Do you want to give your child some help with SATs preparations and reduce SATs stress for them? Me too!The school my children go to is a very good school, it hasn't always been a good school but a new headmistress came in a few years ago and has turned it around completely - great breakfast club, excellent choice of out of school activities, brilliant results and a great staff of teachers who on the whole are very good with the kids.The one thing that lets it down in my eyes (although I understand that this might be a plus for many other parents) is the amount of importance that they … [Read more...]
#lastingchange – International Woman’s Day….
In a couple of weeks I'll be taking part in the Darlington to Durham leg of the Team Honk Blogger's relay and I'll be sharing more information about what we'll be doing in the next week or so but for now, I wanted to let you know about some inspirational ladies, Tanya, Annie and Penny who are working with Team Honk right now in Tanzania.If you don't already know about Team Honk, it's all about bloggers who are raising money and awareness for Comic Relief.To celebrate International Women's Day #iwd2014, Tanya, Annie and Penny are finding out how our donations to Sport Relief … [Read more...]
The Thursday Thrifty Tip round up….
Last week I was considering hiring a skip for the day (at a cost of £90) so that I could clear out some of the junk from my garage and one of my friends pointed out that I didn't need to pay for a skip when I could arrange a collection from the council for a fraction of the price. I didn't even know the council offered that as a service let alone that they would come along and take my rubbish for just £15.00!I saved a fortune because someone pointed out something they thought was obvious.So, I started thinking about how many other little tips there were that may seem obvious for … [Read more...]
The small things that are making me happy this week….
I've not been online very much over the last few week - mainly because real life has required much more time and attention that usual but also because it's always nice to take a little bit of a break every now and again. Anyway, I'm back now and the fact that I can see a blue sky as I'm sitting drinking my morning Chai Latte (get me!) makes me feel very happy and optimistic that we've seen the back of the dreadful weather we've been having. Feeling so happy about such a small thing naturally made me think about Cas at Mummy Never Sleeps as she hosts a fab weekly … [Read more...]
Girls bedroom makeover on a budget….
This morning I sat down in Miss Frugal's bedroom and realised just how much 'stuff' she had and how little space she had to store it all!So while Mr Frugal was snoring away in bed, I was on the iPad trying to find the answer to our problems!By the time he woke up, I was all sorted and ready to get on with it! I found some great shelves in Ikea but didn't fancy the hour's drive each way to get them so I ended up getting two cheap cube-style units from Argos to stick on top of each other next to her desk. We also bought some cheap but pretty white storage boxes from Morrisons for £1.50 … [Read more...]
Why does everything have to be competitive….
Since we got our trampoline a year or so ago, our garden has been one of the most popular places to play in the street. In fact, until the net was blown down in the storms a few weeks ago, one of both of the kids went on it practically every day and learned all sorts of tricks and fancy moves. Even the snow didn't stop them!At all hours of the day in all weathers, I've listened to them laughing and playing together, running in rosy cheeked and laughing to make sure I stopped everything to watch whatever their newest move was before running back out again to jump some … [Read more...]
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