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My review of a hybrid mattress (since refunded)

Sleep. That thing we talk about all the time. Lack thereof.... We’d owned our Sealy mattress for 9 years and after our fab first night away from the girls at Cotswold Waterpark hotel we came home to our old faithful mattress and both winced. Hubby said it first, “we need a new mattress”. But

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Lockdown gardening ideas – part one (of several no doubt)

Yes, we all know lockdown is supposed to be boring. And those that waffle on about how "life changing" and "positive" lockdown is, are meant to be even more boring than the former. So I'll try to keep it sweet and short. I don't mind the lockdown, because I've been spending it in my garden. In

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How do people afford to run two cars?

Well, this is a personal bugbear of mine. The best type of family car is versatile. From picking up the children from school, taking the family cat to the vets, doing the weekly shop and traveling to work, the family car is a serious multi-tasker. And so they need to be! It might be said by

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Things to do with your Kids this Autumn

The days are getting shorter, and the weather is getting colder. But that doesn't mean that you and your kids have to huddle up indoors watching the TV. Spending time outoors when young can kick-start a lifelong love for adventure, and what better hobby for your children to have than to spend their time outdoors?

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Being a Ginger Haired Woman and Mummy!

My Mother was ginger, her dad was ginger and ages before him all had ginger hair. Ultimately, my Daughter is ginger. She is my smaller than normal me and I am genuinely happy that I have passed my carefulness onto her – being ginger is unique, something to be glad for. Such huge numbers of individuals

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About Me – My Story and Where I Come From!

When you turn into a parent everything changes. You don't appear to get an opportunity to do anything. When I had enormous J it was the day preceding my 22nd birthday. I didn't have any pastimes I just appreciated doing 'couple' things with Daddy. Regardless of whether it was going the silver screen or for

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Making Things Just Happen!

Courtesy of the ladies over at And Sew We Craft we have been doing a Photo a Day challenge again this month, December 2015. I started strong but now I’m playing catch up. Nevertheless I thought I’d share my pictures so far. The more I think about it, I think what makes a pattern one of