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June has been much of a muchness. We've had extreme weather from glorious, almost tropical, sunshine to rain that falls so hard from the sky that it bounces off the pavement. I can go to work wearing a summery outfit and come home wearing galoshes and a snorkel!  It's been the worst ever month for my hayfever . In fact, hayfever can fuck off right to the back and then fuck off a little bit more. I usually suffer from March to the beginning of May and then a little bit in September but this year there's no respite and I'm unsure why - maybe it's because of the aforementioned mixed up weather? I'm in the process of trying a different type of antihistamine and the use of an acupressure point on my hand to try and curb it. But it still shit.  Once you start thinking about it , there's no natural place for  your tongue to rest in your mouth. The Egyptians were way ahead of their time with hieroglyphics.    Most of the communication I read on social...

If you have a high pressured or stressful job, it is often difficult to leave the work stress behind at the office at the end of the day. However, being able to relax after work is important as it will help you feel less stressed and safeguard against having a burn out. Here are my five favourite ways to relax after a hard day at work. Blow off some steam with fun online games Sometimes when you have had a long and hard day at the office, you need to de-stress your mind as soon as you get home. The best thing that I have found for relieving work based tension is playing online games. It really gives me something to focus on and lets me block out all of the day’s stresses. Royal Vegas online casino games provide all of my favorite casino games on one platform, which makes it easy to switch between them depending on my mood. Some days I want to play slots, and other days blackjack suits my mood better. The traditional lazy night Nothing beats a traditional lazy night afte...

This year has been a frugal one; lots and lots of talk about austerity.   Many moons ago I wrote about ' extreme couponing ' and how we don't embrace it enough in this country. I've also been using a lot of the advice in my ever-popular  money saving tips   blog post just so that we can save a little bit of extra cash here and there. Favourite exercises are to use cashback websites more often and save up my cashback amounts so that I have a bit of extra money towards the end of the year (I daren't mention  Christmas  the 'C' word just yet - we're only in June!).  I'm trying to be careful and I'm sharing my purchases out between in-store bargains and online offers.  I'm a huge fan of money-off round-up sites such as  My Favourite Voucher Codes  for saving on clothing and home supplies - especially for great  Debenhams discount deals . Another activity that I enjoy doing is searching for online competitions.  I love fi...

Why is Dad always so difficult to buy for? Don't they seem to have everything already? I've been on the hunt for the best (and affordable) present for my Dad - and also some ideas to give to my children - and came up with these five last-minute gifts. Magazine Subscription Firstly, a magazine subscription is always a bonus.  I gifted my dad a year's subscription of Private Eye for his birthday and he loves it. He even posts me the magazine when he's read it all so double bonus!  I can highly recommend magazine.co.uk * for this present as they have a huge range of magazines to choose from. Gifts For Under £10 At Christmas I was looking for some stocking fillers for the grandchildren so Rex London  was one of my first port of calls for gifts under £10.  I am totally loving the Man Cave sign and the retro alarm clock (not kidding... probably going to purchase one of these for myself) but there's all sorts of ideas on this website. (aside: last year I w...

There are times earlier this month when I wanted to write this blog post and there are times earlier this month that I wanted to never write again. May has been a long month and I've learnt a lot about myself and my family in that time. *trigger warning* I have included a picture of the car after the accident Hearing your son tell you on the phone that he's been in a car accident whilst he's still trapped in the car sends you into parental overdrive , especially when you find out that the accident has happened less than two minutes away from your own house. I'm still not sure the decision to jump in the car and head off to the scene of the accident was a good idea. Actually seeing your son trapped in a car and watch him be cut out by the emergency services renders you feeling useless .  Hearing him cry out in pain and know you can't do anything about it makes you feel more numb than you've ever felt. Seeing people flock to the scene of the...