Are You A Savvy Online Shopper? SOS Friday.

Do you shop online? I thought it would be fun to have a weekly blog linky where we can all talk about our best finds online and any tricks of the trade when it comes to shopping via the worldwide web. I am going to call it Savvy Online Shoppers (SOS) Friday but you can … Continue reading →

What Support Does Tommy’s Offer To Parents and Parents-To-Be? How Can You Get Involved?

Tommy’s is a charity that probably most parents have heard of but if you like me, you won’t be fully aware of the services they provide to parents and parents to be.  You might also want to know about their medical research into pregnancy complications such as stillbirth, miscarriage and premature birth. So I asked … Continue reading →

What Are My Reasons To Be Cheerful?

Without further ado, here are my reasons for smiling this week. 1. My big reason is that I am now helping Tommys, the baby charity http://www.tommys.org/Page.aspx?pid=247to raise money via the #mums4good campaign. I urge you to sign up to Give As You Live by clicking  http://www.give.as/kateonthinice  which will take you to my page on the … Continue reading →

What Are This Week’s Groovy Mums Challenges?

Here are this week’s Groovy Mums challenges for your delectation and delight. If you don’t know what Groovy Mums is or how it can jazz up your life, click here https://kateonthinice.wordpress.com/how-to-be-a-groovy-mum/      All mums are very welcome to take part and this is possibly the most flexible linky on the planet as you get to make up … Continue reading →

Missing Out On Bargains – Magpie Monday

On Monday, I usually shout out loud about my bargain finds. This week, I am taking a different slant. Due to various house repairs and unexpected expenditure, we needed to rein in my spend, spend, spend attitude to charity and Netmums shopping. Of course, sod’s law means this is when the good stuff comes up. … Continue reading →

SATS Saga

My son has his SATS all this week.  Hours and hours of tests on literacy and numeracy. My husband resents the SATS and is sure they are more about the school’s welfare than that of the children. I don’t know what to think. The truth is whatever we think, my son still has to sit … Continue reading →

The Best Part Of Me? – Snap Happy BritMums

Guilty Pleasure – Snap Happy BritMums

This one is a little cryptic.  It is a bit like on the telly programme “Say what you see”.

Silent Sunday

Will You Send A Message?

It is easy living in the UK to ignore the plight of Africa.  It is easy to choose to do nothing about it.  It is easy to turn our faces in a different direction. However, as a parent, you would want someone to be there for your children and if it just meant signing a … Continue reading →