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THE ART OF THE MICRO-DATE // quality moments for time-poor parents
Little ways time-pressed parents can spend quality time together – without breaking the bank!
- October 1, 2018
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WINDOW TO THE DIGITAL WORLD // great laptops for kids
We put the new Acer Swift with Intel Core i5 Quad Core Processor and Intel® Optane through its paces.
- September 8, 2018
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REDUCING HOUSEHOLD WASTE – what we’re doing & how we’re doing it
I’d been feeling increasingly guilty about the disposable plastics we used at home. We’d started drinking bottled water when we lived in London after being…
- September 3, 2018
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VLOG STARS OF THE FUTURE // free digital workshops for kids
The girls joined a FREE vlogging for kids workshop, run by Discovery with Three.
- August 29, 2018
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TENTS & TOASTED MARSHMALLOWS // our back garden camping adventure
We had a little back garden camping adventure, thanks to Blacks and Millets.
- August 27, 2018
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DELICIOUS JAPANESE DISHES // sampling the kids’ menu at yo!
We were invited to visit Yo! to enjoy their ‘Kids Eat Free’ summer offer.
- August 23, 2018
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WIN! This Disney Back-to-School set, worth £50!
So we already told you about Lil Sis’s fabulous back-to-school goodies and how she’s now counting the days until she starts big school, but then…
- August 6, 2018
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SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE // trialling the leesa mattress + discount code
My thoughts, after sleeping on a Leesa foam mattress
- July 21, 2018
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THE DASTARDLY DEALINGS OF AUNT ALBERTA // the awful auntie stage show
The girls and I went to the theatre production of David Walliams’ Awful Auntie to see his delightfully diabolical tale brought to life.
- July 20, 2018
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OUR PRECIOUS PORTMEIRION MOMENTS // + chance to win 4x family tickets to Portmeirion Village, worth £144 each!
Celebrating the 100th birthday of ceramic designer Susan Williams-Ellis AND giving away four family tickets to the iconic and quirky Portmeirion Tourist Village.
- July 20, 2018
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About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ journalist, blogger and mum to two funny & spirited girls; Big Sis, born summer 2008, and Lil Sis, born autumn 2010.
We live just outside London and are about to embark on a big, messy, long-awaited home renovation.
I was a magazine journalist for 20 years, but since 2009 I’ve been a full-time blogger and digital influencer (over 21,000+ Twitter followers, 5,000+ Facebook likes, 3,500+ G+ circles, 3,000 Instagram and 2,400+ Pinterest followers).
Read more on my ABOUT ME page.
You can get in touch with me via email: [email protected], or by Tweeting me at @JaxFortyNorth.