Post updated: 16/07/15I wrote this post last year originally but I wanted to share it again today for a few reasons.Firstly, we've made a homework space for Master Frugal too that I wanted to update my post to include that and secondly because after a year of secondary school with Miss Frugal, I wanted to reiterate just how important it is that children have a space to do their homework and this seemed like as good a place as any to do that!So, here we go - How to create an Awesome homework space (on a budget).... (again)The older children get, the more homework they'll … [Read more...]
The Summer of Independence….
This Summer has been the Summer of independence as far as my children have been concerned - they're 11 (almost 12) and 9 now so I've had to find the line between letting them have too much freedom and not allowing them enough!It certainly hasn’t been easy and if I'm honest there's been plenty of times when I've just wanted to keep them at home with me where I know exactly where they are and what they're doing.I started introducing a little more freedom a few months ago by letting them go swimming on their own at the local swimming baths. Don't tell anyone but the first time I let … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – Print out your memories….
I've said before (lots of times I imagine) that I have a bit of a photo obsession and that I have thousands upon thousands of photos documenting our family life. They're all stored safely on an external hard drive and every now and again, I sit and look through them, often with the kids looking over my shoulder ooohing and aaahing as they see their favourite memories pop up on my laptop screen.Don't get me wrong, it's great to have these photos stored in a safe place but sometimes, I miss the old photo albums that we had when I was little, like the ones my Dad gave me after my Mam died. … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #6….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the last in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny and it's a good one (I can say that without being big headed as I didn't write it)…. Many thanks to Cass for welcoming me over to her blog. I usually write at Me and My Shadow where I share my thrifty finds, recipes and money saving ideas - do pop over and take a look.Here are my top five ideas for free fun this … [Read more...]
Here we are again – Packed lunches Vs School Dinners….
In the real world, we don't all agree on everything. Sometimes, you think you're right and actually, someone comes along and shares their point of view with you and you start to think that they have a point. So, once a month I'm going to post my opinion on a particular issue and ask another blogger to share their differing views.As we're in back to school mode right now, we're kicking off with the packed lunch vs school dinners vote and I've asked the very lovely Jen from Mum in the Madhouse to share her thoughts too. You can find her post here.This year I'm going to have children … [Read more...]
If you can’t beat them….
Miss Frugal seems to be growing up very quickly and I'm only a year or so away from the dreaded Kevin and Perry moment when she'll turn 13 and I'll be the parent of a teenager! I'm not even thinking about that just yet though, I'm just enjoying the fact that she still wants to spend time with me.As much as I love the fact that she likes to do things with me, I think a lot of it's down to the fact that I try to do things with her that I know she likes to do. She's not going to want to spend time with me if I'm sat on my phone or at my laptop so I do things that I know she'll enjoy … [Read more...]
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