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Moving on
Well it's not long until my youngest and smallest heads off to senior school. She's fine about it as her big sister is still there and...
Nellie Knows : 27 May 2016
Here's my column which also appear in The Wokingham Paper. It’s been one of those weeks when everything was planned and then a phone call...
Less of the stress
We’ve got to the end of SATS week. I am of course writing as a mother of a child who has just done her Year 6 SATS but she's not been...
Coleslaw - a food for all seasons
There really is nothing nicer than a homemade coleslaw. It is so easy to make, all you really need is white cabbage, carrots and onions...
Easy oil cloth solutions
Our dining room table is a multi function piece of furniture - it's the dining room table first and foremost but also the dumping spot,...
On friendship
I read somewhere that unfriending someone on Facebook could be construed as bullying. Really, is that the case? Is Facebook the huge...
Impromptu Kitchen Revamp (thanks to Lidl)
I didn't wake up this morning thinking "I know what I'll do today I'll do a kitchen revamp" what I did think was "if I get everyone to...
Best of friends
It's not how long they've been in my life, it's what they bring to it. Over supper one night we were discussing friends and friendship. ...
Pom Poms and parenting
I've said many times before I am not an expert, I have experience in some things but that doesn't make me an expert. I've been parenting...
Cold feet, heavy heart and a wobble
Sometimes things hit me and I'm knocked, I wobble, I get cold feet and I find it impossible to get back to centre. Little things that...