As you will have seen over the past few months I have been decorating Harry’s new bedroom. It actually didn’t take that long at all and was completed in a few days but I’ve been spreading these posts out a little and adding a few final touches when I work out what it is thatRead more
Unless you’ve abandoned all reason to narcissistic tendencies, it’s unlikely that a home littered with poster-sized selfie prints sounds attractive. But it’s still possible to customise a few select products in a way that’s a bit kitsch, yet not too cheesy. So here are five everyday items you can customise in cool ways. T-shirts MostRead more
EQ, aka emotional intelligence or emotional quotient, is a buzzword these days for many aspects of our lives. Emotional intelligence is measured by an individual’s ability to empathise with others and to reflect on one’s own emotions in a measured way. Someone with a high EQ is adept at perceiving and responding adequately to others’Read more
As you know by now we are in the middle of redecorating Harry’s bedroom. He has always had the smallest bedroom and the plan was to move him when he was out of his cot. Life got in the way and what was supposed to be a nursery room only soon turned into a bigRead more
With my birthday being 4 days before Christmas we usually have a very low key celebration, and I have to admit the older I get the less I really bother with it preferring to spend time with my family instead of heading off out for a meal etc. Back in the summer I actually wonRead more
No matter what age you are, as soon as someone mentions writing a Will you are likely to glass over and even watching paint dry sounds more appealing – believe me I completely agree. It is one of those really grown up things which you know you really do need to do but in doingRead more
As you know I am a busy Mum, alongside being a Mum I also work from home. Harry goes to school 3 days a week so I try my hardest to get as much of my work done in those 5 hours but of course this isn’t always possible – by the time I getRead more
It’s been quite a while since I created a big girls bedroom for Emmy, turning it from a proper Nursery room with Teddy bears to a princesses room with purple walls and butterflies. Since that transformation we have changed things even more, the biggest change was removing her desk unit which we had been usingRead more
When I moved into our house many moons ago, Paul and I were engaged and moving into a 4 bedroom house seemed a little strange to our friends, we actually didn’t plan on staying here – buying only as a help to Paul’s parents as this was their house and the buyer backed out atRead more
To take a babymoon, you first need to get pregnant! That’s the (potentially) tricky part. The term “babymoon” was quite possibly invented by the travel industry to capitalise on a celebrity trend of taking a holiday in the months leading up to their due dates. To be fair, it’s a pretty good idea to enjoyRead more