It's not long until Christmas 2017! Christmas is the highlight of the year, every year. It's a time to gather, be close to family and enjoy each others company; eat, drink and be merry.

Around the world, people celebrate the Christmas holidays in many different ways. Many Christmas celebrations reflect local culture and traditions and the festivities can be very different from country to country, focusing on different aspects. 

Over the past few years we've seen more and more people turning to vaping, and for different reasons, whether they're trying to find a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes, to a cheaper option.  There’s also people who try out vaping and love it even if they don’t have a smoking habit - I know a couple of people who social vape, they've never smoked but now they enjoy a vape now and then. I also know quite a few people that have moved from smoking tobacco cigarettes to vaping.

With Christmas right around the corner there has never been a better time to look at your spending.

Setting a budget for the festive period can be tricky but Logbook Loan provider Auto Advance have outlined some top tips for not only setting a budget, but sticking to it.

Why is it so hard to find the right gift for a man? whether it's your teen son, you hubby, your brother or your dad, I struggle every time, it drives me crazy. 

Christmas is coming, the woman in my life are easy to buy for, but when it comes to the men, not so easy! I try and avoid the clinch gifts - but, at the end of the day, it is the thought that goes into finding the gift, and I always give it a lot of thought! 

Finding out I was dyslexic a couple of months before my GCSE exams, was both a revelation and a knock of confidence. Any thoughts I had of going to university to achieve the business career I so wanted were rapidly thrown out of the window. 

Shortly after I started blogging was when I discovered my love for taking photos, especially capturing moments of the kids, but many times on our days out I enjoy to take photos of the beautiful wildlife. And, I always have to take my camera with me when we head out.

Do you enjoy taking photos? If you do, Rattan Direct have a fabulous competition for you.

Adjustamatic are running a new campaign named, #DreamsExplained. The campaign leads up to the launch of their new video which will be featuring Ian Wallace, a top dream psychologist. There will be 5 dreams from the #DreamsExplained campaign selected to feature in the new video. 

We all dream, and they fascinate me.

We're halfway through the summer holidays and had loads of fun thus far, although, I am knackered. Working from home in a full-time job with the kids is hard work.  I try my hardest to keep them busy and entertained throughout the days and most weekends, when hubby is off, instead of resting we are doing things together as a family. But, I wouldn't have it any other way, I love having the kids around.

Success in business is usually measured by that bottom line, but there’s so much more to thriving and doing well than being able to reel off a good-looking list of numbers. Where’s the humanity in that? To really do well, businesses need to do good.

Giving something back is important

Healthy dogs are happy dogs.

We have two dogs, my little 10-year old Lhasa Apso who is healthy and fit, and our young 1-year old Beagle.   I enjoy and love both my dogs, they each have their individual characters and are very much part of the family.