Best Foods To Help a Cold & Cough This Season
8 ways to cope with dark mornings
Contains Sponsored Link¦ Now that the clocks have gone back, we’ve been plunged into the dark wintery mornings I loathe. Along with dropping temperatures, it’s not exactly a great combination for motivation! I’m really not a winter person at all and I find it being dark when I wake up really tough. The last thing I want to do is get up and ready for work. It takes every fibre of my being to not just curl up and stay under the duvet for a few more hours! However, there are things that you can do to make the dark mornings a bit more tolerable!
Increase Your Home’s Value with these 10 Outdoor Upgrades
Collaborative Post¦ A major kitchen renovation or garage addition may be too expensive to tackle now. But you can make your home more enjoyable and more valuable with some less expensive outdoor upgrades. You will find some improvements such as a new decked patio (with butyl tape to protect your investment) giving you more living space, while others elevate your aesthetic, such as bifold doors or the addition of some lovely new bushes in the garden.
Review: Jaques of London toys and board games
Review – Gifted¦ Established in 1795, Jaques of London is the oldest games company and sports manufacturer in the world. Amazingly, it has stayed in the same family and is now on its eight generation! According to their website, “Jaques have been responsible for inventing many well known games, such as Croquet, Ping Pong, Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, Tiddledy Winks, The Staunton Chess Set, Happy Families, Snap and many more”.
We were recently invited to review a couple of their products and have been very impressed. See for yourself and shop at Jaques of London with a 15% discount by using this link: https://jaques.games/15off
Creating the perfect gallery wall with Desenio
Gifted & Sponsored ¦ For years, I’ve been toying with the idea of a gallery wall. Done right, they look amazing. Yet I’ve always shied away from it for the fear of putting holes in the wall only for it to end up looking cluttered and not as I envisioned. Last November, we moved house and we’ve just got to the point where we can actually start decorating soon (hooray!) Ahead of this, I’ve been using Desenio’s fantastic gallery wall tool to collate some of their beautiful prints into the perfect gallery wall for my bedroom.
A Handy Guide If You’re Struggling To Conceive
Collaborative Post¦ You may have everything you want in life and be exactly where you envisioned being. You might have the perfect career, the perfect partner, and the perfect house. There is just one thing missing, a baby. Unfortunately, struggling to conceive naturally is more common than we think. 1 in 7 couples have trouble conceiving. The longer you try to conceive the less likely your chance of conceiving naturally will be. If you are not too bothered about how you get a child you could look into other methods of having a baby. These include fostering, adoption, or surrogacy.
An interview with Autumn, age 5
When Autumn was a baby, this set of questions circulated around many parenting blogs. I couldn’t wait for her to be able to talk and now she’s never quiet! By the time she turned 2, she was speaking enough for us to have a decent conversation. As such, I asked her these questions for the first time! Since then, I’ve asked her these questions each year. It’s fascinating to listen to her answers and document them year after year. Some of them stay the same, while other change quite drastically! Here’s a little insight into Autumn’s perspective on life as a (just turned) 5 year old!
Book Review: A Boy, His Bear and a Bully
Book Review¦ I’m always on the look out for books for my children – I can’t resist a bookshop or a good supermarket offer! Fun books are all good and well, but I really love it when they teach them something at their level. With Autumn starting school last month, I was worried about other children upsetting her. Most parents probably worry about that, as it’s the often the first time they’re not there to help their child in such situations. I wanted to find a way of introducing the idea of bullies to Autumn and how to deal with them, just in case. However, I wasn’t sure how to and didn’t want to make her worried. Then, I was offered a copy of A Boy, His Bear and a Bully by Katie Flannigan and P.J. Reece to review and I thought it looked just the thing. Here’s what we thought.
4 Ways To Use Technology For Optimal Productivity
Collaborative Post¦ Technology has been a significant player for business for the last couple of decades. Businesses have benefited from being able to send and receive messages instantly and having access to other resources that can help them stay productive. This blog post will explore four technological advancements that you can use to maximize your productivity in today’s digital age.
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8 things I love about autumn
Before I begin, this post is about the season, not my daughter! When I think of autumn, the first thing I think of is the charm of the golden sunlight shining through the resplendent crimson, titian and ochre leaves. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl, who coincidentally was born on the autumnal equinox. While I’m always sad to say goodbye to the warmth of summer, there is plenty to adore about the autumn.
