The reason for Christmas

Following on from our Christmas Eve traditions …. here is a traditional Christmas in our house. The alloted time for our 8 year old to come in and wake us up was 7am, but as he was sick in the night with a high temperature and we saw him at 4am, 5am and 6am ……..

I was given the opportunity to go along to the opening night of The Band Musical at the Grand Opera House in Belfast. I invited my 14 year old son to come along too, and his review follows below mine. This Tim Firth musical was set in both the early nineties and today, so the…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Like everyone else, I am really noticing the prices rising, particularily in the supermarkets.  The credit crunch is persisting, there is much less job security, pay freezes, and everyone is feeling the pinch. The cost of our weekly “big shop” just keeps increasing. In our family, we use credit cards for our grocerices, petrol and…

Last week I shared a glimpse of what lay ahead of me …… well I survived (obviously!) and today had my first totally “at home” day, apart from the school runs. I have spent the day creating jewellery while watching a few films on Netflix.  I just love a day home alone, I have friends…