I've said before (lots of times I imagine) that I have a bit of a photo obsession and that I have thousands upon thousands of photos documenting our family life. They're all stored safely on an external hard drive and every now and again, I sit and look through them, often with the kids looking over my shoulder ooohing and aaahing as they see their favourite memories pop up on my laptop screen.Don't get me wrong, it's great to have these photos stored in a safe place but sometimes, I miss the old photo albums that we had when I was little, like the ones my Dad gave me after my Mam died. … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #6….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the last in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny and it's a good one (I can say that without being big headed as I didn't write it)…. Many thanks to Cass for welcoming me over to her blog. I usually write at Me and My Shadow where I share my thrifty finds, recipes and money saving ideas - do pop over and take a look.Here are my top five ideas for free fun this … [Read more...]
Here we are again – Packed lunches Vs School Dinners….
In the real world, we don't all agree on everything. Sometimes, you think you're right and actually, someone comes along and shares their point of view with you and you start to think that they have a point. So, once a month I'm going to post my opinion on a particular issue and ask another blogger to share their differing views.As we're in back to school mode right now, we're kicking off with the packed lunch vs school dinners vote and I've asked the very lovely Jen from Mum in the Madhouse to share her thoughts too. You can find her post here.This year I'm going to have children … [Read more...]
If you can’t beat them….
Miss Frugal seems to be growing up very quickly and I'm only a year or so away from the dreaded Kevin and Perry moment when she'll turn 13 and I'll be the parent of a teenager! I'm not even thinking about that just yet though, I'm just enjoying the fact that she still wants to spend time with me.As much as I love the fact that she likes to do things with me, I think a lot of it's down to the fact that I try to do things with her that I know she likes to do. She's not going to want to spend time with me if I'm sat on my phone or at my laptop so I do things that I know she'll enjoy … [Read more...]
How Butlins saved Ethel the Unicorn….
If you ask Master Frugal what his proudest moment is, he's likely to tell you that it's the time he won me a unicorn from one of those grabby machines in the arcade at Butlins.He'll tell you that he spent his own money on it and that he (and his big sister) got a round of applause from the people stood around them when he won her and he'll even tell you how good he felt walking back to where we were sat with the unicorn hidden behind his back so he could surprise me with it because he knew I really wanted one of the cute cuddly toys I'd spotted earlier in the day.He probably won't tell … [Read more...]
Getting Physical….
Miss Frugal isn't unfit and she's certainly not overweight but she does seem to have a bit of an aversion to organised exercise!She has no problem spending hours doing all sorts of acrobatics on the trampoline, having a game of badminton in the back garden or playing rounders at the park. She loves horse riding, cycling, scooting and rollerblading and even enjoys a jog with our next door neighbour every now and again. But, ask her to do any sort of organised sport and she's pulls that 'Do I have to?' face.In fact she's so bad that last term at school, they had to do cross country … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 333
- 334
- 335
- 336
- 337
- …
- 513
- Next Page »
