Author: nickyainley
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We unleashed our pre-parental selves and hit up Newcastle!
When someone says ‘weekend away’, 25 year old me says…hell yeah im in…30 something mother in me says… what the hell would I wear, what happens to the kids and should we be spending any money! So I was pretty grateful when Chris simply said we’re heading to Newcastle for the weekend you have no…
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Top tip for winter whingers… top tips for surviving the cold season!
Winter is here folks! Baton down the hatches, hold on to your head scarfs and brace yourself because winter has hit much like a white walker ice dragon hitting the northern wall! If you’re like me then you have rapidly found yourself turning into some kind of withdrawn hermit crab. When people round the office…
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A guide to an American/ British tea party!
If you, like me are running on Royal wedding excitement and preparing yourself for the big evening ahead (Aussie time) then you’re probably working out what to eat while you watch the best of the best strut their stuff at Harry and Meghan’s shindig! While the reception is likely to be catered in true opulence…
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Keeping it real: Does having kids change your career?
I recently read a post that infuriated me. “Does having kids ruin your career’. There were 2 things about this that made my blood boil. Firstly the use of the word ‘ruin’. I mean come on we are talking about human lives here. Secondly the outrageous comments that were being posted many of which…
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Parents, ask yourself…do kids really need social media?
As we approach world anti-bullying day, the focus for another year is firmly set on the landscape of cyber bullying. Suicide is one of the largest killers of our youths and is on the rise around the nation, with the incidents of cyber-related youth suicide at an all time high. And while many of us…
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Hey Valentine’s Day…I owe you and apology!
Ah Valentine’s Day…you’re here again! I can’t quite explain why but somewhere along the line I managed to build some sort of grudge against Val day! Perhaps it stems back to that fateful year 5 class when I got a seemingly underwhelming number of class valentine letters or perhaps it’s the fact the it lies…
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The real problem on our roads is…you and me!
I’m sitting here in the darkness of my room wondering if there’s a way I can get out of work tomorrow. Don’t get me wrong I want to go to work (well to the normal point) it’s more I’m gripped with anxiety and I’m genuinely scared to! No, I’m not scared of my work place,…
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Camping – the good, the average and the different!
Ok so here’s the thing, I am a non-camper! Now before you jump down my throat with the “princess and diva” comments, which I happily embrace, my dislike of camping stems back many many decades, back to the good old days of school camps. You see school camps and I didn’t ever see eye to…
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Hey Australia…if it’s ok with you, please call me Mum and a Woman.
Hey Australia….we need to talk! I’ve got to say this time I think we have gone too far! Now I am totally aware of the fact that political correctness seems to be the it thing at the moment but there comes a time when everything goes a step too far, and I think when it…
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Are you a victim of secrecising?!
I have been cheated on! I’ve suspected now, for a few weeks, that something was going on with my partner. I should have seen the signs earlier, they were all there. The emotional ones. Suddenly my partner has an increased confidence, a new glow, a different spring in his step and he is looking…well fitter.…
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