Miss F is growing up into a very lovely young lady who is everything I would want in a daughter - kind, caring, happy and loving (unless she's mid pre-teen hormonal mood). She's turned into quite a girly girl who loves clothes, make up and most other things that you would expect a 12 year old girl to be into.Except for one thing! She's decided that she would like to join the local boxing club and although I'm not going to say no, I really don't want her to go.It's not because I don't like boxing because as much as I don't like the sport itself, I know it will be good for her in many … [Read more...]
Stop Shouting at your children – in five easy steps….
A while ago now I decided I was shouting at the kids too much and decided to stop shouting (or at least try to) wherever possible and to deal with telling them off in a more effective way.It's not like I shouted at them all the time or anything, I just felt that the amount I shouted was too much and that I wasn't setting a very good example. I felt that the message was getting lost a bit as they were upset at being shouted at and as a result, they didn't always listen to what I was actually saying.It took a few weeks to 'train' myself to act differently if they were naughty but I did … [Read more...]
There are benefits to being a sports widow….
Over the last year or so Master Frugal has really developed an interest in football - something his Dad has been waiting for since the day we were told that we were expecting a boy!Until then, despite his Dad's best efforts, he had paid no attention to anything football related and wouldn't even consider a game of Fifa on the xbox 360. Then overnight, he was suddenly football mad and couldn't get enough of anything football related.Now they sit and talk about football together, they watch Sky Sports news and discuss what's going on in the football world and they play Fifa together … [Read more...]
My Winter bucket list….
Last September I wrote a bit of a bucket list filled with things I wanted to do or achieve during the Autumn months. I round it quite motivating and as I did quite well and got most things ticked off I decided to do a bit of a bucket list at the start of every season.I cheated a little bit though and split Winter up and did a separate one for Christmas as I had so much I wanted to do in December alone so today I want to share with you my (rest of) Winter bucket list:Someone did mention to me that they thought that a bucket list was just the same as a New Years resolution but I … [Read more...]
Is Meal Planning one of your New Years Resolutions?
Every year in January, I see a massive surge in page views of all of my meal planning posts. It then dips a little bit in February, a bit more in March and by April they're back to normal again. This could indicate one of two things - either lots of people give up meal planning after a few months or they get so good at it that they no longer need to be searching for information on it!I'd like to think it's the latter but it's more likely that people tend to give up for whatever reason. I asked a couple of people who I know started meal planning last year and stopped within a few weeks … [Read more...]
My New Years Words….
I can't believe how quickly 2014 has flown by!It feels like only yesterday that I was sat here reflecting on how fast 2013 went by and making a list of my goals for the year and here I am again doing the same thing for 2015.I'm doing things a little bit differently this year though because as much as I like a good New Years Resolution, I can be a little bit over ambitious and set targets for myself that I am unlikely to achieve. This year I'm choosing a few key words that I want to focus on and although I'm not going to bore you with the specifics, I have lots of ideas for each area … [Read more...]
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