Sometimes it’s hard to smile.

You just want to lock the door, close the curtains and pretend that you’re the only person in the world.

I sometimes feel like this.  Not often but it happens.

Because sometimes I miss my mum so much and it makes me sad that she’s not here to see the things that I can . . . → Read More: Sometimes it’s hard to smile….

Before I had children I had a perfect image in my head of how things would be….

My children would always be clean and smart, they’d never answer back or behave in a less than impeccable manner and I would have a tidy house and manage to put a delicious looking tea on the table every night . . . → Read More: Far from perfect….

Last year, Master Frugal decided he wanted to grow his hair longer – mainly because he wanted to have one of those floppy fringes that Justin Bieber was sporting at the time.

I was OK with this and no matter how tempting it was to march him to the hairdressers to get it all chopped, I resisted.

But . . . → Read More: The Big Chop – Before and After….