Our girls all go to dance school. They all spend many hours a week at dance and theatre classes on top of their academic education in school. They do it because they love it and they enjoy it and they do the exams, both RAD and IDTA, because they want to learn and progress. It is […]
Do you need life insurance? These are really difficult questions to answer and uncomfortable to ask, but what if you or your partner was no longer around? Could you: Afford mortgage repayments? What about household bills? Maintain your current standard of living? Who would look after the children? Would you have to go back to […]
You may realise by now that I have some strong views on education and the ways schools are run in general. I take a dim view of the way the Department for Education operates and with that a dim view of how some school operate. But, I can’t stand the fact that state-funded grammar school still […]
For most people, the moment they find out that they are expecting attention turns to potential baby names for the new arrival. Of course, more and more people are choosing the find out the sex of their baby and thus narrow down the search field for that all important name. So how did you choose […]
I love. No, I LOVE the day the clocks go forward. Spring is that time of year when the nights really start to become longer and the weather is definitely warming up. Here’s why I love it so much. Longer Days I’m not sure whether I get SAD (seasonal affective disorder) but during the short winters […]
If you follow this blog or my Instagram or my Twitter then you can’t fail to know that this last weekend all our girls were involved in their dance school bi-annual showcase production. It takes a few days of being laid up with tonsillitis to both process what we saw and get around to writing about. […]
You always want to make your child’s birthday special. When they’re young, it’s relatively easy: buy a few toys, invest in some balloons, and make a fuss. They’ll be happy with it! When they get to their teenage years, however, things are a little bit more difficult. All of a sudden (where does the time […]
It’s showcase weekend! It’s finally upon us and last night was the first run through on stage at the venue. I was lucky to be a chaperone so I got to see how things are shaping up – pretty fantastically actually. One thing is for sure, those kids enjoy dancing. Our four girls never seemed […]
Anyone who has read my blog before will know I like to run and that recently I have been suffering from some knee issues – probably runners knee. Today I got some news about the long-running knee saga. Runners Knee On a visit to see my GP a few weeks ago, he referred me to […]
In this day and age of internet shopping, it’s not unusual to order anything from a website anymore. However, ordering a specially made cake from Sponge was a new experience for me. I suspect I am no different to many others who haven’t yet experience ordering a cake from the internet. Here’s how it turned […]
