My Sunday Photo; Quiet Contemplation with Snacks

Tefal Fresh Express Review

I have had my Fresh Express for a while now and I use it all the time. I have been meaning to do a review and just hadn't got around to it, but I've just spotted it's half price in Tesco at the moment, so thought this was as good a time as any! What I love about the Express is how small it is. It is solidly made, so it doesn't feel flimsy, but it is very efficiently designed. It is easy to assemble and all the pieces fit together, so storage is very straightforward and it doesn't take up any more space than is absolutely necessary, which is a huge bonus in a small kitchen. It is also very simple to use, with just one large button that is easy to access and press, even if you have messy hands from cooking.

Exciting Holiday News with Roebeck Country Park!!

We have had the best news ever this week! News so exciting, L cried tears of happiness and has talked of nothing else since I told him! We are going on holiday!! This is the first holiday we've had in quite a while, so it's a fairly major event and we are really looking forward to it. L is growing up so fast and he has been mentioning for some time now that he would love to go 'proper' camping. For the uninitiated in the language of small boys, 'proper' camping must take place a significant distance from the place where you live, ie; not in the garden or under the dining table. it must involve an atual tent and there will be no corner-cutting when it comes to cooking and eating al fresco. 

Are You Retiresavvy?

Um... no. I am not. I can't deny it, I am woefully unprepared. I have been thinking about it a lot lately, though. Which is why I was more than happy to be given the task of critiquing the new Retiresavvy website. Pension provision effects everyone and I think a lot of us, like me, tend to bury their heads in the sand and hope for the best. However, options for retirement and pensions are changing and it is really important to stay in the loop of what's available and how to prepare for the future.

My Sunday Photo; A Moment of Pride

Win: Evo Cycle Helmet Kit for Global Road Safety Week

This week's competition features an essential element for keeping your child safe on the road. Did you know that around 186,300 children under 18 years die every year on the world's roads? Children in developing countries are three times more likely to die in a road traffic accident than those in developed countries. The Third UN Global Road Safety Week - #SaveKidsLives - aims to highlight and hopefully change this statistic, by raising awareness and finding ways to tackle the problem. By entering this competition, you can help, because every tweet hashtags to this important cause. 

Living with Asthma from a Young Age - How to Help

This guest post is written by my daughter Jade, who would like to tell you about her experiences as an Asthma sufferer. She was first diagnosed at the age of 2 and has lots of advice to help young people cope with asthma, based on her own experience. If you know a young asthma sufferer, you might find this post helpful, because no one knows this illness better than someone who has battled it for 20 years. Asthma is dangerous and prolific and it costs lives. Many people are affected by it and the charity Asthma UK is campaigning for Change to improve the lives of the millions of sufferers in this country. Please click the links to find out how you can help. Over to Jade, who I'd like to thank for writing such a lovely post!

Ode to Too Much Junk Mail!

Stop shoving stuff through my door,

It’s really becoming a bore,

All kinds of media tat,

Arrives on my mat

And I really can’t take anymore!

Every day with a sure certainty,

There arrives, more or less, half a tree,

Of leaflets and bumf,

Political gumf,

And an advert for podiatry.