My Nephew, Finners Looking back over photos of the summer I came across this one of my nephew, Finners. I love it. He really is a cheeky chappie and it shows. Our family has been 'blessed' with lugholes on a par with a baby elephant. Which can be a blessing as we never lose our glasses or have ... [ Read More ]
Us
A glimpse into the lives of me and my family.
Feeling Relieved
Feeling Relieved There is no better word I can think of, than relieved, to describe the latter part of my week. I have been feeling relieved that the operation has finally happened and that my brother-in-law is now the proud owner of one of my sister's kidneys. It wasn't until after ... [ Read More ]
Greg’s Birthday: It Can’t Be Said, We Didn’t Try
Greg's Birthday Last Friday was Greg's nineteenth Birthday and a day of Birthday celebrations were planned. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how we were planning on surprising him with a surprise Zakynthos 'Intrepid Explorers' group walk (the fun name that we use to call a small group of us that ... [ Read More ]
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen This week has been an extremely manic week, but it's not all been serious stuff as my youngest turned sixteen this week (although turning sixteen, is quite serious business, I suppose!). Yes, as of this week my youngest 'child' is now sweet sixteen, although I am sure there will be ... [ Read More ]
From Boy To Man…
My Son Is Now A Man! I can't believe it. I felt old when my daughter turned fifteen back in January, but Greg's turned eighteen a few weeks back (I know this post is running a little later than planned!) and now I feel really old. Greg's isn't one for fanfare and requested that we spent his ... [ Read More ]
My Daughters First School Trip Away
First School Trip... This morning, at some ridiculously early hour, long before the sun started to rise, I dropped my daughter off at her school for her first school trip away. Every year there is a school trip to the mainland for a few days, but this is the first year she has wanted to go. When ... [ Read More ]
No Military Service For Greg’s!
Military Service In Greece... Not many people seemed to realize that military service is still compulsory in Greece, but it is. At the age of seventeen/eighteen (last year of high school), Greek males must go and sign up for compulsory military service. There are exemptions for and reduced terms ... [ Read More ]
Oh! How Time Passes!
Oh! How Time Passes!... Looking in the mirror I see an older version of the person I used to be. Quite a natural occurrence for most of us, but where the time has gone I am not quite sure. Last week my youngest child turned fifteen (?!?!); no longer a child, but not quite an adult ... [ Read More ]
One Of The Problems In Greece…
Is That No One Seems To Know The System... Was it really only ten days ago that I was feeling refreshed, positive and strong for 2015? Oh how things have changed in such a short time!...It is only January the 10th and I am feeling stressed, frazzled and mentally exhausted. For anyone who ... [ Read More ]
Totally Disillusioned…
All Change...In More Ways Than One! I had planned a different, more upbeat post for today, but after taking my son to one of his therapies I am feeling rather peeved and a touch disillusioned to say the least. It was not so long ago that I was feeling full of hope for our sons future, after what ... [ Read More ]
Just Married; 21 Years Ago Today!…
21 Years Ago Today... I was getting all dolled up to marry the man who is now my Hubby Dearest. Where the time has gone I really couldn't tell you and has it all been plain sailing; MOST DEFINITELY NOT! A scarey amount of time has passed since that day 21 years ago!...If I was born on that that ... [ Read More ]
My #WotW Is…Together
I know I am linking up rather late with my Word Of The Week, but better late than never and as I missed last weeks link up I didn't want to miss this weeks! I missed last weeks link with good reason...My sister and her family surprised us with a two week holiday! We had not been all together for ... [ Read More ]
It’s Okay To Admit When Things Are Hard Going
Life Isn't Easy...Not for any of us. We all have times when we find things hard going, but how often do we put on a brave face and pretend that things are all hunky-dory? Why do we feel that we can't admit when we are not coping well or are finding things hard going? It's never easy to admit ... [ Read More ]
Mommy Reality Challenge #10 – Food Face Fotos…
The Mommy Reality Challenge is into it's tenth week! Yes, that's ten weeks of sharing pictures and reality's that can't be undone! The hosts Jen, Celeste and Carolyn work really hard at sharing and promoting the pictures and posts that are submitted for the challenge. It's their hard work that ... [ Read More ]
Two Months With Flossie…
Flossie is as you may have already read in my previous post The Story Of The Dumped Dog That Has Found Her Forever Home, a stray that we were originally only fostering for two weeks until she recovered from being spayed, but she was so sweet we decided to keep her. How Flossie Has Settled ... [ Read More ]
Yesterday We Learned That There Is Therapy For Dysphagia…
Dysphagia as I learned yesterday is the official name for when a person has trouble chewing, swallowing and eating in general. I have to be honest and say that even though Greg's has had problems chewing and swallowing all of his life, it never occurred to us that it was a recognised condition that ... [ Read More ]
How I Got My Teenage Children To Eat More Fruit…
How I Got My Teenage Children To Eat More Fruit Since having children I have tried my best to educate them about the importance of healthy eating. When they were younger all I had to do was to prepare a bowl of chopped fresh fruit and they would happily munch their way through it, whilst I read to ... [ Read More ]
An Effective, Non Chemical Treatment For Head Lice
What Are Head Lice?... Just the words head lice can induce a sense of panic into the most laid back parents and are guaranteed to get our scalps twitching with nonexistent itches - unless of course you do have head lice and if so the itching is totally normal. Just thinking about writing this post ... [ Read More ]
The Story Of The Dumped Dog That Found Her Forever Home…
Unwanted Dogs Being Abandoned... I live on the Greek island of Zakynthos and here as well as all over Greece there is a major problem with dogs being abandoned on the street, litters of unwanted puppies being dumped in bins/fields/up mountains - basically in the middle of nowhere and left to die. ... [ Read More ]
How We Spent Mothering Sunday
I am not a big fan of what I call commercial celebrations like Valentines Day, Mothering Sunday and Fathers Day and because of this I have never encouraged the children to take much notice of these days. If my children want to make me feel like the bestest Mum in the world, I sincerely hope that ... [ Read More ]
What May Day Means To Us…
In many countries May 1st is a holiday, in some countries it signifies the beginning of spring and in others it is a workers holiday, in both cases it is usually celebrated with a day off. Although in the UK the actual holiday is the first Monday in May, giving people a nice long week end off - ... [ Read More ]