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The treachery of lids

September 11, 2019 By Ellen

If I’ve learned one thing it’s this: Don’t trust a lid. It will only let you down. Never put your dignity in the hands of a little lid. Or a big one. Don’t let a disc of plastic be all that stands between you and discovering how much soup looks like vomit when it covers […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: coffee, domestic, humour, in my life, lids, Something happened in my life, Tupperware

Financial Relief with a Reverse Mortgage

September 11, 2019 By Ellen

There are a lot of reasons to look forward to retiring. Retirement offers more free time to explore your hobbies or spend time with family and friends, for instance. You can enjoy your retirement much more when you are financially stable enough to purchase necessities, as well as any other items you want. However, that […]

Filed Under: review

Hot air, cold air and cycling

September 2, 2019 By Ellen

Maybe it’s been going on for years and I just didn’t know. But there’s a thing called a Balloon glow that happens after dark when a lot of hot air balloonists (is that the right word?) get together in a field. It’s dark so they can’t fly anywhere, instead, they full up their huge bags […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: autumn, cycling, hot air balloons

Life insurance for families

September 2, 2019 By Ellen

If you have children, you don’t need me to tell you that life can get really quite chaotic. That to-do list is never-ending, your house is rarely ever guest-worthy and you’re stealing moments of sleep between changing nappies. Sound familiar? Despite all of this, there is a part of parenthood that often gets overlooked but […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Collaboration, life insurance, promotion

Things I learned from a holiday in Turkey

August 4, 2019 By Ellen

This time last week I was preparing my expedition up laundry mountain after our holiday in Turkey. We had a fabulously lazy time at our all-inclusive resort near Side. Here’s what I learned: Towel art is imaginative This one is certainly an elephant… We were less certain of this one though. McDonald’s is an interesting […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: children, holiday, in my life, Side, summer, Tui, Turkey

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