Tag: the public face
Squeezing the pennies – tracking day to day spending with #SagaSpendingDiary
Recently I was asked to take part in a #SagaSpendingDiary challenge and sent some items to help me with this task. So, in the kit, there’s a copy of The Wealth Chef: Recipes to Make Your Money Work Hard, So You Don’t Have To at Amazon uk (affiliate link), a budget diary, and a joint…
What's your X Moment?
Parenting, or indeed life, is full of blink and you’ll miss it moments. Once upon a time, that was what happened, if you weren’t there, you weren’t looking, you lost your chance. Then came cameras, Polaroids, digital cameras, and now most of us have that powerful camera in our pocket in the form of our…
Oswald, Return of the King by Edoardo Albert
I’m very pleased today to be taking part in the blog tour for Edoardo Albert’s second book, Oswald, Return of the King. Buy at Amazon The exiled family of King Aethelfrith of Northumbria arrive, after much hardship, on the island of Iona, where the monastery founded by St Columba has become a centre of worship…
Getting creative with insurance savings from Cavendish online.
Do you have life insurance? I don’t. I did, once upon a time, when I worked for a bank. It kind of came with the package. But that lapsed a while back, and one of the reasons I’ve never got organised again is because of the cost. But recently I was approached by Cavendish online…
Supporting the #LBBill
I’ve just sent the following letter to my MP. If you feel you can support the campaign, please consider doing similarly. The information you need is here and you can use the WriteToThem website. *** I don’t know whether you’ve ever heard of Connor Sparrowhawk, also known as Laughing Boy. He had autism and epilepsy,…
Internet matters – understanding the issues that can affect your children online
With 4 children in the family, ranging in age from 15 down to 3, and a steadily increasing supply of technology through the door, keeping on top of keeping children safe online is tough. Being asked to review the information on Internet Matters turned out to be extremely useful and informative, and no matter how…
An interview with Kate Atkinson, and some thoughts on A God in Ruins.
affiliate links – thanks for your support! Buy at Amazon.co.uk| Buy at amazon.com I have a confession to make – I am a bad book blogger. (Quiet at the back there!) No, seriously, in this particular case I have let you down. I have had A God in Ruins sitting here waiting for review, and…
Tell me about your ideal baby bag.
A few days ago I was approached by George from Cooper and Hill with a very interesting proposition. They’re looking to custom design a bag organiser that will go inside a tote bag to make it into a baby bag. This isn’t a first for them in terms of the custom bit, though they’ve not…
Blogfest – how does technology change the way we think?
So, this weekend was Blogfest no 3, and again I was going along to provide a techie voice. This time it was a single roundtable session, rather than the clinic, and while I have loved the clinics (the challenge of helping someone right there on the spot for just 10 minutes really fires me up…
