Every now and again, something happens to remind me of a post I’ve written at some point over the last 10 years or so that I’ve been blogging and I go back and dig out the post to have a quick read.  Sometimes, I wish I could share the post all over again with you so I thought once a month I’d do exactly that and share an old post.Today’s post is about the traumas of Summer Holidays gone by but before I start, I should say that the reason I remembered about this post was that I was thinking about how the Summer Holidays have changed now that the kids are that bit older.  At 16 … [Read more...]

This post is in collaboration with PayPlan.Being a single parent isn't anything that I've ever experienced but how I would cope if I was in that situation has always been a consideration for me when planning our family finances.It's not that I plan to be a single parent at any point but I'm guessing not many people do. Life happens and things change for lots of reasons and whilst I can't plan for how I'd cope mentally, I've always been conscious that I needed to be able to cope financially if the worst happened.I want to know that I could cope if I suddenly went from a … [Read more...]

Visiting the 9/11 museum in New York was one of the most sobering experiences of my life and it took me a while to process the things I saw and heard in there.The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed sixI've been wanting to tell you about our visit to the 9/11 museum in New York for a while but every time I started to write up a review, I stopped because I don't think any words could ever convey the emotion … [Read more...]