Over the years we've had all sorts of different advent calendars from the usual chocolate kind to the more exciting Lego or beauty calendars but this year I wanted to try a bit of an alternative advent calendar.I wanted to make an advent calendar that was all about experiences rather than things, just like we tried to do with Christmas last year where we gave the kids a mix of actual presents and presents that involved an experience of some kind. The experiences we gave them, especially Master Frugal's, were so much fun and they appreciated them more than most of the presents they … [Read more...]
Small things that make me smile {October 2016}….
Remember last month when I said that October was my favourite month of the year (after December obviously ;-))? Well I take it back - this October has been awful and there's very little that's made me smile this month I'm afraid.After my operation at the start of the month I was hoping that life would get back to normal quite quickly but it really hasn't at all and I'm still in a lot of pain although I can feel it getting easier each day. There's been days where I've spent half the day in the bath as that eases the pain better than anything else and days when I've cried and been unable to … [Read more...]
Halloween Chocolate Bark Recipe….
Aaaagh - I've had a blog related trauma and the original of this post has been eaten so I'm having to re-write it and as always is the case, I can't get it to sound as good as the first time around. ;-)Miss Frugal and I made some Halloween chocolate bark the other day which turned out brilliantly - it tasted delicious and even more importantly (when you're 14 years old) it looked brilliant so we thought we'd share it with you today so you could have a go at making your own. Halloween chocolate bark 1 large bar of cooking milk chocolate 1 smaller bar white cooking chocolate Some spooky … [Read more...]
A valuable life lesson….
I learned a very valuable lesson yesterday. A lesson that's cost my poor little Buddy all of his doggy street cred as well as costing me money as I've had to buy my poor little Bud a new coat to wear when he goes out!The lesson I learned was never to give instructions to the dog groomer whilst half asleep. Before I explain, you need to understand how cuddly and fluffy Buddy is normally so here's a photo of him that I took of him last month:He looks a little overgrown already in this photo so you can imagine what he looks like now a month or so later! He's clearly long overdue a … [Read more...]
Our favourite family games to play on the go….
We have a stack of board games in our garage ranging from Twister to Cluedo and Pie Face to Monopoly and over the last few years, as the kids have got older, we've loved playing every one of them.The reason they're all in the garage and not in the house right now (apart from lack of space ;-)) is that we've been enjoying playing with our collection of games that we call our travel games.We call them our travel games because they're the ones that we take on holiday with us or anywhere that we expect to be sitting around for a while. They're all small, portable, easy to set up and easy … [Read more...]
10 easy meal ideas for kids to cook for the family….
I was feeling rather pleased with myself when I shared last week's meal plan because I'd worked really hard in the few weeks before to make sure we had a week's worth of meals in the freezer so that in the days after my operation, we didn't have to worry about what we'd be eating (or rather I didn't have to worry about the kids being subjected to Mr Frugal's cooking).I'm not sure what I was expecting recovery wise but I kind of had last Friday in my head as the day that I'd be up and about and well enough to be pottering about so I made sure that I had enough meals ready to go to last us … [Read more...]
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