The amount of times I've seen questions in various online forums recently about whether or not something is safe to eat has really got me thinking lately about Best Before and Use By dates.It drives me mad when someone answers 'sniff it and see' to a question about whether out of date chicken is OK to eat because I would never serve food that's past it's use by date to anyone. I know I'm probably in the minority and most people would be OK with it as long as it looks and smells OK but I just couldn't!I still buy food in the reduced section at the supermarket though, I just freeze … [Read more...]
How to be ‘down with the kids’ – A lesson from my nine year old….
This week, Master Frugal told me I was quite a cool Mum but that if I wanted to be really 'down with the kids' then there were certain things I had to learn.He very kindly offered to teach me what I needed to know and I thought some of you might benefit from my new found knowledge so here we go, here's his top tips for being a supercool parent.Anything that claims to be cool is absolutely not cool. In fact, a bag that Miss Frugal loved instantly became a no-no when we saw that the company were advertising it as a 'Super Cool Satchel'It is not cool to shorten names for places. … [Read more...]
Our First Home….
I've mentioned a few times lately how much I love living where I live but today I wanted the kids to share with you why they love our home and I thought the best way to show you would be for the kids to make a video each of their favourite place in the house.The videos didn't exactly turn out according to plan and I was tempted to get both of them to re-record them but I decided against that because I told them to tell me why they loved where we lived and they did exactly that. Kind of.So, a couple of things I'd like to point out to you before you watch them - (a) I let the kids choose … [Read more...]
Homemade Peach Lemonade – Summer in a bottle….
We found some pathetic looking peaches and lemons in the reduced section at the shop last night so I decided to try my hand at making some sort of peach lemonade type drink.It turned our really delicious so being the lovely person that I am, I thought I'd share it with you although the photos don't really do it justice as it's such a grey day outside that I'm struggling to find any sunlight at all!Homemade Peach Lemonade 100ml water a handful of ice cubes 2 peaches, peeled and chopped the juice of 1 1/2 lemons we also added an orange as we had one sat looks lonely in the fruit … [Read more...]
A Budget Bedroom Makeover for a 9 year old boy….
I briefly mentioned last week that Master Frugal has been unwell recently last week so I won’t go into it too much today other than to say that we've had his blood test results back and although they can't say what's wrong yet, they can say it's not one of the 'big' things that we were worrying about. We have to go back again for more tests in a couple of weeks but we're just happy at the moment that whatever it is isn't as bad as we thought it could be!In the meantime, we thought we'd try and help with his problem of getting to sleep at night by giving him a bit of a bedroom … [Read more...]
10 Social Media Lessons your child needs to learn….
Social Media is great - used correctly it's a great way to stay in touch with friends and family, to meet like minded people and even to follow your favourite celebrities and brands.But there's a different side to social media, the side that I don't want my children to experience but that I'm having to consider now that Miss Frugal is coming to the age where she is asking if she can have her own Facebook and twitter account.Lots of her friends already have them but I'm reluctant for many reasons not least because the age restrictions are there for a reason and to join, I would have to … [Read more...]
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