I don’t know about you, but I get bored of the same old chocolate advent calendars each year and thought I would try something different this time around and I am pleased with the result! Chunk is nearly four now and he is obsessed with reading (thankfully) like I was at his age, probably because…
I Nearly Lost My Mum This Month
Read more“You were at deaths door a couple of weeks ago, but we couldn’t tell you that because we didn’t want you to give up the fight.”
My Traumatic Fortnight
Read moreYou may (or may not) have noticed that I’ve been very quiet on here lately, and that’s because so much stuff is happening in my life at the moment which has been crazy. I feel the urge to offload so this may be a long one! Let’s start with nan. I adore the woman to…
Top Tips for Getting the Best Tyres for Your Family Car
Read moreImage Source Keeping the family run around on the road should not take too much time or be too much of a hassle, but all too often it is. Family cars are often not given the attention that is lavished on performance or vintage cars and we can take them for granted, a little. Ensuring…
Moving Pets Onto New Homes (and Comforting Your Child!)
Read moreI write a private blog for Chunk in the hopes that one day he will get to read it and find out what we did in his younger years. I wrote a post today about moving one of his pets onto another home and thought I would share with you guys as you may end…
My No (Added) Sugar Diet #sugarfreefoods
Read moreI’m sure you’ve seen or heard about Jamie Oliver’s recent Sugar Rush programme, and if you haven’t then watch it now! I had already started to find out about the effects of sugar on our bodies and minds watching other documentaries, but this really hit home to me as the first scenes were off a…
Single Parent Linky 14
Read moreAs a single parent I love reading other single parent blogs as it can really help me see how other people cope in my situation and gives me so much inspiration! To make it easier to find all of these great blogs, I thought I would create a Single Parent Linky which runs fortnightly. It…
The Terrifying Threes Are Upon Us!
Read moreI’ve always known that toddlers go through the “Terrible Twos” which consist of loud, screaming, stomping tantrums and general defiance, but nobody ever warned me about what comes after that. The TERRIFYING THREES. A Familiar Scene I laughed when someone pre- warned me just before his third birthday a few months ago, as I had…
Single Parent Linky 13
Read moreAs a single parent I love reading other single parent blogs as it can really help me see how other people cope in my situation and gives me so much inspiration! To make it easier to find all of these great blogs, I thought I would create a Single Parent Linky which runs fortnightly. It…
Guest Post by Gingerbread: Getting Financial Help In An Emergency
Read moreI’ve heard so many awful stories about people who have taken out payday loans in a desperate bid to pay bills and keep a roof over their children’s heads, so when Kathyrn Excell at the rather brilliant single parent charity Gingerbread offered to write some money tips for us, I jumped at the chance to…