by Debbie O'Connor | Oct 5, 2017 | Parenting, Random, Reviews, Work Life Balance
I have been on the London Eye more times than I care to think about in the last 10 years, and it occupies a very emotional place in my heart. I love the fact that this year, while I am a Merlin Annual Pass blog Ambassador I can just rock up and go on it whenever I...
by Debbie O'Connor | Sep 26, 2017 | At Home, At Work, Home Working Hints, Inspiration, Latest, Parenting, Work Life Balance
When it comes to staying safe online, we often think about how to keep our financial and business accounts secure, with personal accounts often a secondary concern. However, as work and personal lives converge (we’ve all checked our work emails from our home laptops),...
by Debbie O'Connor | Sep 17, 2017 | At Home, Body Image, Latest, Parenting, Reviews, Well-Being
When your children start to get into their teens all of a sudden they become much more critical of their own appearance. My daughter has hair that I would have died for at that age – it is thick and lustrous with natural volume – but all she can see is...
by Debbie O'Connor | Sep 4, 2017 | At Home, At Work, Home Working Hints, Inspiration, Motivation, Parenting, Well-Being, Work Life Balance
OK I’m going to come out of the closet, and admit to something which I have to keep hidden from most of my real world friends. When my children started school, I didn’t cry and didn’t miss them. When my youngest went in on his first day, he bounded...
by Debbie O'Connor | Aug 10, 2017 | At Home, Inspiration, Latest, Parenting, Reviews
I was sent a copy of this lovely book to review, Help your kids with Growing Up. It came at the absolute perfect time … I have two children, a daughter of 14 and a son of 12. And despite all of my attempts to parent in a gender neutral way, they are as different...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jul 26, 2017 | At Home, Parenting, Reviews, Well-Being
My family are blogger ambassadors for Merlin Annual Pass and we take our responsibilities very seriously. Last year I took my 12 year old son to see Shrek’s Adventure on the South Bank in London, and he didn’t even bat an eyelid at the fact it’s...
