A frugal life is an easy life!

I will attempt to list all the things that we - stay at home dads - do, during the six weeks summer school holidays.
To those working and having to go into work everyday, staying at home looking after children, sounds like "easy street," - as any parent will tell you, if only this were true!

DAY ONE - Saturday 24th July:

Got up at 7am, had some breakfast, then get the sprog up and ready for the day, changing nappy, breakfast, bath, dressed, etc. Got sprog settled and she fell asleep in her chair.
Finally got round to getting myself ready at around 10am, with a quick bath.
Then got the sprog ready to go out, loaded the pushchair and baby bag into the car before taking mum and sprog to next town to the butchers, for the fresh meat/cheese for the following week (as I do every saturday) - was chuffed today, got extra meat in and managed to get £3.76 off as the lads rounded the overall price down (you don't get discounts or fresh meat straight off a farm at supermarkets!).
From there, it was off to the next town, to pick up the fresh fruit, veg and fish, again this is for a family of four - involving parking up, unloading the sprog into her pushchair, then walking across town to an outdoor market, hand picking all the fresh fruit and veg we would eat and carrying the bags back to the car, stopping on the way at the fresh fish stall, where I am a regular, where I picked up three lovely pieces of fresh cod (Once again the price was rounded down for me - more discount!)

Once at the car it was a return journey home, 30 minutes putting it all away in the fridge/cupboards.
Had to wait for my better half to return from work, so that I could drive my visiting mum home (mum has been staying with us for a week) whilst waiting, I put in a load of washing and hung out the load that had just finished as we got back.
Then I fed the sprog and got her settled again as she had another snooze.
After a quick cup of tea, I loaded the car up with mum's case and assorted bags.
Home came my better half, a quick goodbye, and I was on the road to Sunderland, 120 miles away.
The time now was around 3pm.

We landed in Sunderland around quarter past 5, had a quick bite to eat, then round to my sisters (who looks just like me, but with more facial hair) to collect mum's dog. Back round to mum's house, time for a quick natter then back on the road, for the 120 mile trip home.

Leaving Sunderland at around 9pm, I drove through heavy fog and rain most of the way, finally getting home around quarter past 11.
After a brew and a chat with the wife, it was time for bed.
Quite a busy day, surely the next 5 weeks and 6 days of the school summer holidays are going to be easier than today was?