Education doesn’t have to mean that it is something academic. It’s about knowledge, skills and habits being passed down from one generation to the next, or from person to person. In fact practical learning is more effective, especially if it is of interest to the individual. Therefore, I thought that this week I would share … Read more
We have had some lovely weather this year haven’t we. Long may this continue into the summer. Or maybe you wish to get away in the Winter. Now thanks to the return of the £9.50 Sun Holidays it doesn’t have to break the bank to get away – even over the Half-Term break AND the … Read more
It is almost time to go back to school; you may recall that my two middle boys had to move schools due to their younger brother’s special needs. They had to leave behind their friends, and everything they knew, and start again elsewhere (just before Easter). They have both settled in well and made new … Read more
I’d been wanting to take the boys berry picking for some while. It is one of those things that I did as a child that I’ve realised that my children have never done (only blackberries in the wild, not a pick your own).. I wanted to give them the experience as well as helping them … Read more
You may have noticed that we like dinosaurs in this house. I think our interest really began in April 2012, when whilst on holiday in Devon we picked up a leaflet advertising a Dinosaur World in Torquay. It was just under £6 per person with 2s and under getting in free. I think it was because … Read more
The Smurfs 2 film, for me, was about the fact that it doesn’t matter who made you, or where you have come from but what you are going to do now, how you decide to act, which determines where you are going. This is something I have already previously touched on here. Evil wizard Gargamel … Read more
My youngest son, who has Special Needs, gets really hung up about birthdays. He was meant to be born on my birthday, but instead decided to come 5 weeks earlier. So when it came to planning my birthday he had really not got over his. He thought that every birthday should be his birthday. When … Read more
WHAT IS YOUR WORTH AND HOW IS IT MEASURED? Lately there’s been an overwhelming lot of information about money (some conflicting) when it comes to blogging, and even for someone like me (who has been blogging for almost 2 years), it is often confusing. This post covers what is the law, before we consider “what … Read more
Earlier this week my new laptop arrived. It was a built to order laptop from UK based PC Specialist Ltd. Intel Haswell and NVidia 700 series I had waited and waited for the newer Intel Haswell and NVidia 700 series chipsets to be released. On 1st June I noticed on www.pcspecialist.co.uk that they were accepting … Read more
You may think that as I’m a mother of 4 boys, then I know a thing or two about how to be perfect – you know happy kids, working, clean house etc. Well the thing is that I’ve learnt how to be perfect for my family, and some times that means moving with the times. … Read more