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It’s been a very long time since I last did a post about how I’m getting on with my new business. It was 1st December in fact! It’s not that I haven’t been busy. It’s just that I haven’t  actually finished anything, so there hasn’t been much to talk about. I don’t know about you, [...]

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Two years ago I started my first maternity leave utterly convinced that I’d be back at my desk six months later. I couldn’t afford to take any longer than that off work, or so I thought. Here’s what really happened – I’m still laughing about how naive I was back then! A month into my [...]

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Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Me

by Helen on April 18, 2010

I‘ve been tagged by Antonia of Family Friendly Working and Sam of Keep Calm Eat Cake (and Mum’s The Boss), so I thought I should get around to doing a post on seven things you didn’t know about me. Sam also sent me the Kreative Blogger award, so I’m quite tickled by that. Thanks Sam! [...]

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Every Child Deserves A Good Start in Life

by Helen on March 15, 2010

My mummy has asked me to tell you about our fabulous local Sure Start Centres called Pine Cones Children’s Centre and Queens Park Neighbourhood Centre in Bedford. She says she’s worried about budget cuts and if Sure Start Centres start closing down, being stuck in the house with me and my little brother might drive [...]

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Wishing you a biscuity Christmas!

by Helen on December 18, 2009

Unless I’m feeling especially energetic, this is going to be my last post before Christmas. So I thought I’d make it a bit seasonal and join in Mum’s The Boss’s Christmas Baking Blog Carnival. At first glance, this recipe doesn’t look very Christmassy, although throwing in a handful of raisins makes it even better and [...]

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Getting moving again after maternity leave

by Helen on December 1, 2009

It's now six months since my last day at work and time I started to think about earning again. I'm grateful I haven't got the abrupt jump into to work I would have if I was returning to employment, but getting started in self employment has its own challenges.  For the moment, I'm just getting [...]

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