Growing up, I was never a huge football fan whereas my brother was a season ticket holder for Boro and I have some quite hay memories of him coming home from the match on a Saturday afternoon being unable to speak as he'd shouted that much at the match.But then, in the mid nineties, Bryan Robson came to the Boro as Manager and he changed the club forever in my eyes - he signed players who no-one ever would have expected to have come to a small club like Middlesbrough. Players like Juninho, Emerson and Ravanelli suddenly had the world talking about the club and it was an exciting time to … [Read more...]
How to encourage children (and grown ups) to ‘think before you speak’….
We've all heard the saying 'think before you speak' but sometimes, it's easier said than done!Have you ever opened your mouth and instantly regretted the words that have come out? I know I have and I can think of at least one example in the last month where I've said something and instantly wished I could take back. And if it's that hard for me as an adult, just think how hard it is for children to be careful of what they say!With this in mind, I saw a poster this week which I really loved and wanted to share it with you today because I think it's a great way to help children (and … [Read more...]
2 Ingredient homemade hair detangler….
I don't know what Miss Frugal does to her hair when she washes it but everytime she gets out of the bath, her hair is a mass of knots and tangles.To make it easier to comb through before scalp plaiting it for bed (she loves curly hair) we usually spray on a little bit of our homemade hair detangler which really does work wonders.We have a spray bottle that we usually use to make our homemade hair detangler in but last week we made up a smaller bottle ready to take on holiday with us. As I was making it, it occurred to me that I'd never written about how we made it before so I took a … [Read more...]
Why I didn’t join in with the protest against the SATs today….
Just before half term, it occurred to me that I hadn't seen Master Frugal's PE kit in a while and I joked to him that it must be getting smelly as I couldn't remember the last time he'd brought it home to wash. His reply astounded me.... It's OK Mam, it's not dirty because we haven't had PE in a while.We're way too busy doing extra SATs work to do PE! I spoke to his teacher and he was right, the year 6 pupils are apparently too busy revising for the SATs to do any PE and there were no plans to bring it back until after the SATs had been done. His teacher was lovely and tried to reassure … [Read more...]
How I got on with my Springtime resolution
At the start of the month I shared with you my Springtime resolution, which was to lead a healthier lifestyle and today I wanted to give you an update on how the month has gone.I've lost a total of 6lb in April so far which is brilliant, even though it's a little less than I had hoped for as I was aiming for a steady 2lbs a week. I'm really pleased with the weight that I have lost since I started on Slimming World a few months back - especially as the clothes I've just bought in the sales are now a size smaller than I would have bought before.It's a huge boost trying on clothes in a … [Read more...]
Small things that make me smile {April 2016}….
This is the second time I've started to write this post because the first time around went into a fair amount of detail about something that's been worrying me for a few months and turned into a rant about my doctors. I think I was up to about 700 words before I got to the happy part so I deleted it and I'm going to give you the much abbreviated version instead.Basically, a spot appeared on my arm which wouldn't go away started to look crusty. I stupidly Googled 'crusty spot on arm' and you can imagine what comes up. The doctor told me that he couldn't tell what it is but it should be … [Read more...]
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