10 Things Killed By Technology (that I sort of miss…)
I love technology – we owe our entire lifestyle to modern technology, and we’re grateful for it every single day. The internet allows us the amazing flexibility of working from home – and I would never ever have considered home educating four children without the world wide web at my (and their) fingertips. Not just for their unbelievably busy gaming social lives, but for the knowledge that is right there for the...
When nostalgia comes knocking…
Watching my No.1 son tower over me (which is no mean feat when your Mum stands almost 6′ in her socks), I can’t help but heave a sigh of nostalgia. I know we all say it, but how does it happen? How is it that you turn around twice, and that small blonde giggling boy who’s got “Lotsa Jobs Ter Do, Mummy” is now 6’1″, tripping over his size 12 feet, and terrifying you in the night when he looms...
Dear Daughter. Please, Be Always #LikeAGirl
Dear Bear You are eight now. Eight years old, and magnificent (I know, I know, but you’re my girl, and I’m allowed to say that. And it’s totally true). I love that you’re improbably kind to everyone and everything, and too funny for your own good, and smarter than anyone ever expects. I love that you always sing (usually the same song 633 times in a row, but hey, singing is singing). I love that you’re...
Kayaking in Dorset for our #GoProAdventures
For our recent #GoProAdventures challenge we were aided and abetted by some really fabulous Outdoor Activity companies here in Dorset. Here’s the first in the series about our Dorset Adventures – River Kayaking in Wareham. Our two eldest had both tried Kayaking on a school’s activity week, but the rest of the family had never set foot in one. So it was with a nervous shiver of trepidation running under the excitement...
It’s the LittleStuff #GoProAdventures Show. Careful. This camera may change your life.
A few weeks ago we were invited by GoPro to take part in a blogger’s challenge. Five families were invited; all working to complete a set of ten challenges using their new GoPro kit. And the winner? Oh, they get to go to the GoPro Mountain Games in Colorado next summer… *squeak* We’re a pretty outdoors kind of family anyway; we spend as much time as we possibly can clambering up far-too-high hills and mountains to...
The One Where I Speak To The Energy Expert (and feel half smug, half exasperated)
So this was the fourth and final session in the series of coaching sessions from E.On – and this time it was with an Energy Expert. The series of sessions is part of E.ON’s exciting new project, in which they’re helping people to take a look at all aspects of life. It’s not about taking on a gruelling workload of Improving Tasks; it’s more about talking to experts, and learning some clever hints and tips to help me simply live...