Over the past year or so, I've really tried to work on my own confidence and one of the things that's involved is me learning how to say no more.  I think I'm pretty good at it now so I thought I'd share a few little tips with you today in case you want to make that change too.As human beings we often try to “aim to please”, it’s simply how most of us are wired. While it’s great to make others happy and to do random acts of kindness, there comes a time when you learn to develop a good strategy so you know how to say no when you’ve taken on too much. Let go of Detailed Excuses I found … [Read more...]

Today is International Women's day which is a day that woman unite across the world to fight for equality! I can't tell you how sad it makes me that in 2018, women are still campaigning for equal rights - a movement started by the Suffragettes in the early 1900's.  Those brave ladies started this fight for us and over 100 years later, despite the vast improvements to women's rights, we still aren't equal in all areas of society.It really is time to #PressforProgress and do what we can to finish what the Suffragettes started!I wanted to share this post with you today because it … [Read more...]

Getting sick can feel like the end of the world for many people. You feel weak, exhausted and possibly have a sore throat, cough, itchy eyes and maybe even a fever. If you've found that you’re getting sick more often than not when the kids are sick then continue reading to find ways you can try to stay healthy when the kids are sick.From just before Christmas until the end of January there was someone in our family poorly every single day.  The kids both started off ill with an awful sickness bug that was doing the rounds and then Mr Frugal got it between Christmas and New Year.  It … [Read more...]

Happy 1st March!At the end of last year, I decided that it would be a nice idea to do a post once a month giving you a bit of an update on our lives.  I added a reminder to my calendar for the first of every month and planned to share a round-up of all the fun we've had as a family throughout the month.January's update wasn't as much family fun as is was struggling to get through the month but I had high hopes for February's update post as we had a good five days with everyone free of the lurgy at the end of January.Let's see how we got on shall we?Last month I reported how … [Read more...]