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Guilt money and the stress juggler

When I was working,there was stress. Worry about how we would find babysitting, stress with working night duty and then staying awake all day to look after the babies, worry about how David could juggle his responsibilities at work and at home but there was no worry about money. Ever. If we wanted something we would […]


That isn’t what I think it is…is it?

We booked into reception and investigated our space. The kids claimed that the heat and travelling had overcome them and that a swim in one of the three pools would help to rejuvinate their weary bodies. So with barely time for the adults to catch their breath (and oh, how I wish we had, in […]


I just did it…

Maddy came home from dancing and her hair was in a terrible knotted mess, even though it was in a ponytail, so I cut it. That’s right, I did it. I was sick of the knots, tears (hers) and sweat (mine) everytime I had to brush it out, so I got my sewing scissors and […]


First time lucky

Watching my now 15 month old daughter balancing dangerously, one handed, bum in the air, on her Fisher Price ride along car, with her twin brother screeching in the background, because he can’t do it and the older kids TRYING to watch Ugly Betty with the TV on full bore on a ‘lazy’ Sunday afternoon, periodically moaning […]