enjoy life!

Having time with your family will give you a chance to reminisce the good 'ol days, reassess your accomplishments and redefine your goals/plans/priorities. Every family should make time for bonding, which need not be expensive. This is "making memories" specially for our children. Our family's "outing" used to be going swimming, sometimes even just at my sons' school pool with very cheap fees, or going nature walk or enjoying the park scene along the riverbanks (our Marikina Riverbanks and parks attract many picnickers). When our finances got better (both my sons finished their studies had jobs already)we would spend overnight in some resort or go for a week vacation in either my province or my husband's province. These are cherished memories for all of us.

That is a great idea of yours. For me, it is very important to have some family quality time. Even how hectic the schedule and how small the budget for the family, there should be time and money allotted for family bonding. Having quality time with the family will strengthen the ties of the family members. The best time to unwind and relax is to do it with the family.

That's what I try to tell my BF as well. He always wants other people to come with us when we go out. We don't go out often, because everything is so expensive. But, we never go out together. So finally we had a cheap go out on a boat. One of the tourist boats. That is not to expensive and nice to see different things. I finally got him to realize, I wanted a romantic day together. Just the two of us. FORGET IT! His ex wife needed to work and we got stuck with his son of 11. And of course within the first hour, he was already complaining. "I am bored." I knew that was going to happen. Then he gets all his fathers attention and once again I am sitting alone. Quality time is very important. Take care, have a nice day.