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Water fun in the back garden – he did ask his sister to soak him!
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New Red Shoes…follow that yellow brick road
I know that Dorothy’s shoes in the Wizard of Oz where red and sparkly, but these new shiny red ones brought the classic 1939 film to mind. I took my 3 kids, BY MYSELF, to a shoe shop in Coleraine this morning. “So what?” I hear you ask……This is something I avoid if at all…

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Top Ten Reasons to House Swap
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Featured Post – my top 5 European cities to visit
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