Do you often find yourself saying NO to your children when they ask you something?I'm not talking about saying no to things that it's reasonable to say no to - going out after dark, eating too much of the wrong stuff and staying up too late on the Xbox are some of the things that come to mind when I mean things that it's reasonable to say no to.My question should really be phrased a bit differently I guess because the point I'm trying to make is that sometimes when our children ask us a question, we say no without a very good reason.We might say no to a trip to the beach of to … [Read more...]
Listography: My Five Favourite Posts….
Anyone who knows me will know how much I love a good list so when the lovely Kate resurrected Listography to share some pretty big blogging moments along with her favourite all time posts then I knew I had to join in the fun.I've had so much fun searching through my archives for my favourite posts and I struggled to narrow it down to five if I'm honest but I managed in the end so here we go - my five favourite posts ever....50 Ways to Save Money I chose this post because of the amazing feedback I've had from it and the number of people who have gone out of their way to email me to … [Read more...]
Christmas Family Traditions Alternative Advent Calendar….
Over the years we've had all sorts of different advent calendars from the usual chocolate kind to the more exciting Lego or beauty calendars but this year I wanted to try a bit of an alternative advent calendar.I wanted to make an advent calendar that was all about experiences rather than things, just like we tried to do with Christmas last year where we gave the kids a mix of actual presents and presents that involved an experience of some kind. The experiences we gave them, especially Master Frugal's, were so much fun and they appreciated them more than most of the presents they … [Read more...]
Small things that make me smile {October 2016}….
Remember last month when I said that October was my favourite month of the year (after December obviously ;-))? Well I take it back - this October has been awful and there's very little that's made me smile this month I'm afraid.After my operation at the start of the month I was hoping that life would get back to normal quite quickly but it really hasn't at all and I'm still in a lot of pain although I can feel it getting easier each day. There's been days where I've spent half the day in the bath as that eases the pain better than anything else and days when I've cried and been unable to … [Read more...]
Halloween Chocolate Bark Recipe….
Aaaagh - I've had a blog related trauma and the original of this post has been eaten so I'm having to re-write it and as always is the case, I can't get it to sound as good as the first time around. ;-)Miss Frugal and I made some Halloween chocolate bark the other day which turned out brilliantly - it tasted delicious and even more importantly (when you're 14 years old) it looked brilliant so we thought we'd share it with you today so you could have a go at making your own. Halloween chocolate bark 1 large bar of cooking milk chocolate 1 smaller bar white cooking chocolate Some spooky … [Read more...]
A valuable life lesson….
I learned a very valuable lesson yesterday. A lesson that's cost my poor little Buddy all of his doggy street cred as well as costing me money as I've had to buy my poor little Bud a new coat to wear when he goes out!The lesson I learned was never to give instructions to the dog groomer whilst half asleep. Before I explain, you need to understand how cuddly and fluffy Buddy is normally so here's a photo of him that I took of him last month:He looks a little overgrown already in this photo so you can imagine what he looks like now a month or so later! He's clearly long overdue a … [Read more...]
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