People often ask me how I manage to fit in everything that I do blogging wise when it's not my full time job and usually when they do, I look at them and reply 'I just do' because I don't know what else to say.Maybe the fact that it's not my full time job and I'm not reliant on the income that blogging often brings helps me because I still get to do this for fun which means that I still love blogging but without the obligation as I don't feel pressure to earn money from it (although that's nice). It could also be because my children are a little older at 11 and 14 so on an evening when I … [Read more...]
10 reasons you know you’re a blogger….
I was sitting at the table with the kids tonight about to start our Saturday night games night when the moon caught my eye. It looked beautiful and all I wanted to do was get outside and take photos of it but we were just about to play Rapidough and the kids had been looking forward to taking on me and Mr Frugal all day. I thought I was going to have to miss out on the photo taking until the perfect solution came to me. ;-)Five minutes later we were all in the car with the dog (and my camera) heading to the beach to take photos play football. Every now and again, I kicked the ball … [Read more...]
How I manage my Work:Life:Blog balance….
I love blogging and all of the opportunities that it brings us as a family but if I let it, it could very easily take over my life as there's always something that I could be doing.I also love my job which is fun, challenging and not too badly paid for what I do.And it goes without saying that more than anything, I love my family. My family mean everything to me and spending time with them is my main priority at all times.So how do I manage my blogging and working life so that they don't impact my family life?It's not always easy I can tell you that but I manage and lately, … [Read more...]
My blogging photography essentials – everything from cameras to lenses and from apps to editing…..
As a mum, taking photos is something that I do frequently and often more often than not, I just point and shoot without any thought for what's going to make a good photo. My aim with these photos is simply to capture a moment and I just use whatever camera is nearest to me (usually my iphone) and literally just point and shoot.It's a whole different ball game though when I think of myself as a blogger and the fact that there are pictures I take specifically to share on here with you all. Obviously, you see lots of my spur of the moment shots as well but some of the pictures I take as a … [Read more...]
My top blogging moments of 2015….
This year has flown by but I didn't want to let it go completely without a bit of a round up of my top moments of the year, starting with my top five blog posts of 2015....50 ways to save moneySix things to do before you go to bed that will make the next morning easierSyn free chickpea dahl loafFree downloadable budget planner80 ideas for your bored jar As you'd probably expect, my top five Pinterest posts are pretty similar to my top five blog posts and include the top three posts above. The other two are slightly different though and one especially was a bit of a … [Read more...]
Thank You….
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to every one of you lovely people who voted for me in the Thrifty category of the MAD blog awards - I'm in the final five and I'm over the moon!The next round of voting is open now so if you would like to vote for the overall winner then you can do so here. It would be lovely of you to vote for The Diary of a Frugal Family in the Thrifty category but there are some other great blogs there too so if you're looking for money saving advice and ideas then please do check out the other finalists too.I haven't decide who I'm voting for yet but if anyone … [Read more...]
