I don't know about you but I'm finding that keeping the kids occupied (and off their electronics) is becoming a bit of a challenge lately. I think it's a mixture of the miserable weather, the dark nights and the fact that we've all been ill over the last few week that's left us with very little energy to anything other than the essential stuff (school, work, social media - you know the stuff ;-)).But next week is half term and for the first time in about a month none of us are poorly (touch wood) so I'm hopeful that we can have lots of family fun together. We don't have much money though … [Read more...]
Soothing chamomile, lemon and honey ice lollies….
Last year when Miss Frugal had a sore throat, I made her some throat soothing chamomile, lemon and honey ice lollies which she declared were like 'yummy medicine' as they were just about the only thing that seemed to help soothe the pain.Last Sunday was the first time I'd had a sore throat myself since making these for Miss Frugal so I sent Mr Frugal to the shot for some honey and set about making myself a batch in the hope that they would help make me all better. Here's how I make my soothing chamomile, lemon and honey ice lollies 2 Chamomile tea bags 2 tbsp honey (more or less … [Read more...]
How I encourage the kids to help me around the house { Includes a free printable chore chart }….
Helping out around the house is an expectation in our house!I don't think it's unreasonable to expect everyone to help out because in my mind, we all live here together so no one person should be responsible for keeping our home clean and tidy. Generally everyone is quite good about doing their fair share but I do find that if I leave them to their own devices then nothing gets done.To make sure that everything gets done and there's no confusion over what job should be done by who, I've started using a chore chart to document the jobs I expect them to do on a daily and weekly basis. … [Read more...]
OK Monday, let’s do this! 7 things to cheer you up on a miserable Monday Morning….
I don't know about you but I find Monday mornings are the hardest morning of the whole week, especially when it's still dark outside when we're waking up! The kids definitely seem to be grouchier and harder to get out of bed on a Monday and I always ending up hitting that snooze button one time too many on a Monday which leaves me feeling no less tired and if anything, more grumpy than I would have been as I've had more time in bed to think about how much I hate Mondays!Last week was worse than usual as I was feeling ill on the Sunday night so I relied on the kids to get everything … [Read more...]
How I’m Learning to Love my Camera again….
I love taking photos but I'm far from being any good at it and even though I have a brilliant DSLR camera, I have no idea how to use it outside of the manual mode which is such a shame as it's capable of taking much better photos than I currently take with it!I've lost count of the number of times that I say I'm going to learn to take better photos and then done nothing about it and the fact that I feel like my photos aren't as good as they could be has taken the shine off using my camera a little bit for me - so much so that I can't even remember the last time I used it.I've been … [Read more...]
How we made beautiful wall art from some very special buttons….
My Mam died 10 years ago last November but Miss Frugal still remembers her and has some very vague but happy memories of some of the things they used to do together.One of the things they used to do was play with my Mam's button box which was filled with buttons of all shapes and sizes. They used them to learn colours, to learn to count and every now and again as a treat my my would thread a big needle and very carefully help Miss Frugal to sew a little bit.When my Mam died, I brought the buttons home with us because I knew how much Miss Frugal enjoyed playing with them but she never … [Read more...]
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