When choosing activities for a two and a half year old I find simplicity the key.  Any more than 3 steps and I’m afraid you’re asking for trouble, lucky this activity only has three steps then eh!  Seriously though, this activity was soooo age appropriate and Erin was thrilled with the result, definitely worth a [...]

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The growing season began in March, I was so keen I started in February, deciding initially to start with a few pots (next year I hope to progress to raised beds and then a small greenhouse).  So far we’ve harvested (with mixed success) lettuce, chives, parsley, strawberries, rosemary and basil.
Lettuce
I used wooden trough and sowed [...]

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My social science course with the Open University (OU) started in May. The first ‘package’ arrived late in April and included workbooks, cd’s, dvd’s, study pamphlets and the main course books. To be honest it all looked a little intimidating and I wondered where to start, until I found the most important document [...]

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I was fortunate enough to receive a big pile of books from Hill and Knowlton a couple of weeks ago. I decided not to give them to Erin all at once but to spread them out over the summer (read: keep them as a secret stash for when I want half an hour to [...]

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There’s been a lot of coverage recently about an impending recession, the american mortgage crisis, and the rising price of food and fuel. Is there anyone who hasn’t given at least a quick thought to their monthly budget and looked for where they could trim some fat? I have, and I’ve also been [...]

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Women Work Harder Than Men (and other interesting facts)

Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours, buy earn only a tenth of the world’s income.
I found this fact to be particularly disturbing, although not really that surprising. There is still huge inequality in the developing world, however, that’s not to say we don’t have [...]

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Hi,
Just a quick note to let you guys know why posting has been a bit slow, I had a little surgery last night for the absess problem and I’m putting my feet up for a bit. I should start up with the posting again pretty soon. I’m feeling much better but I [...]

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Hey there Littlemummy.Com readers, Dave here, your friendly neighbourhood webhead. The site will be down intermittently for the next little while as I do a backend upgrade of the blogging software it runs on, so things might look a little screwy or not work while it’s in progress. Bear with us.
Update:
Aaaand, we’re back.  [...]

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A while ago I was approached by a McCain representative offering me FREE samples of their new gourmet range, not one to say no to free food, I accepted.
We tried three varieties from their gourmet range, to be honest, although I accepted (free food!) I was pretty sceptical. I don’t usually buy these type [...]

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As you may have read, I have particular interest in further education at the moment. How to pay cash for college offers some great tips on how to make the pennies (cents) stretch a little further.

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