Online shopping can be a gift and a curse. You don’t have to worry about leaving home to stock up on your favourite items. However, maxing out your credit card is easy when you don’t see how much you’re actually purchasing. Because online shopping can be pretty dangerous, learning how to utilise your resources is wise. Discovering different deals and…
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In this day and age, your career opportunities are endless. For a lot of people, choosing to do something they love seems impossible. It can feel as if you just aren’t in the right place to be able to do what you want. Or that you won’t get the opportunities, or you’re not skilled or experienced enough. And sure, sometimes…
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New Year, new you? Although this is the sentiment that many want to share, the truth is that you still woke up on the 1st day of the New Year being the same person you were the day before. And the things that are going to help you to make those positive changes you’ve wanted to make for yourself are…
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With real estate markets in a bit of a slow-down. More and more homeowners are choosing to make renovations instead of moving into a new home. Cities in the US like Atlanta are a perfect example, with 28% of sellers dropping home prices in September 2018. Companies like Suddath Atlanta are feeling the squeeze. Fortunately, we can turn their bad…
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Last year I starting helping my mum to renovate her old miner’s cottage. You may remember we started with replacing the windows then ended the year completing the bathroom. This year we have been thinking about the kitchen and what flooring is best for kitchens and family rooms. In our new build we chose to have Karndean flooring put down,…
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Hello and welcome back to #LuckyLinky Week 86. Happy New Year! As you all know I love to enter competitions and have been doing it for years, much longer than I have been blogging! So I want to see all your lovely competitions all in one place. It will make it much easier for all of us who love to…
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Keeping the kids occupied on long car journeys can be difficult, but toys are the ultimate distraction from the dreaded question of “are we there yet?” Keeping them entertained doesn’t have to be expensive, there are plenty of budget options out there. All toys in this article are under five pounds, with many of them costing just one pound each!…
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The other day I posted about my blogging goals for 2019, but didn’t really mention my personal goals, hopes and dreams for 2019. I’ve been reading some other blogs, namely Let Them Be Small, Pondering Parenthood and What the Redhead Said and love their idea of 19 aims/goals for 2019. So I thought I would have a think of what…
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Sitting over my kitchen table writing away makes my shoulders and neck sore at times. I forget to take breaks when I should especially if Mr B is in the living room with the girls playing. Luckily for me I was sent over the new relaunch Deep Heat Muscle Rescue products to try out. Looking forward to 2019 the Deep…
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What I’m up to on the Blog in 2019 I’m back to work in a couple of days after finishing maternity leave, I will of course be still going with this blog. Blogging is my way of life, and of course my job now. It’s allowed me to drop down to part-time as well, so I can spend more time…
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2018 started off being a great year. I was looking forward to our second daughter arriving in the Spring. My blog was doing well, and I only had a few more weeks of work before I started my maternity leave. But my dad was getting sicker and weaker. You see my dad was a very special person. When he was…
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Well where do I start? Looking back over 2018 it was a fantastic year on the blog. Up to the point of writing this I’ve had over 143,000 page views this year, and over 18,000 social media followers. With over 10,000 on Twitter alone. I’m chuffed to bits with these stats, and appreciate every follow and page view. Thank you.…
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If you are moving house then you will understand how stressful this can be. After all, you don’t just have to wait to move everything out, you also have to work with the buyer to make sure that they can move everything in properly as well. If you are having a hard time doing this then you may feel overwhelmed…
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