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Finances, Parenting »

[13 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

While I was Stumbling Upon I found a site with a Stay At Home Calculator. If you are a full time worker thinking about being a Stay at Home use this calculator to check if you can afford it. Well, I would have to have more extra income to be a Stay At Home Mom…my dream has to be …

Entertainment »

[12 Nov 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

With Christmas approaching the gifts requests from my kids are increasing everyday. Today I bring here the main gift my son wants (of course there are many others…). He has been saving money to help us buy it once it is not a very cheap toy.

He already has a PlayStation2 and a Gameboy but for a year that he …

Blogging, Daily Life, Family Matters, Finances »

[11 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

I’ve been giving a lot of thought about my job. I’m really getting nuts with it, the people, the environment; I’m really psychologically affected by all this. We need two salaries but lately I’ve been making a lot of sums to see if it would be possible to be without a job for a few months while I try to …

Family Matters, Special Days »

[10 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

Yesterday I didn’t even turned on the computer. Yesterday it was a special day, my husband turned 40 years old. We went out to have lunch! Yes, eating out is something we barely do because it is very expensive for 4 people and without our salaries to eat out frequently. We had a pretty much regular lunch: Lasagna.

After having …

Shopping »

[8 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

With Autumn comes the time to review the footware of our children. Sandals are put aside and new shoes and boots are needed. Children footware really is an important issue. Why?

From the time your children begin to walk, you will begin the long journey of finding and keeping them in children’s shoes. Children’s shoes are very important in the

Parenting, School »

[8 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

Tuesday night it was a terrible end of day for me. When I picked up my son at daycare he told me that a school helper from school had slapped him on his face. I was shocked, no only it is something forbidden at school but he is a boy that never gives a problem and I was quite surprised …

Family Matters »

[4 Nov 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

For quite some time I’ve been looking for a Parental Control filter for my Desktop. Both my kids use the computer and I’m always afraid they might see content not suitable for their age. DH uses it too and I must confess that I found out that he watches some adult content and two weeks ago I got really mad …

Family Activities, Special Days »

[2 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

So, how was your Halloween?

In Portugal Halloween is not a tradition but we are getting U.S.A. influences and most schools are adopting the “Witch Day” activities but still without costumes. Costumes are only used for specially organized parties mostly in discos and bars. But for our children the special day is on November 1st.

November 1st is a public …