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I finally got around to reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last week, it took me about five days, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact I got to the last few chapters and felt an odd sense of sorrow that it was all about to end, seven books, thousands of pages, no new harry potter’s to look forward to.
This one was very different as there was very little about Hogwarts, and if I’m to be ultra critical the middle part of the story wasn’t as packed with …

The prospect of retiring is a long way off for me. To be honest, I’m only just embarking on my chosen career – primary teaching. I do know that the idea of retiring doesn’t excite me the way it does others. I’d rather find a job I enjoy so much that it’s actually a pleasure, and being paid is merely a bonus, no doubt this ‘job’ or calling if you like will change as I do, and in the latter years the time spent ‘working’ will …

Here’s one for you if you have a ‘naughty’ boy or girl this year. Why not trade the old-fashioned lump of coal for this over priced, musical, light-up Time Out Pad

Hours of fun not guaranteed, while you teach your child that you really can’t be bothered monitoring their behaviour and pass the responsibility over to this riduculous mat.
No?
Well how about a Time Out Mat then? This one ‘teaches sharing’! No need to gently explain the rules of sharing, why it’s important and how it affects …

I have mentioned my love of the Usborne Touch & Feel books before.
That’s Not My Snowman is the most recent title to have caught my eye and has expanded our collection to about seven books. Like the others the book includes a touchy feely spot on each page that demonstrates a different texture. Erin still loves these books! A great and cheap gift for a toddler.

We’re now only about a month off moving home. We currently live in a two bedroom flat with no outdoor space and a local council that seem to have forgotten about us on the recycling score, no multi-coloured bins around here. I’m ashamed to admit that we recycyle nothing except plastic carrier bags. We buy small packages, often. Purchase all our produce from the local supermarket and produce nothing ourselves. Nothing except waste that is.
Our only saving grace is that we don’t gorge on buying …

Feed Me! Feed Me Now is my new monthly (weekly?) feature. Basically I have a feed reader full of favourites, however, I’d like to cast my net a bit further and find some new and exciting blogs to read. Here’s how it works;
If you think I’d enjoy reading your blog and you’d like an extra subscriber, leave your feed url in the comments below and I will subscribe.
On Saturday I will do a feed cull and get rid of all the blogs I didn’t enjoy enough to keep …

As part of my parent testing a habit series this week the tip was to envisage my ultimate life. I have previously done this exercise as it featured in a book I read recently, so I thought it would be fun to turn it into a little meme.
Here are the rules;
1. Answer the questions as realistically or unrealistically as you want.
2. Copy the rules into your meme post or link to the rules here.
3. Linkback to the person who tagged you.
4. Tag 5 others.
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My Ultimate …

You Want To Do What?: Instant answers to your parenting dilemmas is written by Karen Sullivan and is aimed at parents with children between ages 8-18.
I have written a series of short discursive posts based on the book and the following topics;
Abortion
Babysitting
Clothing Allowances
Criminal Responsibility
ADHD
Morals
The books covers a lot of topics, which range from babysitting to bedtimes, exercise to ear-piercing, the index really is quite exhaustive to anything you may be faced with as a parenting. Most of the topics are covered in a balanced and widely acceptable …

I had the rare opportunity last week to catch up with current affairs. I ended up watching about half of David Cameron’s annual speech to the Conservative Party. There were a few interesting points, along with quite a bit of fluff, one of which was the idea of a National Citizens Service. It would be a voluntary affair aimed at young adults between the ages of 16-18, designed to be a transition to adulthood, a ‘coming of age’ if you like.
It’s not a bad idea, well, …