I’ve spent the morning packing the stuff we need to take away with us and I tell you, I’m not looking forward to all the washing when we get back! And I’m kind of in two minds about the car trip. It’s 2 hours each way so I have to make sure to pack a [...]

So DD12 and DD7 came home yesterday after spending 4 days at my parents’ house. And DS16 left yesterday to stay at his friend’s house and DD15 stayed at her friend’s house yesterday so I’m still 2 kids down! It’s amazing how quiet the house with when just two (any two) of the kids are [...]

I had no idea that there were exclusive shopping memberships where you can only shop at certain places if you are a member. One such type is directbuy. It’s not an online store and the showroom is for members only. You can only take advantage of the manufacturer-direct prices if you become a member and [...]

You wouldn’t think it would be THAT hard to get a photo of all five of my children, would you?! Lately, it seems that the only time all five of them are in the house is when they are all sleeping, unless of course one of them is sleeping at a friend’s house.
So I finally [...]

We’re going away soon for a weekend away and because I am a list maker, I have devoted a couple of pages to my “Mum’s Notepad” to list everything we need to take with us. With 7 of us, it’s a job to make sure I don’t forget anything for anyone!
How am I meant to [...]

When I first chanced upon InvestorBlogger dot com, my first thought was to click through to the next blog thinking that this was just a boring finance blog (not my cup of tea) but I was pleasantly surprised. I read many interesting posts including Payperpost and SocialSpark - Is it time to give up posting [...]