Bit of a rant this one… I got embroiled in a Facebook post about whether or not RE should be taught in schools or not. I don’t mind people having their own thoughts on it or doing what they feel is best for their family. What I *hate* is when people use opinions as fact. …
If you’re anything like me you have a phone full of photographs that you don’t really do anything with. I recently downloaded the Snapfish app & every month they give you 50 free prints, you just pay the postage. I’m taken advantage of this deal once but intend to do it more often, especially when …
You’ll have previously seen on the blog that I use NowTV for our streaming of television services. Obviously, we have our free-to-air channels but we choose to pay for NowTV because of shows on the likes of Sky Atlantic & Sky Witness as well as on-demand kids channels. We also have access to Sky Cinema. …
My kids love parties, I think all children do. It can often be seen as a bit of nightmare to have to sit and wait for a couple of hours as they have their fun. We also have to come up with a present for the birthday boy or girl and spend awkward silences sat …
What can £16 get you? Possibly a meal out at Pizza Express for two, if you have a voucher. Maybe 5 coffees if you’re lucky. The best £16 I’ve spent recently was on the New Roald Dahl Collection from The Book People. It was on special offer, 15 of the legendary writer’s books for only …
We had an awesome few days away for our summer holiday earlier this month. There’s nothing like switching off from the world and enjoying family time. We did have one day where everything seemed to go wrong. The weather quickly changed when we were rock-pooling and it dumped a load of rain on us, it …
This blog post is slightly different. Stay with me. I spotted a Twitter moment about parents in America getting their kids ready for going back to school. Here in the UK, pretty much on the day the children break up for the summer, television ads start trying to sell us new school uniforms, bags & …
As much as the idea of having the kids at home for six weeks of summer is fantastic, there can often be times when you’re not earning quite as much as if they were at school and perhaps they are a little bored? The first week is great to unwind, maybe they watch a little …
As you may have seen we bought a campervan. It’s an old one so one of the obvious things we need is breakdown cover. We have breakdown cover for our car – I imagine that there’s nothing worse than being stuck on the hard shoulder with no help arriving with a couple of young kids …
You may remember my post from last year about saving for something you really want. We’ve talked about owning a campervan for over a decade, finally, we’ve bought one. It’s not the most pristine van in the world, it has it’s quirks and needs a bit of love here and there, but it’s ours. Over …
