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By Dr EK Wills So it seems the health department have evolving recommendations and everyone has different advice to help flatten the curve and make it manageable for the health service. But what does this mean for everyone every day? No one has come out with a simple list of what we need to do to stay safe and generally do our bit for the community. Based on what I have seen so far and what appears to be working across the board, I have generated a simple checklist to make i

By E K Wills Why do so many people have such huge credit card debts? Financial gurus are always espousing the virtues of not going into debt so how is it that vast amounts are racked up on credit by people every month? Years ago, a study done by MIT researcher, Associate Professor Prelec, showed that when two sets of people were asked to bid in an auction using cash vs credit, about twice as much bidding was done by the credit card holders than those with cash. So even though

By EK Wills I don't practice a particular religion but I have a strong sense of family, which I tend to feed especially in holiday periods: Easter is no exception. As our nuclear family grows, we’ve developed a few ways to join with our various extended families, including other communities such as friends, schools and colleagues. Below is a list of child friendly activities we enjoy at Easter time. Perhaps you have done one or some of these or can add them to your activities

By EK Wills Step 1: Where to build your party and who with? A lego party is better when it’s larger than life so consider whether you can buddy up with another child’s birthday to share the load. And hiring a local venue means more space for games (especially if you live in the city) and no mess at home as a bonus. Plus you can pool your lego resources for decorations. Step 2: What materials do you need? To boost your collection of lego, second hand items can be purchased onl

By EK Wills There are many ways to celebrate with high tea: visit a fancy hotel, hire a caterer or create your own, even just cupcakes in the park. We’ve had a few of these variations and have a few tips on them. Hotel High Tea For tweens, a hotel high tea is very exciting and glamorous. You can get the kids’ menu option for under 12’s at a hotel, which makes it a reasonable cost option as well. There are the logistics of working out numbers since you will have to get the gro

by EK Wills My youngest sister recently had her first child for which she naturally had a Baby Shower before the big day. She had carefully set up a registry for everyone to purchase items for the much-anticipated bundle of joy, ensuring that the items were colour coordinated and fit for purpose. The trouble was that not many people actually took much notice of it, which of course upset her. Turns out that people buy things that they think are cute or, as I did, handed on val