I was just chatting with a girlfriend this morning and she told me that they finally got their car back after having to get it fixed. A provisional driver had crashed into them (nothing serious) but the cost to get their car fixed wasn’t something to sneeze at. Luckily the kid had insurance!
So, anyway, they [...]

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 [...]