra Glide Hover Mower AD
Read moreWhen you have seven year old twin girls that love football you have to make sure the lawn in your back garden is pitch perfect for them to play a game of football. Let’s be fair, one day they could play football for Wales, and of course Wales play their games at the Principality Stadium…
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The Rising Cost Of Household Bills
Read moreIn the UK we live in very uncertain times. Our government is in disarray with little or no direction and the constant threat of Brexit being a no-deal, or in fact whether we leave at all, and an opposition political party that doesn’t have a clue, leaves the rest of us scratching our heads in…
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OMG! My Twin Girls Will Be In Juniors Next School Year
Read moreIt really is hard sometimes to accept how quickly time goes, and the speed that it moves which I compare to the speed of light. I imagine many of us say it doesn’t feel like yesterday that their children were starting nursery for half days and then all of a sudden they’re starting junior school.…
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#PutYourPhonesAway Movement: My Own Progress
Read moreA couple of weeks ago a I wrote a post about how I was ashamed and mortified by my use of my smart phone. What came about truly surprised me. As a result of writing that blog post I learnt that I was far from alone as a parent that felt they were putting their…
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Do You Feel The Cost of Bills Just Keeps Going Up And Up? #AD
Read moreIf you are anything like me you will feel that everything we buy nowadays whether it is at the supermarket, in the high street or something online, or even our bills for the home are increasingly going up, and of course our wages never seem to match the increases which will leave us with less…
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KooPower Wireless Doorbell Review #AD
Read moreHow many times have you missed the caller at your front door that you’ve been waiting for all morning, or that delivery of a parcel that you actually need urgently just because your current doorbell is old and most likely a wired one with the bell in a completely useless position, and that’s if it…
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TeeBee Multipurpose Toy Box Review #AD
Read moreWe live in world where our children are bombarded daily by technology. So many young children are seen constantly on tablets or phones. Thankfully my seven year old twin girls love playing games and making things. They love crafting and using their imagination and creativity. So when I was recently sent TeeBee’s multipurpose toy box…
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Enjoy Quality Family Time The Easy Way
Read moreWhile it’s all too easy to succumb to the allure of all things emerging in the twenty first century, we don’t want to wave goodbye to our quality family time. Finding quality moments where everyone is free to spend some time together is difficult at the best of times. Throw into the mix the allure…
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Some Days I Feel I’m Screwing Up Fatherhood
Read moreAs a father we are thought of as strong and stable. We’re the rock that our children will build the foundations of their lives on. To our children we are the comforting arms that makes all the bad in the world go away. You lift their spirits when they are down. IF ONLY THAT WAS…
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Smart Ways Families Can Save Money When Owning A Car
Read moreMost families rely on having a car these days. After all, they are pretty handy to ferry the kids around, get to school each morning, and even for fun family road trips. Of course, the downside of owning and running a car is that it can really eat into your monthly budget. Something that means…
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I Feel Ashamed And Mortified #putyourphonesaway
Read moreI haven’t blogged for a while and my use of social media has been dramatically reduced. Why? Because I felt I had become addicted to all the bullshit that goes with it. The last thing I would look at at night was my phone. The first thing I would look at in the morning was…
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Chocolate Tool Box Awards 2019 Funny DIY Disasters With Hoppy At Home Competition #AD
Read moreWhen you buy your first home it’s an expensive time. If you’re anything like me you’ll try to do all those DIY jobs around the home yourself. This can so often end in disaster because you don’t have the right tools or quite honestly the ability or experience to complete a particular DIY job. This…
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Finding Safe and Natural Products for Your Baby
Read moreOver a century ago, in 1903, George Hyland found Hyland’s. George was a pharmacist and wanted to create products that aligned with his belief in the power the human body holds. George believed that the human body can find internal resources to heal itself. This led George to found Hyland’s, a homeopathic medicine company. Homeopathic…
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Father’s Day Gift Guide 2019
Read moreYes its that time of the year when we celebrate dad! So on June 16th why not spoil your dad and treat him to something extra special? I have put a few ideas together to help make Father’s Day extra special for your dad. It’s a mixed bag of ideas so hopefully there will be…
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Bluestone National Park With Persil UK #DirtIsGood #Presstrip
Read moreWe have just arrived back from Bluestone in West Wales after spending the weekend there as guests of Persil UK. We were invited to Bluestone Wales as part of their #DirtIsGood campaign. The campaign is all about getting outdoors as a family, and I couldn’t think of a more perfect location than Bluestone Wales. Situated…
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Summer Is On The way That Means Lots Of Gardening
Read moreSummer is now upon us. The next three or four months are hopefully the times when we spend lots of time in the garden. It’s that time of year when our seven year old twin girls spend hours playing in the garden on the trampoline, the swings, playing football or simply just making up games…


























