I have worn glasses now for 11 years, and since I put on my first pair I have accepted that they were going to have to be a part of my life forever. Waking up blurry eyed and scrambling around in search of my spectacles as become a much a…
We all know keeping fit is an essential part of living a healthy, long and prosperous lifestyle. About 30 minutes of exercise per day is what is recommended. However, we also all know how hard it can be to have the motivation to…
Despite all the scepticism that surrounds the words ‘British Summer’, the Met Office has shocked us all by predicting that temperatures are to reach the almost tropical heights of 17 degrees this week. This means that unfortunately I can no longer sit playing Xbox in my woollen jumpers and sweatpants…
For some odd reason people have developed fears and concerns about attending any professionals to seek medical advice if they have a problem. The fear of being ill or having something badly wrong with you is worse than not seeking help to discuss the problem in the first place. It…
Every year, more and more people are moving out of the UK into the big wide world. The moving abroad craze has become extremely popular for the younger generations, especially post-grad students, who are in the prime of their youth and quite frankly can’t wait to get out of here!…
As consumers, we’re all guilty of impulse purchasing whether that be chocolate, clothes, make-up or cosmetic dentistry, inevitably buying lots of any one product can result in causing a serious dent to your bank balance. Not surprisingly then, looking at recent statistics on market charts, it was stated that 77%…
I have been a smoker for some 25 years. I’m not stating that as something that I’m proud of, quite the opposite; it horrifies me. I’m 41 years old, so I’ve been a smoker for more than half of my life! For some reason, I don’t seem to be able…
Last year my daughter experienced an accident which has irrevocably changed the way I now parent my kids. To explain, my kids have grown up playing at the play area on the estate where we live and it was always a place for us mum’s to meet up and…
Tricking Kids’ into Eating Healthy: Children’s Party Buffets Of almost every kids’ party I’ve attended one thing has remained the same – the food. Every time I see bowls of crisps and crustless triangles of white bread glued together with processed cheese spread I feel a bit confused. We…
The holidays I’ve been taking over the last couple of years have had something of a dual purpose. They’ve not just been about getting away from it all for a week or so, they have been about our future, to be more specific, where we live in our retirement years….