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If you have children in nursery, pre-school or primary school at the moment, you will no doubt have heard the word phonics.  If you have a school or nursery which communicates well, you may even understand a bit about what it means, but when your child comes home with “split-digraphs” and “CVC” words to learn, you may become a little baffled by it all. Fear not, in this blog post, I hope to demystify the whole thing  (at least a little) and leave you feeling able to help your child …

Long car journeys are a pain in the neck for many families. Once you have negotiated the best deal with a car dealer such as Evans Halshaw, then arranged the best deal on subsequent car insurance, the actual act of driving the car with kids in the back seat can be a whole new challenge. However, with these top tips, you’ll be able to avoid the pressure traditionally associated with long car journeys.
Firstly, be sure to plan your route properly. Getting lost is always a possibility on long trips, and …

A holiday abroad is a great time to bond with your children and introduce them to new and exciting experiences every day. While taking the little ones with you usually requires a bit more planning than the average trip – you’ll need to seek advice about travel vaccinations, what they can eat and what activities will be suitable – the memories they take home with them makes it all worthwhile.
If it’s your child’s first journey overseas, you should probably take things at a slower pace than you usually would on …

Avon is a brand which has a long standing reputation for providing great quality products and giving women a great opportunity to earn money around their family and lives. Great value and convenience has seen this brand become one of the leading beauty companies in recent years.
They have a great celebrity following and have recently added the beautiful Alesha Dixon to their long list of celebrity ambassador’s. Alesha is a great ambassador for Avon as she is a fantastic role model for young ladies with her beautiful natural look …

It’s essentially buying time
At the end of your life, if you were offered the opportunity to buy ‘extra’ hours at a rate of £10 an hour, would you do it?
If you had the money of course you would.
Well obviously it would depend on your state of health as well but let’s assume you’re in a good state of health, who wouldn’t want to purchase extra hours to spend with their loved one doing things they really enjoy. It’s a cliche and it’s mushy but our …

Everyone is trying to go green not only to save the planet but to try and save money in the long run. From recycling your waste, to growing your own fruit and veg to reusing things we’d normally throw away, all of these things are helping to lower our expenses and save our planet.
There is another way to try and be green, by using green energy with good energy. Good Energy where the first supplier in the UK to offer 100% renewable energy to households in 1999 and over a …

So I’ve been undergoing a little bit of a makeover recently, a sort of life makeover. It started with me switching degrees to make more time for the business. This led to me overhauling my schedule and getting a cleaner, something I’ve been considering for well over a year!

These changes then led to spending £250 in Gap, not sure how that happened *cough*. The same week I was invited to the new Regis Spa Salon in Jenners, so it was perfect timing really! The new salon …

I spent the first part of the month feeling ill and run down. Thankfully I was able work from the sofa.
I was catching up on Uni notes here. Alex provided care packages in the form of issues of The Guardian and frappucinos.
I think it made me realise that I can’t carry on juggling work and my current commitments at Uni – I’m still on a full time course, so I’ve decided to transfer to a degree that will take up just one day a month. I have …

Are you looking for a way to run your business more efficiently and know exactly what your cash flow is and how you can build on this in the coming years?
Well there are many ways in which you can do this but there is one important part of any business that needs to be kept on top of to make the business thrive and that is the books. Now this can be quite a time consuming task if not done correctly or done regularly, but there are ways of making …

Guest post by Suzy Greaves

Should we wait until we inspired until we take action or force ourselves to JUST DO IT?
I’ve been on team inspiration for many years. ‘You need to really want to do it versus forcing yourself,’ I would tell my clients. ‘Inspiration versus perspiration’ was my motto.
That was until I started writing my novel. I started it in 2010 and wrote 29,564 words. In 2011, I didn’t feel very inspired and waited for that inspiration. It never came. I didn’t write one single page.
2012 …

Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother

A book by Amy Chua about her experiences of ‘Chinese parenting’. The book compares the differences between her style of parenting and a more western style, all from Amy’s point of view. The book drew a lot of criticism as some of her parenting decisions can appear quite harsh. I really enjoyed the book though and found it really interesting.

Anam Cara
Anam Cara is gaelic for ‘soul friend’, this book explores the idea that for each of us there is someone out there that …

Last week we were sent a rocket play tent to review. In one way this was perfect for half term: something new for the kids to play with, and also something that more than one child can play with at time.
K and J have had lots of fun with it: K is really into space, aliens and so on at the moment and it is the perfect size for him. We started off with the tent in the lounge as it has been cold, and they have played in together …

Erin has started a business selling stuff in our livingroom. Over breakfast she gave me some ‘tips’ that I thought I’d pass on.
1. “Sell two things to two people before breakfast”
A good strategy, I like her self discipline. I also liked that I got favourable rates “because you’re a girl and you have a business too”
2. “It’s like Jessie J says, it’s not just about the money. You have to make them feel good too”
A nice reminder to stay customer focused.
3. “Sell people what they really need, …