homewares
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Enjoying flowers from the eflorist
When you think of receiving a gift of flowers, what service comes to mind? Hand delivered by a loved one, maybe your child on Mother’s Day? Or maybe a beautiful bloom delivered by delivery van, already in a lovely vase, or a presentation box? What you’re probably not expecting is your flowers to come in a large box, but that is how flowers come from the eflorist, one of the most successful online flower delivery services. I love receiving flowers, I truly believe they are one of the loveliest things to be given, and now that Joe is older we often have fresh flowers on window sills (Joe no longer…
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Save the Cyberworld with Bletchley Park and McAfee
As a parent with a child who is just starting to enjoy the benefits of the internet, one of my biggest fears is online safety. From chat-rooms and forums where people are not who they claim to be, to the hacking of passwords. From the transference of viruses that can lead to everything on your hard-drive being wiped out, to drive-by downloads that you don’t even know have occurred, the using of the internet by the young is just such a minefield. But help is at hand. Anti- Virus giant McAfee have formed a brilliant educational partnership with Bletchley Park, home of the Enigma code-busters and the birthplace of modern…
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Dr Beckmann – keeping the colours fresh
I like my wardrobe to work hard for me, to earn its keep, but this means keeping the colours looking fresh and new, even after numerous washes. But, if I’m being honest, I don’t really tend to sort my washing properly. My sister is almost anal when it comes to sorting out her washing, putting all the like colours together into neat little piles that can then be washed together. Whereas I, on the other hand, have two piles – ‘whites’ and ‘coloureds’. This system usually works OK, but it can lead to disasters. We all know of those times when suddenly everything in the washing machine has been tinged…
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Getting Crafty this Easter
Spring is a wonderful time of year for fashion but for busy parents it also means Easter, and that means the school holidays. And that means two or three weeks of finding activities to keep the children entertained and happy – which is never an easy task. It’s usually okay if the weather’s decent; play in the garden, go to the park, stroll around a farm, that kind of thing. But as everyone knows, the UK weather is rarely predictable and April can be especially wet and miserable. With that in mind, it’s always advisable to have a few ideas for indoor fun. Arts and crafts are perfect to occupy…
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Making the most of your bathroom space
In previous posts I have mentioned that this is the year of home improvements for my house. Joe is now five, and the era of drawing on the walls, bouncing toys off the floor and generally wrecking the house seems to have finally come to an end. This means that the areas of the house that had got a little shabby and in need of love can now be addressed without the worry of spending good money after bad. The first room we decided to tackle was the bathroom. We had made a start on this last year (you can read that post here) when we took part in a…
