Spring is a time of fresh starts and new beginnings , and refreshing your home is a great place to start. With the opportunity to cast open your windows and enjoy that first fresh spring breeze fast approaching, here are four easy ways to shake off the winter gloom in your home.
4. A lick of paint
A change of colour scheme or even a fresh coat in an existing colour really helps to breathe life into your home. It lets you patch up any dings and marks your walls may have sustained during any of those festive gatherings whilst giving you scope to even change the colour scheme...
You might have recently decided to adopt a new friend. Or maybe you’ve gone out with the family after talking it over, and decided to find a breed for a pet to add a new addition for your family. Either way, you aren’t quite sure the next few steps to take when you bring home your pet. There are a few key points to take into consideration when you first bring home your new family member. Different pets handle differently so the steps you take when owning and bringing home a dog may vary from what you would do when preparing you and your home to take in a new feline friend. There are some...
Exeter’s Ladysmith Junior School has been voted as the latest winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund and now has £1,000 to spend on tools and building materials at RGB Exeter.
The school received the most votes following a public poll where it was up against Sidmouth Amateur Radio Society and the UK Wild Otter Trust in Umberleigh.
Ladysmith Junior School has been gifted a Plymouth City Bus, which it’s planning to transform into a useable area for children to sit and have quite reading time during breaks, and for teachers to use with smaller groups...
With many cruise liners vying for your attention, choosing the perfect cruise ship is an important but relatively more difficult task.
Once you choose your preferred cruise ship, you can’t go back. No, kidding! But it’s true that choosing the right cruise ship is one of the trickiest tasks with grave importance. As you would be spending almost the entirety of your trip on board the ship, this single decision alone can make or break your whole experience.
To make things a little bit more complicated, there are many different cruise lines with a variety of cruise ships. For...
Keeping your living space in an orderly manner is important and healthy for you. This living space around you extends to your front yard as well, so it is important to keep that area tidy as well. The front yard is an outward expression of the inside of your home. A messy front yard usually means a messy interior as well. Keeping your area organized actually has a number of benefits that you may not know about. Here are some ways that an organized yard can affect your lifestyle:
Getting the Job Done
Most obvious of all is that most of us don’t like work. Most of all,...
Frequently we spend way too much time choosing the perfect outfit, whether it is for a wedding, a date or only and night out with friends. I think we can all agree that the real struggle begins when we have to dress for the office. Especially in your workspace, your outfit can determine how seriously you will be taken. Therefore, it is of utter importance to make the right decision on how you present yourself daily. However, a sophisticated outfit for the office doesn't always have to consist of a pencil skirt and blouse. Luckily, there are a lot of great high end online stores such as...
Stress is commonplace no matter where you go. Most people throw out the phrase I’m so stressed on a daily basis. However, having a bad day is different to being severely impacted by stress, as this is when it begins to seriously impact your health and lifestyle. Being aware of the signs that stress is negatively affecting your health is key to understanding the problem and recovering from it.
What Can You Do About It?
Understanding what is causing the stress in the first place is key to beating it. It may be that you’re simply reacting badly to situations, or it may be...
Victor Dartnall’s advice to his jockey Alan Johns to ride like a sack of potatoes worked the oracle on Admiral’s Secret who won at Wincanton Racecourse yesterday.
The nine-year-old had refused to start twice in his career leading connections to re-think how they train him but he was the convincing winner of the two miles four furlongs handicap chase beating Saintemilion by two and a quarter lengths in an intriguing race where the four starters were all 9-4 co favourites.
“Everything went wrong for him and he just didn't want to race,” explained Dartnall who trains near...
Retirement is the beginning of the golden years of your life. You can do whatever you want to, whenever you want to. Having said that, finding something fun and productive to do becomes exasperating when you have all the time in the world but nothing to spend it on.
It’s essential to make sure that you keep yourself occupied with creative activities while also making sure that you catch up on the things you always wanted to do before your retirement. In order to make sure that you are equipped with all the necessary information about this ; here is a list of some great activities....
The Muddy Dog challenge is back in Exeter for even more mud, sweat and cheers in 2020 – and to help Battersea care for more abandoned dogs and cats.
The Muddy Dog Challenge, the UK’s biggest obstacle course you can run with your dog, is now in its sixth year, proudly supported by Seresto flea and tick control collar. Dogs and their owners can take part together to raise vital funds for thousands of homeless dogs and cats that come into the animal rescue centre each year, as well as helping those across the country and all over the world.
