Sorting and storing washing
Commissioned feature As you may know, Chris and I tend to share most of the domestic tasks pretty much equally. For the last six months, he’s been doing more than I have, while I swanned off to...
View ArticleQuick and easy, healthy vegetarian pasta dish
Over the summer, during one of the girls’ three (yes, three!) holidays away without us, Chris didn’t always have dinner on the table when I got home. I know, it’s totally outrageous, isn’t it? I...
View ArticleBreakfast: making the most of it
Featured post Breakfast is an important meal – whatever your age. Government advice recommends that you shouldn’t skip breakfast as it is an important meal which breaks the fast you go through while...
View ArticleHow to create a warm and toasty home
Featured post There’s nothing worse than coming home to a cold house in the winter months. The purpose of the home is to provide a relaxing, comfortable haven where we can escape from the rest of the...
View ArticleWhat to do with all the books?
Commissioned Post I have a dilemma. It’s a really difficult one. We have hundreds… OK, no, we have thousands… of books. I love having a house full of books. A house without lots of books in feels wrong...
View ArticleCold comfort food made easy
Featured Post With the cold weather reaching its worst, many of us find ourselves in need of a little cheering up from time to time. Stuck inside, looking out on the torrential rain that doesn’t seem...
View ArticleLiving ideas for frugal families
As gas and electricity bills continue to spiral, families around the UK are having to rein in their spending even more. Finding ways to save can sometimes feel like a fool’s errand when the cost of...
View ArticleChoosing the right sofa bed for your family
Featured Post If you don’t have the space for a spare room, investing in a sofa bed is the perfect way to save space and provide a comfortable place for friends and family to sleep when they come to...
View ArticleDIY tips for the busy mum
Featured Post It’s like the old saying goes “if you want something done well, do it yourself.” Quite often in our busy modern lives this is not just the best solution, it’s the only one. Having just a...
View ArticleAre you ever too late to visit the bank of Mum and Dad?
Featured Post The Bank of Mum and Dad has had to stay open far later and provide much bigger loans to its clients over recent years. The Guardian recently reported on how an increasing number of young...
View ArticleOaty fruity cake bars: healthy and delicious cereal bars
Who says cereal bars are unhealthy? In my continuing search for healthy, but delicious sweet snacks I came up with these oaty fruity cake bars. They’re low GI, very healthy and great for making with...
View ArticleA post all about washing
I’m really looking forward to the autumn. I love autumn anyway. It’s my favourite month, and not just because my birthday’s in October. I love the colours of autumns – the reds and golds and browns. I...
View ArticleBanana and vanilla chai muffins
I made this recipe up to join in with the Big Fair Bake, which is a baking competition to celebrate and promote Fair Trade. Products with the Fair Trade mark on them show that they give a better deal...
View ArticleRecipe for refried beans
We love tacos here (and quesadillas and chilli with nachos and fajitas…). The girls love filling the taco shells with their choices of fillings. We usually have a meat chilli for Chris (and LaLa likes...
View ArticleJanuary toy declutter
I actually started this before Christmas, with a big teddy bear relocation – they now all live in the girls’ room, under their bed or in their beds (though they do tend to have an occasional wander...
View ArticleReally easy chocolate sauce
We don’t do puddings every day – for health reasons mostly, though I do know a lot of people incorporate desserts into their healthy eating (fruit crumbles and fruit and yoghurt can be very healthy...
View ArticleOrganised toy storage helps children tidy up
Last month I did a fairly big reorganise and sort of the toy area in the living room. There were some immediate benefits, which included the girls playing with toys they’d forgotten about, and broken...
View ArticleFour ways to enjoy a family evening together
Sometimes with all the hectic pressures of family life, we forget about what’s most important: enjoying time together. So free up some time, put a mark on the calendar and give up cooking...
View ArticleWhy healthy family meals are important
In association with SuperSavvyMe We have always eaten our evening meals together as a family. Working from home until recently this was an easy and obvious thing to do, really, but I have arranged my...
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