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Now this is something that none of us really likes to think about; but just remember, if you are wise enough to make out a Will then what about doing something to save your loved one’s the stress and costly expense of organising your funeral?

Let’s face it, we all will need a funeral someday in some form and if you cared to take a look at the spiralling costs of a funeral these days I am sure it would make you sit down and think carefully about the issue. There’s the coffin, the church, transport, burial site/cremation…it is not a cheap thing to do; do you think it is fair to bequeath to your family a huge bill for your final resting place?

I guess you cannot really expect people in their 20’s and 30’s to give this issue much thought but if you are reading this, despite your age, make a mental note to give it some consideration in the not too distant future. Many older folk now opt for funeral insurance as a way of organising details and ensuring that everything is planned and paid for ‘if and when’.

Taking this option also allows you to have the send off you want (even though you won’t be around to enjoy it); this means that your bereaved family won’t have the financial and emotional burden to contend with or any heavy decisions to make at a stressful time. By doing this you will be ensuring that they, too, are taken care of.

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No, it’s not a new investment company but rather a suggestion. My partner wears a well known brand of watch that cost his parents quite a packet when they gave it to him for his 21st birthday some years back. It was expensive then but these days we have noticed just how much the value has appreciated. It’s going to be an heirloom for one of our children someday…some security if you like.

Many people do not realise that purchasing a good quality piece of jewellery can actually make a good investment, in my partner’s case, it is a watch and one that appears to have just as good a resale value as a new one. Why not consider investing in something similar…? choose a top brand of course, Chopard are a brand of timepiece that have been around since 1860 and would make an excellent gift for a child - albeit a teen maybe - as well as something for their future.

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My sister has a talent for making things and is starting to turn this talent into a nice little money earner for herself. This is fantastic. There are many women, Mum’s, who work from the home and yet find the time to indulge their hobby and be wonderfully creative in what they do.

What is your special talent…are you great at drawing, painting, making something out of nothing…writing? then you too could put this to good use and actually use your skills to make some money for yourself.

My sister makes these lovely baby dolls (left)…they look like real babies without being creepy at the same time. She simply loves to create. She buys the basic models online and then puts them together from scratch. She dresses them with real baby clothes and has even kept some for herself as she has become so attached to many of them that she cannot bear to sell them.

Anyway, what she wants to sell she advertises on Ebay and really does quite well. Just another way in which we women can use our innate creative talent to earn our own money from the home.

By the way; if you would like to buy one of these beautiful baby dolls then just drop me an email and I’ll put you in contact with my sister.

These are my sister’s home-made ’Triplets’. So cute!

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