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Today, the Carbon Monoxide – Be Alarmed! Campaign has published worrying new research that shows that at least 35 million people across Great Britain are still at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning.
In life, there are good and bad surprises. I like good surprises, Hubby coming home with a bunch of flowers (hint hint) or a special night out. I don’t like bad surprises like hefty energy bills that eat up all your savings. It’s easily done during winter as the nights draw in, lights come on … Read more
I used to have an office, not a playroom/office, not a bedroom/office and not a dining room/office. I had a fully functioning office and dare I say it, I miss it!
Sometimes it can be hard to know what to buy for a two year old, they are too old for most of the ‘baby’ toys but they haven’t quite grasped some of the older toys that their siblings and peers play with. There is one place that most two year olds love to spend time, … Read more
We have been living in our house for 2 years now and there is one room, in particular, that has never really worked and that’s our dining room. When we planned each room there were two rooms left downstairs, one which is designed to be a study and the other larger room as the dining … Read more
Gone are the days when a supermarket just sells the weekly groceries, now they have just about everything that you could need all under one roof. I have always been a big fan of Asda, especially some of the more ‘out-of-town’ stores because they always have a bigger selection of items. At Asda you can … Read more
I like to sleep. No, I LOVE a good nights sleep! Before children, it was not unusual for me to sleep until lunchtime at a weekend, although to be fair I probably hadn’t actually gone to sleep until the early hours of the morning. When I became a parent the lack of sleep didn’t bother … Read more
When we were in the design stages of our new house nearly 3 years ago we in our infinite wisdom decided that we would be fine with just a bath in the master bathroom for the children and a shower in the en-suite for us. We didn’t really think about what would happen when guests … Read more
I love my home, and I love a bit of interior design, but some people really do go that extra mile which is why I wanted to share this competition with you because some of my readers might actually have an extraordinary home just like the one in the video below!