In March 2014 we headed out one Sunday, after lunch for an exploration of our local area to see what we might find. With no fixed plan in mi...

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I suspect many of you reading this think I have gone a little bonkers and are wondering why a half-eaten pack of ready panc...

I've got to the age of 42 and if I'm honest I can probably count on two hands the number of really good friends I've had in m...

Our family love to go out together and enjoy some good food and it is always nice to try somewhere new and explore a new town too. So last T...

There is nothing my family loves more than a day out together exploring somewhere new, especially if it is outdoors. It makes me laugh wh...

I've written before how Thorpe Park holds fond memories for me. I grew up just 20 minutes away and it was somewhere we visited often,...

Last Thursday morning I was watching a parenting DVD with a group of friends and I was really struck by some of the content. The focus of th...

We've had NOW TV for around three months now and I have to admit that my family have been firmly converted, it is the on-demand T...

I know some people are put off visiting the seaside when the weather is not so good but actually, we just go for it. Of course, it helps tha...

I've been feeling a bit poorly over the last week and to be honest it has made me a tad grumpy at times and certainly my patience and...

Image Credit: Mayan Ruin from Shutterstock It's quite a major debate, isn't it?  I am constantly seeing posts across my soci...

JJ came home from Scouts a couple of weeks ago with his new programme for the term and it looked like they were going to have lots of f...

Image Credit: Custom Kitchen Design from Shutterstock I've got to a point in life where I really am very content. I've achieved...

Sometimes parenting is the most difficult job in the world. You are desperate to get it right and then situations present themselves that...

All my life I’ve been looking to the wrong place, the wrong source to fill the holes and to help in all situations. When times are tough and...

Back in September JJ started secondary school and he had a new pair of what looked to be really sturdy leather shoes. Here we are just four ...

I feel like Christmas is a distant memory now and I'm happy the new year is here; there is still that feeling of expectation and...

Success on Blackboard from Shutterstock 'Know your worth bloggers' is a phrase I see or hear again and again. On Facebook, in ...

Pop Photo Art Oops Image from Shutterstock I've always been very honest on this blog and to be fair, my raw posts are often the on...