My Doodles recently announced that they are actively supporting and working with Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens to help fund kinder cures and treatments for young people facing cancer. In order to raise awareness and to raise funds, the My Doodles designers have created some special products for Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens:…
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Saving Money When Decorating your Home
Read moreSaving money when decorating your home is pretty simple, provided you follow some clear guidelines. It’s important to be realistic about what you want to do and the level of your skills. Think carefully about the areas of your home which require the most attention. Perhaps you want to start with the first area that…
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Help us help Bliss and CRUK
Read moreLast year my husband and I started our very own charity campaign. Our aim is to raise £1,000 for Cancer Research UK and £1,000 for Bliss, the baby charity. We’re so pleased that so far we have raised a total of £701.00. As well as asking friends, family and complete strangers to donate to these…
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If Motherhood came with a salary it would be £31,216 according to research by Parragon
Read moreNew research commissioned by Parragon Books reveals the price of motherhood in Britain in 2014. Mums in the UK could earn an annual salary of over £30,000 if they were paid for the time spent doing family and household tasks. Quantifying the everyday tasks carried out by mums to the average wage a professional would…
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Charity Update
Read moreThe last charity update I published was on the 11th of November. I thought I would post another little update now to let you all know how our fundraising efforts are going. If you don’t already know, Twin Daddy and I are trying to raise £2,000 for Cancer Research UK and another £2,000 for…
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Cancer Research UK Campaign For Standardised Tobacco Packaging Products
Read moreEvery year in the UK 207,000 11-15 year olds take up smoking – that’s 570 children every day! Addiction keeps them smoking into adulthood, where it then kills one in two long-term users. Since tobacco advertising became illegal in the UK in 2002, tobacco companies have invested a fortune in branded packaging to attract new smokers. Most…
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Charity Update
Read moreImage courtesy of winnond/Freedigitalphotos.net As most of our blog readers have heard by now, Twin Daddy and I are raising money for two brilliant charities. Cancer Research UK and Bliss. Both charities are very close to our hearts. I have experienced the loss of my mum from ovarian cancer and our twins were born 6 weeks premature and as a result…
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Cancer
Read moreMum This post needs no other title than that of ‘Cancer’. No description or sub-heading is needed. Nothing more than that one word. That one upsetting, devasting word. Cancer When I was 12 years old, I remember my mum and dad sitting me and twin sister down. They wanted to talk to us about something.…
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Charity Raffle! Fab Prizes To Be Won! Get Your Tickets Now!
Read moreTwin Daddy and I will be taking part in a number of events to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Bliss. Our first event will be a skydive! Neither of us have done anything like this before, so to say we are nervous is an understatement! We are hoping to raise £2000 for each charity, but we…