In her first guest post of 2015, Standard Life family finance expert Julie Hutchison tackles the thorrny issue of child benefit. In this post, Julie not only succinctly explains how the system works, but also outlines how you can retain your child benefit by increasing your pension contributions. In early January while you were recovering
Mrs Adams and I have the occasional, shall we say, “discussion” when it comes to my approach to dressing the children. I’m very practically minded and will put them in clothes that are rugged or, if I know they will be playing outside, something a little past its best. Mrs Adams doesn’t always agree with
The Christmas period was the catalyst for some unexpected stress in this household. For some reason it reminded Helen, our eldest daughter, about a long-lost cuddly toy she used to take everywhere. At times she’s become very emotional, so much so that Mrs Adams has mounted yet another search and rescue mission in a bid
The Wet Shave Club is a monthly subscription service that provides shaving gear to the man interested in “fine shaving”. In return for your fee, you will receive some very distinctive shaving paraphernalia. Everything arrives in a well packaged and presented carton. The first box will always contain a safety razor, razor blades, shaving brush
Over the Christmas period we paid a brief visit to the in-laws in Scotland. While up there, it seemed like a great opportunity to test out the camera my wife gave me for Christmas and hopefully get a picture for the My Sunday Photo linky. With this in mind, I disappeared off into the lowlands
