I originally wrote a slightly different post to this last weekend after we watched Louis Suarez bite the arm of one of his opponents during a football match.It was completely intentional and although he wasn't actually sent off during the match, he was later given a ten match ban as punishment which he has today accepted. When I first wrote this post, I was so annoyed that someone who is looked up to by so many young children had done this. Shouldn't footballers, especially one who is supposedly paid £100,000 a week, set a better example for our children. And not just footballers, what … [Read more...]
Stop calling me….
In the last two hours, I've had one telephone call from a double glazing company telling me that they are working in my area and would be happy to pop around and give me a quote to get my double glazing replaced and another call from a company who assured me that I could save money by switching to their broadband.The double glazing lady took it on the chin when I told her that we lived in a new house that certainly didn't need the windows replacing and politely thanked me for speaking to her and wished me a good night. The broadband man was decidedly less polite and hung up on me as soon … [Read more...]
Houses for sale for a pound….
I thought it was a late April Fool when I read that Stoke council are selling off houses for just a pound but it's true and now that I've read more about it, I think it's a great idea.Basically, the houses that are being sold off are in a bit of a rundown area and they're in need of lots of TLC. The council are selling them on the condition that the buyers agree to do up the houses, live in them for at least five years and commit to being a part of the community. They're also only available to people who have lived in the area for at least five years with no assets and no property … [Read more...]
Do you ever feel misunderstood….
That's definitely not what I meant when I said 'Don't eat all the grapes'!That's not what I meant when I said 'get yourself a snack to go with your hot chocolate'!That's not what I meant when I said 'smile and pretend you're a Man Utd fan'!And that's certainly not what I meant when I said 'Wouldn't it be nice to get a new car'.... … [Read more...]
Pocket money – what do you do….
So, at the grand old age of ten, Miss Frugal gets £10 a month pocket money.She gets £10 a month because I once read somewhere that a good guideline for pocket money would be to give your child £1 for every year old they are but I have no idea how that compares to what other children her age get.I do know that it seems like a good amount - enough that she can start to learn how to budget her money and make decisions about what to do with her money. Does she waste it on little treats or buy one big thing? Does she spend it as soon as she gets it or save it until she sees … [Read more...]
Step away from the computer – all of you….
Do you find it hard to limit your children's (and your own) screen time?By screen time, I mean time spent watching TV, playing on games consoles, the laptop, iPod touches, tablets - anything really that involves electronics in some way!I was struggling with this a month or so ago, mainly because I got a bit too laid back about it when we had the six week plague* at the start of the year. None of us had the energy to do very much at all so I took the easy way out and let them spend a bit too much time on their electronics.By the time we all started to feel better and actually … [Read more...]
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