From the monthly archives: November 2012

The Family Finances

By On November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment

Teaching kids about finance is so important as a life skill, but its not something they learn much about at school. Even though my children bring home worksheets to complete at home with maths figures to add, subtract and work out the ‘mean’ averages, these ‘hard skills’ don’t teach them [...]

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The Leg Show on my Phone!

By On November 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I give my 9 year old daughter my iPhone for 5 minutes to distract her whilst I’m in a shop. This is what I discover she is up to when I get the phone back later!

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Cat Claus!

By On November 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Some pet owners have furry creatures that do their masters bidding. Not so in this house. My cats have a disdain for me that borders on the evil. It probably comes from the fact that I speak to them in a high pitched squeaky voice, kind of like the shenanigans [...]

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It’s Up and Down in Our Bedroom (and that’s not what you think!)

By On November 27, 2012 · 1 Comment

It’s been eleven years and we are still waiting for a new bedroom! Over the years we have made this house a home. New kitchen, bathroom, driveway paving etc and after we had children, we decorated a nursery and then two bedrooms. But in all that time, hubby and I [...]

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Win A Mystery Gift Worth Up To £150 Each Week With Scotch!

By On November 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I have another treat for JuggleMum readers!

Every week between now and the end of December, Scotch has a Facebook competition running where fans can win a beautifully wrapped, mystery gift…..worth up to £150! If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, simply head over to the [...]

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Hunting for Their Hunter Wellies!

By On November 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

This week we’ve had proper autumnal weather. The school run was plagued by rain, there are brown leaves everywhere and man, it is freezing out! So how chuffed were my children when I produced a pair of fab Hunter wellies each, so they could get knee deep in the muck [...]

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The Pre Christmas Juggle

By On November 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The pre-Christmas prep is in full swing in the JuggleMum household! Most gifts have been bought, a few wrapped and I have an ongoing list of little ‘to dos’ on my iPhone! It’s a busy time of year for us mums, but thankfully this year it’s not my turn to [...]

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Air Travel in the 1970s Vs 2012

By On November 21, 2012 · 2 Comments

Here is a picture of me and mum in the late 70′s getting off a plane:

Don’t you just love the calmness of it- the hazy sunny ambiance, the feeling of freedom, of flight- of trying new things for the first time?

I was planning to try [...]

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Our Version of A Classic Carol!

By On November 20, 2012 · 1 Comment

My kids and I created our own version of the carol “12 Days of Christmas” – have a look!

We did this to try to get into a video mash up that Toyota are doing where they will create their own Christmas musical!! If you want to enter into [...]

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Win a mystery gift worth up to £150 each week with Scotch

By On November 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I have a treat for JuggleMum readers!

Every week between now and the end of December, Scotch has a Facebook competition running where fans can win a beautifully wrapped, mystery gift…..worth up to £150! If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, simply head over to the [...]

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