I read a lovely post yesterday written by Michelle over at Mummy From the Heart and it got me thinking a little bit.One of the reasons I like the end of the school holidays is because it allows me to get some routine back into our lives and to take the time to do some of the things that I've been planning to do for ages but haven't got around to over the last few months as we've been too busy enjoying the Summer.Michelle's written herself an Autumn Bucket list to help her focus on what she wants to achieve in the next few months and I thought hers was so lovely that I wanted to do the … [Read more...]
Beating the back to school blues….
After a Summer filled with adventures and family fun I hate the thought that it's over already although as I do every September, I welcome the return of some sort of routine in our lives.I don't know about your family but last year seemed as though the start of September brought with it a change in the kids, they went from being filled with energy and wanting to be outside as much as possible to just wanting to stay in and watch TV or play on the XBox when they got home from school. It wasn't just them though, a similar thing happened to me as well and looking back, I think I felt as … [Read more...]
How to create an Awesome homework space (on a budget)….
Post updated: 16/07/15I wrote this post last year originally but I wanted to share it again today for a few reasons.Firstly, we've made a homework space for Master Frugal too that I wanted to update my post to include that and secondly because after a year of secondary school with Miss Frugal, I wanted to reiterate just how important it is that children have a space to do their homework and this seemed like as good a place as any to do that!So, here we go - How to create an Awesome homework space (on a budget).... (again)The older children get, the more homework they'll … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – Print out your memories….
I've said before (lots of times I imagine) that I have a bit of a photo obsession and that I have thousands upon thousands of photos documenting our family life. They're all stored safely on an external hard drive and every now and again, I sit and look through them, often with the kids looking over my shoulder ooohing and aaahing as they see their favourite memories pop up on my laptop screen.Don't get me wrong, it's great to have these photos stored in a safe place but sometimes, I miss the old photo albums that we had when I was little, like the ones my Dad gave me after my Mam died. … [Read more...]
Here we are again – Packed lunches Vs School Dinners….
In the real world, we don't all agree on everything. Sometimes, you think you're right and actually, someone comes along and shares their point of view with you and you start to think that they have a point. So, once a month I'm going to post my opinion on a particular issue and ask another blogger to share their differing views.As we're in back to school mode right now, we're kicking off with the packed lunch vs school dinners vote and I've asked the very lovely Jen from Mum in the Madhouse to share her thoughts too. You can find her post here.This year I'm going to have children … [Read more...]
How to label school uniform in minutes NOT hours….
I remember the week before Miss Frugal started school well.I remember it because I spent most of the week (or what seems like most if it) sewing little name tags into all of her clothes.By the time Master Frugal school a couple of years later, I'd discovered iron in labels so I only spent an afternoon getting their uniforms labelled up and ready for the start of school.By the time they were both in junior school I had labeling clothes down to a fine art and several years later Ican now label every item of clothing in less than 10 minutes!Want to know my secret?It's this … [Read more...]
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