When I was in school and I needed some extra help with my homework, my first port of call was the school library. Their vast range of textbooks never failed me in my search for the information I required. Nowadays textbooks are quickly becoming a thing of the past and more schools than ever before…
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Protecting Your Children Online
Read moreImage courtesy of Clare Bloomfield/Freedigitalphotos.net Online security has always been a hot topic to me and now that I have children it’s even more important than ever to me. I’m staggered at times by the amount of information people put online about themselves. Phone numbers, email addresses, dates of births, home addresses, the list is…
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Protecting Your Children Online
Read morePhoto courtesy of tungphoto/freedigitalphotos.net I recently read an article online about how photos of newborns now appear on social media sites within ONE HOUR of their birth. Apparantly two-thirds of parents post pictures of baby less than 60 minutes after birth and 62% of parents post images themselves, whilst other family member post 22%. The…
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The Weekly Shop Challenge: Delivery
Read moreI thought I would post a little update following on from my last post. Our online grocery shop arrived today and there were a few substitutions but they were all ok. Instead of super market brand products I got more expensive branded items but I was delighted when the delivery man explained I would be…
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The Weekly Shop Challenge: First Online Shop and Food Bill
Read moreFollowing on from my previous post (click here) we have now entered the world of online grocery shopping! The total bill was: £92.37. This is a massive saving for us of around £50.00 a week which means £200 a month! I can’t wait to see what arrives as I’m hoping we won’t have too many…