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...]
More ways to get free and super cheap games for your Xbox….
Remember when I told you that Xbox gave you free games every single month if you have an Xbox one or an Xbox 360?Well I've found another way although this does cost you a few pounds each month - it's called EA access!We first found out about EA access when Master Frugal was desperate to get his hands on Fifa 16 before it was released and someone told us that if you had an EA access subscription then you could download a trial version and play 10 hours of game play a week before the game itself was released. We found a code so you could get the first month for £1.79 which didn't … [Read more...]
Make more time – 10 time drains that you can cut out of your life right now ….
Do you ever wish there was a way to make more time in the day so you can get everything you need to do done?Me too, although to be fair, when I sit and think about what I do in a day, there's loads of things I can cut out or do a bit differently to actually make more time. Here's just a few of them.... Social Media This has got to be my biggest waste of time because I know that I spend longer on Facebook and Instagram than I really should - especially when I know that I have a million other things that I could be doing. I'm never going to be able to stay away from them completely but I … [Read more...]
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