I took this photo a few months ago and I love how it shows how much our dog Buddy thinks he's a human - he's sat in Miss Frugal's chair and for some reason, she's sat on his dog bed on the floor!He's such an odd little thing is our Buddy.  As soon as someone gets up out of a seat, he likes to jump in their place then he just stares at you when you tell him to move and in the night, he gathers up any socks and underwear that he can find (or reach out of the wash basket) and he makes himself a little nest at the top of the stairs.   He's got loads of funny little habits but we wouldn't … [Read more...]

Warning : This post contains a serious amount of question marks!I have a decision to make soon.Although actually I think I've already made the decision, I'm just not sure if it's the right one.Miss Frugal is going up in to Year 6 when she goes back to school in September and yesterday, I got the forms for choosing a secondary school for her to go to.  We have two choices really - the Academy less than five minutes walk from our house with the not so great Ofsted report or the Catholic school that's a bit further away with the excellent Ofsted report.On paper the decision should … [Read more...]

After the madness of last week at Butlins and everything we did while we were away, we've tried to have a much more relaxed week this week although we've still done quite a lot in as I'm concious that I'm back at work tomorrow for the next two weeks so we won't be doing as much then. So this week Miss Frugal has had her ears pierced, we've been to Knowlsey Safari Park and Lightwater Valley, we've built boats and sailed them, had a picnic at the park and played frisbee and family baseball, been to our local museum and even managed to fit in a pyjama day while we watched movies and played … [Read more...]

Did you used to have a Tamogotchi?It was one of those little electronic pets that you used to have to take care of and if you didn't they got sadder and sadder until they eventually died.  I used to have one and for the first few weeks, I used to make my Mam take care of it while I was at school. After that the novelty wore off and it was relegated to the back of a drawer somewhere and must have eventually been thrown out.Anyway, the point of my question was because last week I was trying to explain what a Tamogotchi was to the kids and they told me there was an app that their friends … [Read more...]

I'm not sure how I can introduce this photo other than to tell you that I took it last week at Butlins and the wrestler in question had just been catapulted off stage by someone bearing a strong resemblance to the cowboy from the Village people.It might not be a great photo but I think I caught the action at just the right moment, don't you?Also, I'm in two minds as to whether the cheerleader in the corner is all 'Hey Baby' or if she's traumatised by what she's seeing.Not it's your turn, you get to caption the photo by leaving me a comment below.Have fun x … [Read more...]