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Writing, business, family life, Milton Keynes - there's all sorts on here!
Feel the love – why women need some Styled by Susie love in their lives
Clothes shopping is never what I think it’s going to be. I have high hopes of what I’m going to find, and how it’s going to look, and they are usually dashed. I step dispiritedly from the changing rooms, after half an hour of...
Stopping the Avalanche by Biting the Bullet (Journal)
Things I need to remember fall out of my head sometimes. It's a fact I've learned to live with, but I don't like it. The danger is that once one thing tumbles out, I can't trust other things to stay put - and a tiny snowball of forgetfulness turns into an avalanche....
Top Three Things I’ve Learned in my First Year of Business
On 1 January, a little Facebook reminder popped up to tell me that I’d posted a full year ago about starting my own business. There are lots of usual things to say about this, like how it’s flown by, how it’s the best decision I could have made, and how much I’ve...
What Made Your Childhood Christmas?
The urge to create Christmas perfection is all around us - from social media, adverts, and even inherited from a parent (fans of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation will understand parental festive fanaticism). It’s so easy to feel that what we’re doing isn’t magic...
Nativity – Delight or Disaster for our little boy?
There is so much magic in the infants' Nativity Play, from the obvious and undeniable cute factor, to the shepherd who won't give Baby Jesus his lamb (one of them threw it through the stable window in a nativity my sister did - most amusing, especially to my...
Christmas Shop for the Littlest Schoolkids
Yesterday was one of my favourite days in our infant school calendar – Christmas Shop. Kids love Christmas because of the presents, obviously – their own presents, and in my experience, any that the people around them will let them open too! The joy of receiving a...
Christmas magic please – the sooner the better
I don’t need to ask the kids twice, and the husband surprisingly needed very little convincing as well – so the Christmas decorations are going up this weekend! This is a big break from the tradition I was brought up on. In our house, we were lucky if there was a hint...
Lapland UK review – the most magical family Christmas experience
Lapland UK: It's TRUE. That's the slogan...and after our day out there in late November, I believe it too. Here's our Lapland UK review, and why we believe it's the most magical Christmas experience out there. If you have heard of this wonderful place, you may know...
