family life, our adventures
Growing up money wasn’t a subject that was spoken about that often with my parents. Even now it’s a subject that isn’t discussed regularly. My parents taught me and my siblings the value of money by giving us age appropriate chores to complete and in return we earnt pocket-money. Which… Read more“Do you talk about money with your children?”
Ever since I was a young girl one thing I’ve wanted to be is a mum. The media and society portray images that we are led to believe are the ‘perfect mum’, you know the ones, immaculate house, all home cooked meals, multitasking with ease. But this can be far… Read more“Searching for the elusive Supermum”
As a child I remember sitting on the floor at my gran’s house, watching her black and white TV. My parents bought a colour TV which I grew up with. However in the last ten years technology has changed dramatically. The first television that my husband bought for me is… Read more“The Changing face of television”
Today was a glorious day here in West Wales. The sun shone and warmed our faces and made us smile. The boys have been a bit techy the last few days so with work over for the day I ceased the opportunity to get outdoors with all four children in… Read more“First after school trip of the year to one of our happy places.”
Today has been a struggle… a struggle to keep going, to complete the daily chores. It’s left me feeling down and utterly fed up but part of me keeps saying “chin up girl it could be a lot worse”. … It certainly could be a lot worse but today has… Read more“Today …..”
Last month I was invited to take part in the Leerdammer Light Lunchtime Programme. The aim of the programme was to help people make the most of their lunchtime. I was kindly sent some delicious foods to create healthy nutritious lunches with along with a Nike Fuel Band plus to… Read more“Leerdammer Light Lunchtime Programme”
Yesterday I attended Blogon Cymru at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. I had a fantastic day spending time with friends and meeting new ones. During the day we attended three sessions, Working with Brands, Social Media and the Photography workshop. Over the last year my love of photography has blossomed… Read more“Photography styling at Blogon Cymru”
Mothering Sunday is fast approaching (Sunday March 15th) and I’ve been trying to come up with an original yet special for my mum. I’ve been looking through old photographs lately and thought it would be nice to use some to create a gift as many I haven’t seen for years. … Read more“Say ‘Thanks Mum’ with Truprint and free Mothers Day card code #millonmumssmile”