An interesting conversation took place last night between DH and a friend of his. His friend was complaining because his wife wanted to update their term life insurance now that they had children. He thought that it was all a waste of money and he didn’t want to put any more money into than he [...]

When my two older children were babies, being a stay at home mum/mom was not an option because financially we could not have survived. But when child #3 was born, things were looking better for us so I was able to be a stay at home mum. Then children #’s 4 and 5 came along [...]

We don’t work on a set schedule as to which year the kids can have a birthday party with their friends. If we don’t plan one where their friends will be invited, we always do an afternoon tea with the family, or offer a “drop in” invitation for icecream and birthday cake.
We do of course [...]

I’ve been armchair travelling again and have decided that I would love to take the family to New Zealand.
We’re all fans of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. It would be unreal to see where the movies were made and to see the little hobbit houses! Taking a day tour to see the beautiful [...]

Our three older babes have mobile phones (cell phones, for you non-Aussies :P). They are not on contract but have prepaid accounts and the babes have to either earn the money to get credit for their phones or they use their birthday/Christmas money. I originally started buying them the smallest amount voucher each week or [...]

DS16: Mum, there’s something wrong with the modem
Me: My connection is working fine
DS16: That’s because your laptop is connected through the wireless router but mine is connected with a CAT5e and a blah blah blah
(this is where I phased out because it’s all mumbo jumbo to me)
Me: How much? *opening my purse*
DS16: How much you [...]

I have been trying to organise all the photos I have saved on my laptop so I can start digital scrapbooking again. At the moment, my ‘pictures’ file is a mess and the OCD is kicking in so I need to organise it so it’s easy to find the photo that I want to scrap.
I [...]