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3 Important Things to Think About as a Parent*
Parenting is hard. That’s the first thing that always comes to mind when I’m asked about it. Hard but rewarding. For me, one of the hardest parts is thinking about the “what ifs“, I swear my life feels like a constant health and safety analysis. Before I had Little Miss and it was only just me I used to do things without thinking of consequences, and I definitely had a wild patch in my early 20s. Becoming a mother, and a single mother at that encouraged me to start considering the future and be careful with my money. Of course I’m still a little reckless, we do holiday a lot…
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How My Parents are Preparing for Their Future*
In March, I turned 30. To my parents, this is me a fully fledged adult (not the fact I don’t live at home, manage my own finances and have a child) and they felt it was time for us to sit down and talk about the future. In particular, their future. I’m blessed in that I don’t have elderly parents just yet but after a few health scares with my dad, they wanted to make sure I was prepared, that we were all prepared should anything happen. Not only that, but since my parents are still young and the average life expectancy is increasing each year, there is a chance,…
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10 Cheap Activities to Do With Your Child This Summer
If you follow my personal Instagram account you may have caught my moan about how hard I was finding this summer. I have to admit it’s the first summer I’ve really struggled, usually I can’t wait to have time with LM. I have to admit, this year although I’m not bored of her and she isn’t driving me up the wall, I am feeling incredibly unfulfilled that I’m not giving her the time of her life. I do think, like with everything, social media has a part to play in this. I see all these families doing amazing things and we’re doing the same routine every day and I feel…
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A Purrrfect Date Night with… My Cat*
Another weekend has come and gone, and obviously I didn’t have a date. I say obviously because I haven’t been on a date since a disastrous one last April when the guy walked into the coffee shop, saw me and said “no, this isn’t going to work” then left. Man that was a blow for my self esteem! I’d been dumped in the December, decided to put myself straight back out in the January, briefly started seeing a guy that I picked up was bad news from the start, had a few dates with another guy but he was so self righteous we just argued constantly and then coffee shop…
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Health Content // What to do if You’re Suffering from Alcohol Addiction*
If you are suffering from alcohol addiction you may feel that you are not sure what to do or where to start. It can be a daunting task to try and tackle something like alcohol addiction and I can tell you now that it is not easy to do it alone. There are several things you can do to start if you feel that you are suffering from an addiction to alcohol. Credit The first thing you should do is to identify whether or not you have a problem. How to identify: Do you lie to others about your drinking habits? In order to relax, do you have to drink?…
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The Biggest Hair Mistake I Ever Made*
Let’s face it, no one has a perfect hair history. We all look at old photos and cringe at someone of the hair styles, even if some were only during childhood. It might be easy to laugh some of those bad hair choices, but others can really effect people emotionally. My hair is naturally blonde. When I was little it was white blonde but as I got older it started to darken and looked more like what LM has now. But it was thick and bushy. I had a natural wave but with the ingrained notion of “brush your hair” it usually looked more like Hermione Granger circa Philosopher’s Stone…
