Do you take advantage of everything that your local library has to offer?  I bet you don't.Here's ten reasons why you should visit your library more often....Free internet access although you may need to book in your time in advance. Free Word processing facilities - ours has Microsoft Word, Spreadsheet, Excel and Powerpoint that I know of.   The only thing you pay for is to print of any of your work. They often have an excellent reference library with lots of local historical data including things like births and deaths, ordinance survey maps, council meeting minutes and lots … [Read more...]

Well, this last month has been a bit of a strange one.  We've all had tummy bugsm closely followed by colds which on top of the usual tiredness that going back to school brings has meant that we haven't done very much that hasn't included the settee and a pile of fluffy blankets.As a result, I haven't taken many pictures at all and I did think that a lack off pictures of them together would mean I wouldn't be able to join in with Octobers Sibling linky but I've had a look through my phone and I've found a few photos that I've taken over the last month so here I am.I … [Read more...]

One of our favourite games to play as a family is completely free, can be played anywhere and needs nothing else to play other than your imagination.We call it the cloud game and although it can be played anywhere I find that it's best played in the car when the kids are super bored as it always makes us laugh and keeps us occupied for a while.All you have to do is look at the sky and tell everyone else what you can see so they can look for it too - everyone's imagination is different so where Miss Frugal might see a dolphin, Master Frugal might see a dinosaur.  There's no rules and no … [Read more...]