Articles Archive for September 2011
Parenting »
We are all proud parents and love to video our children’s most precious and proudest moments.
Well Samsung are holding a competition to win $25k by posting a video of your children or yourself displaying their skills on their site. It could be a key milestone such as scoring their first goal or try,or? showing off their gymnastics or dancing skills.
The video below is an examle of what Samsung are looking for, it shows a mother videoing her daughter celebrating scoring a goal. If you are like me I am always …
Blogging, Headline, Making a living »
Blogging to make money is an attractive option for stay at home mums who want to make a little extra for treats and holidays. I?m often asked, ?Can I make money from my mum blog?. My answer is yes, but if you?re really serious a much better option is to take your blogging skills and apply them to a different niche.
The problem with monetising a mum blog
I?ve made a steady income from a mum blog (a blog that chronicles your life as a mum) so it is possible, …
Days Out, Headline, Money »
WIth the economy in the state it is in, it is always nice to be able to save money, especially on nice treats that you may not always find the spare money for.
Well there are many sites around nowadays that offer fantastic savings on activities, beauty treatments, days out, theatre tickets, meals out and items for around your home.
Deals London is a great place to visit if you are looking to take a trip there and want to find some great treats that won’t cost the earth. They have amazing …
Headline, Life »
From the 12th September, Walt Disney World Resort Florida are looking for a British Mum to join their panel of 30 holiday planning experts from across the globe to help answer any questions, offer advice and address specific concerns of? families who are planning a trip to the resort.
The panel was started in 2008 and in 2010 working mum Emma Nicholson from Lancashire became the first official UK representative on the panel and they are now seeking a second British Mum or Dad.
Ginger Taggart, Executive Marketing Director at Disney …
Baby, Parenting »
Guest post by Kizzy
It is important to establish a bedtime routine from early on with a newborn to help them wind down and help you gain a bit of time to yourself.
Johnson’s have developed a range of videos to help parents with some of? the issues which arise with the birth a child and one such video is how to establish a good bedtime routine to aid a good nights sleep.
This is a mistake I made and one I still struggle with with my eldest! Starting when they are young …
Headline, Life »
I just got the new Joe Browns catalogue through. Let me just say that I actually do like a lot of Joe Browns stuff but I don’t know whether it’s my age *cough* or what but there are some things I definitely won’t be wearing this Autumn.
These ‘unique’ layered leggings for a start. Do you think by ‘unique’ they mean weird? Or am I just out of touch?
These ‘alpine adventure wristwarmers’ would have been handy (excuse the pun) in Lapland but here in Scotland I don’t usually suffer …
Headline, Making a living »
Every so often as I’m growing my business and income streams I get to a point where I become overwhelmed by an accumulation of tasks and adhoc ‘stuff’, some important some less so.
When I get to this point I know it’s time to go back to some basic principles, one of which is the 80/20 rule (also known as the pareto principle). The principle is that 80% of your time should be spent on the 20% of tasks that create most value. This principle is not a difficult …
Headline »
Got any old unwanted CD’s, DVD’s, and video games lying around? Why not support a charity by donating the cash you receive to the Breast Cancer Care or The Children?s Trust Society. MusicMagpie have recently launched an initiative that helps support these two great charities.
How do I get involved?
You can help raise money for charity by selling your old and unwanted video games, DVD’s and CD’s all from the comfort of your home. Using your laptop you can enter the individual barcodes of each video games, DVDs and CD’s where …
Headline, Parenting »
We’ve enjoyed lots of Playmobil goodies this summer in our role as playologists. First off we received two new playmobil sets, the playmobil fairy garden and playmobil apple harvest. Both sets are amazingly detailed and well worth the effort to build.
A few weeks later we were treated to our very own playmobil family. Check us out.. ‘Real’ Erin has brown hair but we’re not ones to quibble over minor details. We laughed A LOT over Alex’ sunglasses which sadly are very accurate. Oh dear.
Finally we …












