Do you remember that phrase? The one Badman, Balls, Brown and the NSPCC tried to use to describe the poor home ed kids stuck at home, forced to do menial chores and tasks while their lucky school friends had a meaningful, perfect education in school? Look at this poor toddler, forced to clean his daddy’s […]
Review: Clarks Shoes.
We were recently given the opportunity to review the service at Clarks in exchange for a voucher towards shoes; Bene, owner of the fastest growing feet in history, got lucky, since he was the person currently poking through the ends of his shoes so off we went, pausing along the way for a variety of […]
Soothing Stitches: Homemade Hamper Gift.
What do you give the person who has everything? Or in my case, what on earth do I give my mum, who travels a lot, has a lovely home, a brilliant brain and probably almost everything in terms of gifts and things that can be given. The answer is not stuff at all. In common […]
Calm among storms.
The run up to Christmas is always hectic here, it comes with the toy shop ownership territory. We looked forward to the Xmas break but for the very best of reasons, it was never going to be. Christmas, visitors, a wedding, decorating – it all added up to a holiday that passed by very quickly […]
Shape Up & Ship Out
Last year I spent a lot of time decluttering and getting rid of junk that had accumulated in the house. It’s made a huge difference, allowing us to focus done creativity on changing the house for the better and actually spend some time going nice things. Inevitably, it needs redoing and with this year looming […]
Silent Sunday
The one where I fail at being a frugal Christmas Shopper. Again.
I’ve been avoiding writing this and it has taken me a while to work out why but I have now. The biggest reason is that I feel guilty that we had a nice Christmas Day. When I think back to the last 3, suffused with guilt and grief in equal measure and topped and tailed […]
Let Down.
When there are a lot of the children in the house, a lot of needs to be met, meals to cook, places to be, abilities to nurture and worries to ease, there is normally something that gives at each stage. Sometimes a hobby goes, or a chink of time together, or a relationship falters a […]
Review: how healthy am I?
New Year brings about aspirations and goal setting for many of us. I imagine that I am far from alone in my habitual list – lose weight, write more, be more creative, get fit, spend more time with the kids… this time next year Rodney…. One of my happiest thoughts this new year is that […]
Where did Patch of Puddles go?!?!?! (And everyone else for that matter!)
If you like to follow blogs by Facebook, you’ve probably noticed that almost all the pages you subscribe to have disappeared from your timeline; Facebook want people to pay for exposure and for blogs, that’s not much of an option. It looks like it is back to the old fashioned ways of keeping in touch […]
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