10 ways to spice up your Christmas

10 ways to spice up your Christmas

A big part of Christmas for me, other than all the gift buying, decorating and general mayhem, is the smell of Christmas.  This may sound weird, but stay with me here, to me Christmas has a distinctive smell of pine needles from the Christmas tree and lots and...
5 top tips for healthy feet

5 top tips for healthy feet

OK, I admit it, I’m terrible at looking after my feet.  I’m and probably not the best person to be giving advice on this, but definitely over the past year there has been an improvement in my foot care routine. In the past, there were phases...
How healthy are ‘Mr and Mrs Average’?

How healthy are ‘Mr and Mrs Average’?

Medically today’s society is far better off than ever before, with outstanding scientific research being carried out daily and the development of new drugs to help treat patients.  Interestingly, research has shown that many of us are neglecting our health...
Affordable Maternity Fashion

Affordable Maternity Fashion

If you are anything like me, and I think that I speak to most first time mums here, I didn’t know what to expect where maternity fashion is concerned.  Let’s face, it hasn’t had the best reputation in the past.  Often big and flouncy and...

Growing your own food at home

With the ever-increasing cost of food, many of us are looking for cost-effective ways to make our pounds stretch that bit further.     One idea which has become increasingly popular is to grow our own food.   The added health benefits, knowing...
Healthy living using a microwave

Healthy living using a microwave

Microwaves are one of those inventions that perhaps were responsible for the rise of frozen and convenience meals.  There’s nothing at all wrong with using a microwave when you are trying to lead a healthy lifestyle.  In fact it can be highly...