Learning how to manage your money properly is something that will benefit you for your entire life. The sooner you start practising this level of responsibility, the easier your life will be. Still, the question at the top of your mind likely is, how exactly do you take care of your personal finances? Does it […]
Writing: seeking satisfaction
Previously, I’d imagined Writer’s block was an empty loft. Nothing there but pigeon shit and echoes It’s not though. It is stuffed, rammed, jammed and bloody well bunged up. Like a colon after Christmas. Too much feasting on the fabulous Bingeing. Masticating and swallowing. Until All at once Immobile, There’s belly ache and belching. […]
What Does Your Credit Score Actually Mean?
Your credit score is the same as your credit rating. In essence, it’s a numerical score or value between 0 and 1,000 (although the credit reference agencies’ scales vary). This score tells lenders how much of a risk they’re taking if they lend you money. It also determines what sorts of credit you can get […]
5 Simple Ways to Make Your Kitchen Function Better
Cooking at home is quickly falling by the wayside in favor of eating out or picking up packaged foods. According to the Harvard Business Review, only 15 per cent of Americans said they love to cook, 50 per cent said they actually hate it and 35 per cent are ambivalent about it. Make sure that […]
Pumpkins v turnips
Boy One was moaning about the huge effort it was taking to scrape the goopy stuff out of his pumpkin. “You’re lucky you’ve got pumpkins,” said I. “In my day we had turnips and that was a horrible job – it took ages and the turnip stank. The whole job made your arms ache.” I […]
Strategies For Losing Weight & Keeping It Off
Losing weight is a difficult challenge in itself and keeping it off is even harder, thankfully today we have access to supplements like thermogenic that will make everything easier. You have to be fully committed to staying on track and following a plan of attack if you want to be successful in the long run. […]
What did you do at the weekend?
Anyone else over 50 find it takes considerable effort to answer this one? A grinding of gears and a cranking look round at the two days of domesticity and idleness peppered by parental duties. “Pretty quiet. Nice, though,” does the job. I suppose no one is really that interested in anyone’s weekend until the answer […]
Hopes for Indian summer fade…
There it was, the first proper weather of the season. Storm Ali romped across the country causing considerable inconvenience. I had to change my plans and catch a bus. Heaven forfend. Boy Two abandoned his bus stop vigil when his hands went numb, and the garden is in more disarray than usual. It wasn’t always […]