Guest Blogs
Knowitall.ch often invites local experts in their field to contribute to their own blogs on our site. This means not only you will benefit from the useful recommendations that we make on our News pages, but you can also profit from some of the great advice and tips that these experts have to make on their favorite subjects. Whilst each of these bloggers has been recommended to us at some point during the evolution of Know-it-all passport and knowitall.ch, obviously we are not able to test out all the suggestions they make on their blogs, nor do we necessarily agree with all their opinions. So if you do find one of their tips useful (or not!), do let us know!
To make these blogs more accessible to you, we have now decided to group them altogether in one section, entitled Guest Blogs, accessible from our main menu bar. We will also post the most recent blogs on the home page of our site in the right hand column.
We are still building up this area of the site, and are looking for bloggers in a number of sections, including Your Home, Travel, and Leisure, so if you feel you have a useful contribution to make in either of these areas, and have the time to submit blog entries approximately every month, then please get in touch!
To help home owners learn some of the basic rules about interior design, I run a series of workshops on different themes that are carefully chosen to give clients the confidence they need to make their own decisions about personal projects within their home.
This month’s workshop kicked off with the Theory of Colour and how we can use this to create interior colour schemes.
Here are some of the key points our attendees took away with them:
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By Debbie Croft, Croft Coaching / Geneva Coach Alliance
I wonder how many of you feel like some kind of calmness has resumed and you can just about remember what day you are meant to be where for drop off/pick up of school/clubs/play dates. In these first few weeks back at school, I really have had that “Friday feeling” at the end of each week! I was quite surprised how 5 days of simply enabling your children to go to school can be quite so exhausting! Then I thought about it some more:
- My youngest started school for the 1st time and although it was all very familiar to her, (and equally to me), it was still a relief that she settled into it.
- Despite thinking I was "Mrs organised” with the long list of items to return with for my eldest starting 3P, I still discovered a few items that I had to race around for on week 1!
- There was no lunch club in the 1st week so I was up and down to school 4 times a day, 4 times a week, with thankfully one day off on the day that I share childcare with another Mum.
- My vocabulary improved some more as I read and re-read (armed with my dictionary) several letters and articles of law around absence, so I could sign in marked spots!
- Week 3, youngest daughter came home with cold & sore throat!
By Jennie Delbridge, Peak of Wellbeing
One of the biggest desires people have is to improve the look and function of their core muscles.
Many have tried diets, personal trainers, pilates, detox programmes and the list goes on………
So why haven’t they been getting the results they so desperately want?
Because nice looking abdominal muscles and a functional core are dependent on many factors:
By Anouk Mathern, Prise en Flagrant Délire
Fashion is all about fun – so it’s definitely part of kids’ world ! Fashion for kids is bound to be in line with 2013 collection moods but with a more colour clash free and poetic twist.
C for Colours... Special hit for emerald green (THE colour of the season) but grey, mustard yellow, black, white and metallic tones in silver, copper and gold are also to be found in all collections. The more contrasted the match, the better.
F for Fur….Just like in grown-up fashion, fur (please choose it fake!) is a must for the upcoming fall winter 2013 season. It’s time for fur collar on coats, muffs and trimmings for bags. A warm & chic item to be matched with casual jeans and tops to avoid the “too much” look.
When deciding to hire a live-in nanny, parents have to be aware of both the pros and cons and to carefully consider whether this arrangement would be suited to you and your family.
Pros of a Live-In Nanny
- The nanny becomes part of the family, providing support to the family when parents have to work and need an extra pair of hands
- Children are secure in having the same caregiver on a consistent basis
- Live-in nannies have a more flexible schedule and can be there should you work late or need to leave early or watch the kids overnight
- No need to rush the kids off to daycare before work early in the morning
- You have someone you can use for babysitting (at an extra cost)
- Live-in nannies often help with light housekeeping and run light errands
- Live-in nanny salaries are more cost effective as you are providing the food and accommodation
- There is some anecdotal evidence that the retention rate of a live-in nanny is better than their live-out counterparts
