Hashtags. Can you remember a world without them? I feel like it was Twitter that ‘invented’ the idea, but now you see them everywhere. People even say it out loud:…
Family decisions have a habit of becoming financial decisions. A house move affects the mortgage and commuting costs. A different car changes insurance, fuel and monthly repayments. Even a phone…
Very few adults can remember what they unwrapped at the age of seven. What tends to stick is the smell of mince pies in the oven, being far too excited…
Isn’t it annoying when no one will buy the things you want to sell? As a frequent seller of clothes/tech/furniture and pretty much anything else I don’t use anymore, this…
A first long-haul holiday with children is rarely stressful because of the destination. It is the flight, the transfer, and the first day when nobody has slept. Mauritius copes with…
We recently jetted off for some sun in the October half-term, and we decided to go to Sharm El Sheikh. Here I will tell you what I thought of our…
After hospital discharge, many people want to recover where they feel most comfortable. That is why post-hospital care at home matters. With a clear care plan, the right support services,…
There have been big changes in the Smithy family household this week. My fella has been getting increasingly annoyed with Sky raising their prices, so he did a bit of…
Putting up lights outside the house is one of those jobs that looks simple until the ladder comes out. Tangled cables, a dodgy socket and a rapidly dropping temperature can…
One of my son’s friends had a birthday party at Kick Air in Manchester, and they all had such a good time there that I thought I should make you…