School holiday’s on a budget

February 26, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

So school holidays are enough of a headache, always have been really, especially when I was working office based, and the hubby was employed. We struggled every time to juggle childcare and always used to dread the holiday’s approaching, feeling guilty about the fact that they were suppose to be fun! I’m sure I wasn’t […]

A rare night on the razz!

February 19, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Well, maybe not the razz, but a night out at least, away from work, kids, Nickelodeon, and the house for more time than it takes me to nip to the corner store to get that one thing I’ve forgotten from the weekly shop (happens every time!).

A Happy Anniversary? Hmm…

February 14, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

So today we celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary and reminisce of the extremely beautiful and picturesque Niagara Falls where we said I do, albeit at -17°c! I remember walking, or should that be waddling down the aisle, 6months pregnant, which wasn’t the plan, but that’s all thanks to 3 false-positive pregnancy tests, which scuppered any […]

Keeping up with the Jones’, and the Smiths’, and the Davies’….

February 12, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

So our Daughter celebrates her 8th birthday tomorrow! Can’t believe it, I have an 8 year old baby, our youngest! So besides feeling my age this last week, I’ve been kept busy planning for her first party with her school friends, and a second family gathering, which both include balloons, bunting, matching table wear, and […]

Once upon a time…

February 9, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Well who’d have thought it. 15 Years. 15 Years have passed since we boarded that plane, young, free, with not a care in the world, heading to the Southern Hemisphere with nothing but a passport, a backpack and a mind full of dreams.

Here goes…

February 2, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

So, I started a blog. Something I’ve been talking about doing for quite some time, but never got around to actually doing it, like most things on this carousel called ‘life post kids’. But it’s not just me I’m sure. I’m not the only one that lacks the time to do anything remotely selfishly enjoyable, but that’s the choice we make I guess, after we leave the crazy, young, carelessly free days and decide that paying thousands of pounds worth of monthly bills, doing daily chores and being strapped to multiple little people is the way forward. But of course it’s not all bad.