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A Lovely Big Thank You & A Happy New Year

Thank You

I think it’s about time I thanked my readers.  I know a lot of you read on your phones or by e-mail as I send out the full post by mail and don’t make you come to my blog to read.

I’m into my 5th year of blogging and I never expected to still be blogging after all this time.

I see a lot of you coming from Twitter, and I love the fact that Google seems to enjoy our blogs and sends plenty of visitors.

I also have to thank the PR’s and SEO’s and business owners who get in touch, send us some lovely products to review, or sponsor some posts.

I’ve been a lucky mum with my blog and I have had some lovely writing assignments which came from simply blogging.

I wish you all the best New Year that you can possibly all have, and I look forward to another year of blogging from the Scottish Mum home.

An Old Doric Poem to wish you the best for New Year

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Where Do You Hide Your Christmas Presents?

Tesco Hudl

Tots 100 are hosting a competition that asks “Where do you hide your Christmas Presents?

“This post is my entry into the Hudl Christmas cheer competition on the Tots100”.

My boys are growing older with each passing year and they have begun the hunt for presents around the house.  I used to keep them in the loft until Xmas eve, but I can no longer do that as they stay awake all night and would hear us taking them down.

Last year, we stored them in our caravan which meant that the boys couldn’t see where our presents were, but it was a bit of a logistical nightmare getting them retrieved from storage and home for xmas day.  This year, with the kids being finished school on the 20th, it means that the presents have to stay in the house as there would be no way I would have alone time when storage is open to get them home.

At the moment, I have some stashed under the stairs and others I have had to make a list in my phone to say what I have stashed where.  Some are in the computer room, with a few others in a box under the gerbils cage.  I had to remove a few from my wardrobe as the kids found those and I went in to see wrapped pressies with ends torn off 🙁  They get more resourceful in their searching year by year.  Two of my boys are getting new phones so they are in the kitchen cupboard inside cereal packets on the highest shelves.  I’m running out of ideas for where to put them, so will watch the entries with interest.

The winner will receive. 

  • £150 blinkbox vouchers
  • £65 Google Play vouchers
  • Philips Bluetooth stereo headphones
  • Hudl micro USB power charger
  • Hudl 2m micro-HDMI to HDMI cable
  • Hudl 7” leather case and stand
  • Samsung smart Blu-Ray/DVD player

Four lucky runners up will win a Samsung smart Blu-Ray/DVD player, a £30 blinkbox voucher and a £25 Google Play voucher.

You can also tweet your entry using the hashtag #hudlxmascheer

Sadly, the Hudl is out of stock at the time of my writing this post, but as I am looking to buy one for a present, I am hoping they come back online very soon.