May 23, 2013

Sisterly love – until it comes to ice-cream

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      With the warmth of the glowing sunshine upon them, and having reached the grand old age of 18-months, the twins were finally able to appreciate the finer points of ice-cream. It seems that they have already followed their mother’s footsteps in their fondness for the product and, it has to be said, [...]

Our Big Family Road Trip: From Near Disaster Come New Friends

To new friends

      Our grand entry into Italy might not have been quite how we expected it to turn out.  Certainly, when the the realisation kicked in that that we were stuck with a minibus load of children, with limited phone reception to try and get the help we needed and nobody around for miles [...]

Our Big Family Road Trip: Fair Verona

Adige River Verona

            ‘Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows [...]

Our Big Family Road Trip: A Day in Venice

Venice

  We were into our second week of staying in Torreglia in the Veneto region of Italy.  We had a fine few days of sunshine during the first week but limited funds.  Then, when we had more money to go and do things, the rains came.  After four solid days of rain and storms came [...]

Ready for anything (plus free sample offer)

Beautiful red makeup bag and cosmetics isolated on white

      Every morning follows the same routine for me, and the first part of that routine is getting myself ready.  I take ten minutes every morning to do my hair and make-up and that is it. I usually won’t do anything again for the rest of the day, apart from perhaps putting the [...]

Save money with Pinching-Pennies (and win a £100 Amazon voucher too!)

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    If you are a follower of our Larger Family Life Facebook page or Twitter feed you would be forgiven for thinking that all I have been doing lately is eating great food, scoffing ice-cream, visiting stunning beaches and sunning myself. Whilst I admit that there has been a fair bit of all that going [...]