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Father’s Day 2017 Gift Ideas

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It’s just a matter of weeks until Father’s Day is upon us. How are your plans coming along? If the man in your life is a daddy to small children, then it’ll be up to you to do something nice for them. You might already have a few ideas, but if you’re struggling to think […]

The Etiquette Of Saying Goodbye

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When you have worked in an office for a while, you get to know all your colleagues pretty well. When someone decides to move on to greener pastures, or they get to retirement age, there’s an inevitable brown envelope whip round the office for a little something as a parting gift. Do you have to […]

The things that make me happy…

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Guess what? I’m still not 50 yet which, evidently, entitles me to bump on about the passage of time and life’s rich tapestry until everyone is heartily sick of me. Then I saw this and – apart from the brownies bit (they’re just bits of short square cake, whatever way you look at it) – […]

On fighting against age and other wastes of time

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  It doesn’t matter how much imagination or empathy you’ve got, sometimes it’s hard to know what something feels like til you’re doing it. What I’m doing these days is being nearly 50. (Less than a fortnight, since you ask.) From the advantage of youth, you’d have thought that 50 was the end of the […]

How to stay clean and green at home

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Environmentally safe cleaning is the answer Especially if you have young children, pets, or family members with allergies or other health problems, knowing that the cleaning of the carpets in your home will be done in a safe and a green manner is a very important decision.  Carpet cleaning needs to be safe for the […]

A Family-Friendly Garden Area: These Tips Will Help You Create One

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Image We all know how great it is to get out and about with our children. The fresh air can instantly calm impending tantrums or sulks, and it can certainly turn a bad mood into a more positive one. However, it isn’t always possible to get to the park or to a wonderful open space, […]

This magical May

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What’s been going on?  I love May. Not just because it’s birthday month, but because of sunshine and sharp cool mornings. This May is shaping up to be a cracker with blue skies and freckles all over the place. Mayday, mayday, mayday. On May Day I was troubling the airwaves as the guest on a […]