to be honest I used to love cooking when i lived at home i used to cook for mum a few times a week, then i met OH and he had to be the most fussiest eater i've ever met, it got to the point where i couldn't be bothered - how would anyone feel to have their food that they had cooked picked over bit by bit to see what was in it. i wasn't allowed to even put onions in shepherds pie FFS. so one day i decided enough was enough and stopped cooking.
then i had kids and got back to cooking again and if OH didn't like it then it was tough luck as far as i was concerned. he's getting better, still picks onions out of curries etc

i haven't had a pimms for a while i'm on coffee (de-caf) tonight

It can be but you can make it cheaper by taking and making your own food, spend a lot of time in the pool and book out of season and during midweek (Monday to Friday). It's also cheaper if you share with others as the bigger villas work out cheaper when you split the cost.

It is lovely for the kids though to be able to feed the wildlife from your back door. Last year my mum came too and she very nearly had a swan in her living room - it followed her back after she fed the ducks - she had to run and slam the door fast

mine are ok for my own use but no way would any one want any of them.
Im thinking when i get to oz on doing a soft furnishing course . that way i can learn and meet new people at the same time.
Mandy

That's a good idea - when we visited a couple of years ago I was amazed at the number of fabric shops around. Only place round here is John Lewis which makes it expensive

OMG a swan they can be vicious . At Easter we took the boys to a hoeseasons park we stayed in a chalet the kids and dogs loved all the fresh air . we watched various birds feeding and a few cheeky squirrels.
Mandy

That would drive me mad. Luckily my hubby will eat absolutely anything even if he doesn't like it !

I know, our local paper showed a woman who had her arm broken by a swan !! I don't get near enough

i started doing a course and bought materials and books etc, when i lived in Germany to do stuff in our married quarter. i really enjoyed it but the lass running the course left as her hubby got posted to another place.
Ive told OH i will do loads of things just so i can meet people.
i will even do a barbie course if it will help
Mandy

we've come to blows over it a few times i can tell you.

one of my boys will eat anything i put in front of him, the other i'm training not to be like his father

I'm going to have to do that. Will obviously meet other parents through the kids but that won't be enough.

That sounds just like my hubby, very fussy but as you say once you have kids he has to eat what ever is going or starve.
I wouldn't care but his mother is a very traditional cook . her sunday lunch is just the best. But he is n't keen on sunday lunches. So we dont do that any more.
Mandy

You lot should do what I do. I make tea for me and the kids, the OH makes his own unless he wants the same

My hubby loves his Sunday lunches but there's too much washing up for my liking so we go to the local carvery

Some times my hubby plays with his food just like a kid .
It got to the stage that we ate when the kids were in bed, just to avoid the kids being affected by his fussines.
Saying that since he has been working away from home, he eats a little better.(could be the rolling pin i carry around)
Mandy

We often go to brewsters if i want sunday lunch and he doesn't that way every one is happy.
Mandy