School holidays are every kid’s heaven and a lot of parents’ hell. It’s not that I don’t like having both boys at home full time, but it does seem to make life ten times harder. They’ve both gotten to an age where they play together a lot, but also argue just as much – more […]
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My Sex and the City Remake
Every now and then I need a blow out with my girlies. Sometimes this involves copious amounts of alcohol, dancing, and a great night out; sometimes, DVDs, chocolate and a chilled night in. On this occasion, it was my credit card rather than my liver or gut that took the hit…
Great Children’s Authors and Books
It can be a difficult task sometimes getting your kids to read, and I recognise this as both a parent and an English teacher. With the huge range of technology available to children nowadays, including computers games, Facebook, mobile phones, Sky TV etcetera, it can be a real challenge trying to motivate young people to […]
Geocaching: A Fun Alternative to Dogging
You know you may be associating with the wrong people when you ask your best friend for an idea for something cheap and fun to do with your husband that will help end the days of bickering and bad moods and she answers “dogging”. Thanks for your help, Mel! Although, to be fair, she did […]
Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook
Jack’s “can’t” and I’m definitely “won’t” in this little saga. We’re back from Barcelona now, but I’ve got so many stories to record! This one is all about the cooking course that was Jack’s bright idea to enroll us on…we had so much fun, but I thanked god during every minute of it for the […]