Lots of us are in full Summer Holiday countdown mode this week - ours break up on Friday so the fun officially starts on Saturday, or so I've been told. I've worked hard over the last few month so I have some extra hours to take over the holidays and I'm so pleased that I have over half of it off with them. But I think because I've worked the extra couple of hours here and there and kind of feel like I've sacrificed time with them (and others) over the last few months I feel a little bit pressured to make these holidays brilliant. It's just a shame I don't have a brilliant budget to go with … [Read more...]
It’s been HOT here this week (and I don’t mean the weather)….
It’s been a very, very long week here this last week.Followers on Facebook and Twitter may have seen my neurotic mother tweets on Tuesday as Master Frugal’s temperature climbed up to 39.8 with Calpol hardly bringing it down at all.We had him to A&E on the morning after a run in with our Doctors receptionist who told me that all appointments were full and if it was that urgent that I should go to A&E – so I did. I was so worried though as he was so hot and just couldn’t stay awake – at one point he was walking back from the toilet and he just sat down and fell asleep! The nurse … [Read more...]
A letter to Katie Hopkins….
Dear Katie Hopkins,Last week I was mildly irritated when you made some (in my mind) ridiculous comments about how you judged children by their names. I watched the clip on YouTube and like the vast majority of people who did, cheered when Holly Willoughby put you in your place by cutting you off while you were speaking. But life's too short to worry about things I can't control so I moved on and forgot all about you.But then today someone has kindly filled me in on your opinions about ginger babies and this time, at the risk of sounding like a corny Hollywood movie, this time it's … [Read more...]
How to make friends….
When Master Frugal moved up into reception class, his confidence took a massive hit. He struggled with his reading which not only had a bit of a knock on effect on all of his learning at school, it also affected the way he saw himself.He thought he was 'stupid' and 'not as clever as the other people in class' and I think this is what caused him to almost retreat into himself a little as he made no attempt to make friends and was often on his own at play times which always made my heart break a little when he told me as I felt so helpless to do anything.It got to the point where he was … [Read more...]
Preventing Sunburn – It’s not rocket science you know….
First of all, I'm tired because I've been up since 4am with a poorly Master Frugal who's had temperatures of up to 40 c today so I apologise in advice if this comes across as a giant moan.I rang the Dr's for some advice this morning and after an interrogation from the receptionist (which is a whole other post) she advised us to pop down to our local A&E with Master Frugal seeing as he was so hot and so very sleepy. He literally could not keep his eyes open and at one point he just sat down on the floor and slept right there.You can imagine how impressed a grumpy sleepy child was … [Read more...]
An explosion in the kitchen….
So, today Miss Frugal decided to make some chocolate cupcakes for her Dad seeing as he's working until 4pm on what looks to be the hottest day we've had so far this year.She made them herself with no help from me and she couldn't wait to get them iced so they'd be ready for him when he came in from work. She broke the chocolate into pieces in a bowl and popped it into the microwave as we normally do to melt it.It was going well until the microwave made a few crackly noises, sparked a bit and then made a rather loud bang! We're now left with an unpleasant smell, what's left of the … [Read more...]
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