midlife
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The curse of forgetting people’s names
There are some people in this world who can remember the name of every person they ever meet, I am not one of them. In fact, I am the complete opposite. I have a knack for forgetting people's names within seconds, but could brain training help?
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March Round-Up
Here's everything that we got up to throughout March. From texting mysteries to DIY disasters, puking children, night time injuries, artificial intelligence and runs in the rain.
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Annoying midlife injuries and alternative tennis elbow treatments
Tennis elbow and a host of other oddly named injuries can befall any of us in our forties...in our sleep! How many have you had, would you try alternative ways to treat them and can they be avoided?
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Happy parenting – 10 moments of magic
Parenting is hard work, but there are also moments of magic. In the first of a two part post, here are my top ten happy parenting moments, or the first five at least. Find out why swimming, a wall and reading make the list...
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Dad DIY disasters – is there any hope?
All dads are meant to be good at DIY, right? Unfortunately that's not always the case and some of us are so spectacularly bad at it that the simplest jobs can spell disaster. Is there any hope for dodgy DIY dads, like me?
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What a mess! The school run fashion show fail
I caught sight of myself in the mirror the other morning and was shocked to see an unkempt old man staring back at me. Dressed in shabby clothes, with hair all over the place and a week-old beard, I looked like a mess. However, I'm not alone, it turns out there are thousands of us on the school run every morning.
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Why do kids talk using texting abbreviations? IDK
For my children, the use of acronyms now seems to be preferred to actual words in most forms of communication. But what are they saying, and is there any hope for parents?
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Enough with the cold weather
This winter has been so long that I'm beginning to think I live in Narnia. As I sit here, typing these words - wearing multiple layers and gloves - I can safely say that I have had enough of being cold.
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Gaming Vs Reading – How do you encourage children to read?
As the planet unites behind World Book Day, with children skipping around dressed as Where's Wally and joyously deciding how to spend their free book tokens, my son is on the PlayStation. So, how do you encourage children today to read?
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