“What the hell am I reading,” was my initial thought when I first saw a news article about this H&M hoodie. Probably because I looked at that screenshot (it’s being called an add but clearly it’s a product listing to be more accurate) and thought “nice hoodie”. The furore that has broken out of this is […]
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Trumping Brexit
If you thought this blog was going to stick to family life and my running you would be very much mistaken. No, I do have opinions about things as well and today I’m writing about two. Trump & Brexit You see to me Donald Trump is very similar to Brexit – here’s why: Trump became […]
Running Diary 2018 – Week 1
Distance this week: 11.1km Number of runs this week: 2 Distance to goal: 1988.9km As I sit here typing this from my sickbed (okay – sofa) to reflect on my running in week 1 of 2018 I must admit it’s been a bit of a failure. Then when I consider that I have targeted a goal […]
Parents – Teach Your Kids to Cook
Not long ago our usually excellent (by that I mean distinctly average) meal planning plunged to a new depths. You know those days when all plans unravel and change. Well, on one such day I came home from work, just after 5pm, and was greeted with having to whip up a meal for the 6 […]
Why I Won’t Stop My Kids Drinking Sugary Drinks
You must have seen the commotion caused as the makers of IRN-BRU announced that they are altering the recipe of their popular drink to reduce the sugar content in there famous drink from 10% sugar to 5% sugar and replace it with artificial sweetners. If not then take a look at Sky News. Now the […]
A Happy Musical Christmas
You may have noticed my post on Instagram recently where I had bought this years Christmas Radio Times. We don’t generally buy TV listings magazines, and nor do we buy the weekend newspapers that usually contain their own variety so it’s not often we plan ahead what we watch on TV. In fact, for over […]
What to watch on TV this Christmas
I remember as a boy that my Mum would always buy both the Radio Times and the TV Times Christmas editions. It always made me giggle with excitement as this event meant Christmas was not very far away and I would spend a good long while pouring over both books ensuring I knew exactly which […]
Cultural Appreciation
Earlier this week I saw Tweet by the well know TV broadcaster, photographer and naturalist Chris Packham. Happy Christmas @VisitFaroe @TheFaroeIslands @Tinganes I hope Santa visits this child and brings her some compassion , a respect for life , an awareness of conservation and the desire to grow up and drag your community into the 21st Century RT pic.twitter.com/znZbQBaLfZ Within […]
Keep it simple – keep it fun
Last night the two youngest girls we at their pantomime rehearsals for a few hours so we were left alone with the teenagers. Rather than skulking off to their rooms (as teenagers, I have learnt, seem to like to do) they actually showed an interest in hanging around us. So, Helen suggested we play a […]
I Won A Synology DS418play
For the second year running, I have won a competition via the internet with a prize worth hundreds of pounds. It’s a Synology DS418play NAS and I feel pretty lucky. Last year it was a GoPro 4 with accessories from an Instagram contest run by Challenge Sophie and today I took delivery of this Synology […]