Feeding the family on a budget – 2 courses for less than £2.50 each!
Feeding the family on a budget is a real challenge these days but I feel like its getting even harder in our house! First, the portion sizes in the house have increased as our children have grown. We have Andrews children 2 – 3 times a week and so I am trying to...
9 reasons for anger in our altered life
If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I never expected the life I have today when I was pregnant. For those who are new to me and this page I'd direct you to my account of how life changed forever in a moment and 'what not coping looked like for...
Exploring Wild Worlds at Chester Zoo
We recently decided to make the most of the sunny weather and visit Chester Zoo as a family for the first time. We timed it to coincide with the 'Wild Worlds Festival' which the zoo has running until the end of September where visitors are encouraged to 'discover new...
Left handed living in a right handed world.
Going back as far as medieval times, left handedness was an undesirable and at times, feared quality. The website www.rightleftrightwrong gives some fascinating facts about left handedness through the years. It explains that left-handers were routinely accused of...
Harry’s birthday weekend in Nottingham.
My boys are 13 now and to celebrate the arrival of their teenage years I wanted to do something a little special for them both. You may have read my blog on things to do in Rome which I wrote with Oliver when we came back from 4 days there which I had saved long and...
Clear and comfortable vision direct to your door
It's been about ten years since I had my eyes lasered. My vision was deteriorating and I absolutely hated wearing glasses so it felt like a good option and my vision is still generally great now. However I have started a new job which involves a lot of PC work and my...
5 reasons why I left teaching and the impact of that decision
I had my first job when I was 15 and still at school. Earning a wage (even though I was on 1.25 an hour in 1992) at such a young age really taught me the value of money, how to save for and appreciate the things I could buy for myself and essential skills such as...
9 signs you’re not ready to let go of Love Island just yet – take the quiz
Until the 2018 series of Love Island, I had never watched a single episode of the ITV2 programme. In all honesty I wasn't particularly interested in this one but the first episode aired on the night I was sitting at the side of my sons hospital bed as he recovered...
World Friendship Day ~ Who makes the cut and why?
30th July marks World Friendship Day which has naturally got me thinking about the very topic of friends. I don’t have loads of friends anymore. Gone are my younger days when I looked to the group of high school students I was a part of to define who I was and I...
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