At the grand old age of 5 and a half poor Buddy is being subjected Miss Frugal's version of dog training and it's not going well!Buddy was never the easiest dog to train although that may not necessarily be his fault as the vet thinks it might be linked to the medication he had when he was a very young puppy. When he was just a few weeks old he was diagnosed with Puppy Strangles (I'm not sure what the technical term for this is) which can be fatal for puppies. Luckily they caught it early on and with the help of a fair amount of medication, he pulled through but we have no idea what the … [Read more...]
Thrifty and frugal ways aren’t always the cheapest ways….
I'm just going to put it out there that I'm really not a fan of the word 'FRUGAL'.I chose it as a blog name all those years ago because it sounded good with the word family and it did seem to sum up what I was trying to achieve. In my head now though, the word conjures up images of miserable people doing without the things they want in life to save money and even the Thesaurus uses words like miserly, scant, skimpy and insufficient to describe frugal and that makes me a bit sad.I'd like to re-write the definition of the words thrifty and frugal so instead of using all those miserable … [Read more...]
10 easy meal ideas for kids to cook for the family….
I was feeling rather pleased with myself when I shared last week's meal plan because I'd worked really hard in the few weeks before to make sure we had a week's worth of meals in the freezer so that in the days after my operation, we didn't have to worry about what we'd be eating (or rather I didn't have to worry about the kids being subjected to Mr Frugal's cooking).I'm not sure what I was expecting recovery wise but I kind of had last Friday in my head as the day that I'd be up and about and well enough to be pottering about so I made sure that I had enough meals ready to go to last us … [Read more...]
What I learned during my brief stay in hospital this week….
Right, first things first.I'm all good so there's no need to worry- I've had some gorgeous messages from some of you this week which are much appreciated but there's honestly nothing to worry about. I've had a small (but painful) issue down below that has pretty much had me out of action since the end of June and this week I had an operation to sort it out.I'm not going to lie, it hurts right now but at least I can see he light at the end of the tunnel because I haven't been me for a long time now and I was really starting to miss being me.Anyway, I learned a few things during my … [Read more...]
Remember when a headline really was a headline?
Over the last few months, I've found myself with a bit more time than usual on my hands and inevitably, some of that time has been spent on social media. ;-)Facebook in particular has been a great source of entertainment to me while I've been out of action. I love how my timeline gets filled with random news stories that really aren't news at all. My favourite example of this over the last few weeks has been the celebrity split of the year as Brad and Angelina parted ways with everything from people saying 'I told you it wouldn't last' to 'OMG how could that happen' with a healthy dose … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {7th October 2016}….
1) It's October and we haven't had the heating on yet - that's mostly been because the weather seems to have been a bit milder than usual but there have been a few days where I've considered it. I hate having the heating on because our house is quite a warm house anyway and it feels quite stuffy when the heating is on so I try to put it off as long as I can. I've added a nice fluffy blanket to the bottom of everyone's bed but I can't see that they've been used yet.2) Did you see my meal plan earlier this week? It was a total triumph for my batch cooking as I've had a super easy week for … [Read more...]
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