Time to get organised: how to make button fridge magnets

Time to get organised: how to make button fridge magnets

Eeek! It’s that time again…the children are back at school and military operation and organisation that’s required of you has just kicked off.

There’s nothing like a fridge full of reminders to keep everything rocking like clockwork. Here’s a video on how to make button fridge magnets – you can customise them with creative crafts from the children:

Get the school year off to a good start with – tips on building a good relationship with teachers

Get the school year off to a good start with – tips on building a good relationship with teachers

Pushy parent syndrome irritates other parents, and leave teachers wanting to give detentions…and not to the children, but their parents. But you also want to keep on top of what your child is doing (or isn’t) at school before it’s too late…

So just how do you get the balance right? Here are some tips:

Thinking Outside the Box: Spectacular solutions for your downsizing dilemma

Thinking Outside the Box: Spectacular solutions for your downsizing dilemma

It’s time to start downsizing. You’ve had this home for a while now, and it suited you well when you had children. But, now, it’s just too much. What do you do? Well, downsizing is a process. You’ll need a step-by-step plan and ideas for furniture. In a sense, you’re adopting an entirely new life

Do you have a business idea that you think is completely crazy? Read this…

Do you have a business idea that you think is completely crazy? Read this…

Business ideas come in all shapes and sizes…but they do come, and in different ways, when you least expect it to.

Sometimes, an idea could be staring us blank in the face, but we just can’t see it. If you’re looking for a business idea you can run with, you should keep reading.

Five time wasters and how to cut them out of your life for good (Part 2)

If I had a pound for every time a working mum bemoaned how they wished there were more hours in the day, I’d be writing this from a palatial villa somewhere far away with iced cool drink in a tumbler.

Not that it’s always an invalid comment, sometimes, we could all genuinely do with more time to work through all the projects we need to complete.

Five time wasters and how to avoid them – part 1

Five time wasters and how to avoid them – part 1

These days, it seems that everyone is trying to fit a week’s worth of work into a day. While it may look like the epitome of efficiency efficiency,  are you really making progress of just deceiving yourself?

Here are five time wasting activities you probably don’t even realise that you’re doing and how to avoid them.

Four things you can do with the trusty old kitchen timer

Four things you can do with the trusty old kitchen timer

There’s a lot of motivation to be gained when you’re up against the clock. It creates a buzz, a surge of adrenaline to do anything but fail.

That’s why we love the trusty old kitchen timer. Use it for maximum success in getting things done and staying on top of work and home chores.

How to save money on food during the summer holidays

How to save money on food during the summer holidays

According to the Office of National Statistics, UK families spend between £43.10 and £56.80 on the food shop every week.

That’s quite a big part of the monthly outgoings, but that cost soon multiplies when the kids are home for the school holidays – especially the summer holidays.

So just how can we budget during the school holidays? Here are some tips to help you save:

Travelling this summer? Holiday tips for mums to stay sane

Travelling this summer? Holiday tips for mums to stay sane

The holidays can be stressful – especially the summer holidays. The longest on the school calendar, there’s a lot of pressure to keep boredom at bay, and to stay on top of your finances, too.

After the first few weeks, you and your children may well wish school was open, but you still have t battle it out until the first week of September. Going away somewhere can lessen the stress (a bit), but you still have – here are a few ideas to help you keep your sanity this holiday season:

Homeworking: how we’ve become so dependant on it

Over the past decade there has been a 13% rise in the number of people working from home. The reasons vary, but it is the development of modern technology that has made it possible to work just as effectively as in the office.

Tax Credits deadlines are looming – have you renewed?

Tax Credits deadlines are looming – have you renewed?

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is sending out 5.8 million tax credits renewals packs, so if you are in receipt of tax credits, look out for your renewal pack’s arrival by 30 June.

Last year some 650,000 claimants had their money stopped because they did not renew by the 31 July deadline, don’t get caught out. This year, you can renew by post and by phone. If there have been no changes to your circumstances (i.e. salary, relationship status etc), then you can also renew online, via GOV.UK.

Four domestic goddess tips for the half term…

Four domestic goddess tips for the half term…

Eeek…are you still finding the odd biscuit tucked away in a corner somewhere, or toys in sofa after the Easter break? Just when you thought you were on top of it all, here comes another half term break, which means one more thing…more mess.

Children will be children, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t out something in place to stop (or reduce) the mess they create. Here are some tips:

Top five professional cleaning tips

Top five professional cleaning tips

Vacuum cleaners are one of those investment buys that can be a hit or miss sometimes – especially if you don’t do your research before parting with your cash.

If you’ve bought a vacuum cleaner and can’t seem to get the best out of it, here are five tips that could help change your vacuuming experience:

Two simple ways to boost your selling power overnight

There’s not much more demotivating than having poor or no sales when you start a new business. All the dreams you had conjured up if stick flying off your shelves (or out of the garden shed) suddenly start to look like it’s going to turn into a nightmare. But the truth is, if you’re planning to build your own business, you have to be ready for the challenges. If you give up at the first hurdle, you really aren’t giving your business the chance to succeed.

Five reasons why you’re making zero money from your website

Five reasons why you’re making zero money from your website

Do you run a website? Is it profitable? No? Do your competitors seem to be making it big while you just can’t seem to make a penny?

Here are five possible reasons why your website hasn’t performed as well as you wish it would:

How to get your first mortgage…not just for the twenty something’s

Getting on the property ladder can happen at any point in a person’s life. We often have a picket-fence mentality when it comes to thinking about how families grow – get married, buy a house, have children and live Stepford Wives happy ever after. Back to reality…not everyone’s plan works out that way, and getting a mortgage can come a little further down the line.

Get organised with these home office must haves

With all the beat will in the world, there are some documents that you need a hard copy of.

Take your certificate of incorporation,  for example. And there’ll be many more that you’ll want to find and  take out with ease.