September is never a great month here - we go from the long lazy days of the Summer Holidays back to getting up early and having to settle back in to the school routine. Add to that the fact that the kids get tired and crabby while they're settling back in at school. Oh, and don't forget the obligatory cough/cold/flu/stomach upset that most children are likely to pick up in the first few weeks back.So you can see why I'm not a great fan of September.October's good though and it's October on Monday so we're through the worst of it I hope. The kids are both recovering from a bug (me … [Read more...]
Saturday is Caption Day – the one with the bad parenting….
What would you do if you saw a sign on some steps outside the very posh British Museum telling you not to sit on the steps?Obviously, you would all force your rather unwilling child to come and sit down on the steps right next to the sign telling you not to sit down on the steps wouldn't you? Or is that just me?Now that I've shared my bad parenting with you (I didn't even mention the bit where the security guard told us off for touching the Roman tombstones thingys), you get to leave a comment with your funniest caption for this photo. And when you’ve done that, you can join in … [Read more...]
Just say No (or Yes)…..
Warning - Shouty, whingey alert!If your child comes home with an invite to a party (assuming they haven't lost it in the deep dark depths of their book bags), what do you do?Me, because I like to think I'm a nice, courteous kind of person, I reply to say 'yes thanks we'd love to come' or 'no thank you, we can't make it'. I would then add it in to my phone as a reminder because I do have a history of forgetting parties until about five minutes before!Not everyone would do the same though.Last week was Miss Frugal's birthday party and we invited 40 children (don't ask), up … [Read more...]
Oh No!
Mr Frugal has been struggling lately with his Vertigo and our doctor has finally referred him to a specialist to see what can be done to help him. He's had more attacks lately and it's starting to affect our lives more than before. Last week he had to ring me at work on his day off to get someone to pick the kids up and take them to school as he was having an attack and while we were on holiday a few weeks ago, he had an attack so bad in the airport that I didn't think they'd let us on the plane at one point!Anyway, we got a letter through from our doctors the other day with the telephone … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Stir fry advice please….
I'm starting to feel a bit more like myself again after a week of feeling like someone had stamped all over me and sucked out all my energy (drama queen, me?). we didn't really stick to our meal plan at all last week and we actually ended up having McDonalds on two nights when Mr Frugal was at work as I didn't have the energy to even open the fridge but that can be our little secret ;-)Anyway, this week I'm determined we're going to stick to our plan 100% and there will be no McDonalds!Monday - Macaroni cheese Tuesday - Beans on toast as we have multi sports club for an hour from … [Read more...]
Get Organised – the getting a head start on Christmas edition….
I know, I know, the kids have only just gone back to school so it's ridiculous to be talking about Christmas!Or is it?I know a lot of you will be way ahead of the game and be practucally finished your Christmas shopping but I also know that even more of you won't have even started yet. Which is why I thought that I would share some of my getting organised for Christmas tips.Write a list of people you need to buy for - This one's self explanatory really although I just want to add that you shouldn't feel like you have to buy for people.Work out your budget - I work out how … [Read more...]
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