More Mary Moppins than Mary Poppins

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I used to have a cleaner; she was this whizzy little woman that appeared on a Friday looking much like Mrs Pepperpot.  She’d perform miracles with the hoover and feather duster and leave my house looking like a picture out of Homes & Garden magazine and it was delightful.  I felt very posh and to be honest always justified it that I had better things to do with 4 hours of my time every week than spend it crucifying my knees mopping my oak floors and marble tiles in the kitchen.  However, finances got tight and I had to say [...] Read more »

Avoiding Stress When Travelling With Kids

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Today our day has started at 5:30am this quite frankly is an ungodly time of the morning and not a time I’ve seen since the early days of bottle feeding.  I certainly don’t miss it.  There is though a reason for getting up at this mad hour and that is because today we start our journey to Poitiers as part of the #FranceAtlantic travel bloggers that I wrote about at the end of last week.  The aim of our week in France is to showcase the fantastic family friendly activities and days out that make France a great holiday destination [...] Read more »

Family Advice: Getting Money Ahead Of Payday

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Regardless of how much you earn, it’s safe to assume that you often plan your finances around your income. You know how much you get, and when to expect it, and everything is typically built around a pattern of following after this. As a result, it’s often difficult when something unexpected occurs before payday. This not only disturbs the pattern, it can catch you at a time when the money you immediately need isn’t available. Sometimes, you’re able to wait until payday but there are always those circumstances where it isn’t an option – such as the pressing need to [...] Read more »

Bonne Journée

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Well this week has dragged a little and it often does when you’re looking forward to something exciting doesn’t it? And we’re certainly excited here at Chez Everiss as on Monday we undertake our first social media trip to the beautiful French Atlantic cost and the city of Poitiers. I was delighted to be asked to be part of this trip by the team @VisitPCharentes and the whole family will be spending a week sampling the culinary and cultural delights of this region of France which is so diverse and has loads to do as a family holiday. On Monday [...] Read more »

Disney World Ticket Deals

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Last year we were lucky enough to head to Disney World Florida for a truly amazing and magical family holiday. The trip itself wasn’t too expensive when compared to two weeks in Europe, in fact it was actually less and we budgeted for most things prior to our departure.  The one thing we did struggle with though was the cost of tickets for Disney World itself and these are not cheap days out so any financially savvy parent is going to do their homework to save a few bucks before they head out to Florida. Thankfully there was one site [...] Read more »

Tree Fu Tom Pyjamas Review

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You will know that a month or so ago we were lucky enough to take part in the Tree Fu Tom twitter party and try out the new range of Tree Fu Tom toys.  Roo was delighted at this as Tree Fu Tom is regularly on our TV screens and quite often she can be found busting some Tree Fu moves in the living room.  So when our delivery of Tree Fu Tom pyjamas arrived we didn’t even get to bedtime before Roo had to put them on. The Tree Fu Tom pyjamas are part of the new nightwear range [...] Read more »