http://www.helpful-ideas.com Expat forum for living in Marbella Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:03:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you need some extra maths support for your primary school child then I can highly recommend the book "No Nonsense Maths". It supports the mathematics National Curriculum and gives children plenty of practice with problem solving word questions which is now the way many of the Sat's questions for ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/family/need-extra-maths-support-for-your-child/ There is a list below of the UK's 492 extinct species. Well call me uncaring but of that list most of the things on it, well, I'm quite glad they have gone. I don't fancy walking around the woods of Nottingham and coming across a bear or a wolf or a ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/uk/uks-extinct-species/   Why do restaurants keep banging on about healthy eating? When I go out to a restaurant I don't want to healthily. I want fat, more fat and a huge slice of something that contains chocolate. I don't want to hand over 25 euros at the end to have digested nothing but low ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/marbella/healthy-eating-in-restaurants/ The last few days on the way to collect my children from school I have noticed several sporty racing cyclists. Is there a big race coming up? It's causing a few problems as traffic slows down to overtake carefully. I overtake carefully too. Not so worried about knocking them over but one ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/spain/cyclists-in-elviria/ I have found a green alternative to concrete. My shortcrust pastry. I attempted an apple pie yesterday and although it looked fabulous when it came out of the oven, I struggled to cut it open. In fact I had to get a metal tool and bang it much to everyone's delight around ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/uncategorized/green-alternative-to-concrete/ Denmark's consumer council has said that Nivea and Biotherm both have ingredients that are suspicious and could cause hormonal disturbances. Nivea contains four potentially harmful chemicals that are on the European Union list. Of the list produced, Nivea topped all the others, with 28 products in total, including their suntan lotions ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/uncategorized/nivea-and-biotherm-marked-down-by-denmark/ Intersport, the large warehouse part of La Canada is closing down and most things in there are now reduced by 50%. Very little left but lots of trainers and some clothes, Roxy bags etc. We had 20% off rollerblades, so just 25 euros and discounted from 19.95 euros were the ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/marbella/intersport-closing-down/ I call this recipe Survivors Chicken because I've made it five times, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and so far I haven't killed anyone. Although my husband hasn't come home yet and it has gone 8pm..... Now with me, you must remember that I cannot cook. Therefore when I give you ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/family/survivors-chicken/ My wise dad has always said to me, "celebrate when you feel like it and not when you feel that you should." In other words, open that dusty bottle of Moet when the feeling comes over you, don't wait for that special occasion which may never come. Enjoy your life ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/family/celebrate/ For the chocolate bars at the supermarket today as we have three days of rain forecast. There are some good points to being drowned on a daily basis. 1. You don't have to clean your windows as there is no sunshine to show up the smears 2. You can eat more chocolate as ... http://www.helpful-ideas.com/index.php/uncategorized/reach-out/