Did you know next week is Climate Week? Well, it is! What is Climate Week I hear you ask? Why, Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future! Hurray for that 🙂 Schools and organisations can enter the Climate Week Challenge-“an exciting activity for teams … Continue reading
I hope you are not losing the will to love looking at my daily snapshots for my 100 Happy Days. I have to confess that what started off like sounding like a fun idea, is becoming less fun as it progresses. And I have seen no concrete evidence that I am any happier than I … Continue reading
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the possibility of a Life Without Amazon. And I have indeed gone ahead and closed my account, or at least I think I have-I had to e-mail them, and then reply to another e-mail from them acknowledging that I understand the implications of closing my account, (no … Continue reading
I am still plugging away on my 100 Happy Days, and I feel a little bit like this is the only thing I am blogging about… I have a huge heap of mending to do, which I will blog about (exciting huh?!) when it eventually gets done. And hubby gave me some gorgeous handmade paper … Continue reading
Is that even possible? Well, obviously it is. But it is a little scary how quickly Amazon has become our ‘go-to’, for not just books, but for pretty much everything. They are often the cheapest option, the service is quick, and they have most things you might want. Happy Days. Well, no, not really. I … Continue reading
Week Five of My 100 Happy Days already, how did that happen?! Day 29 Day 30 Day 31 Day 32 Day 33 Day 34 Day 35 Not sure if it’s making me any happier, but it will be a great record to look back on!
Wow, that wins the prize for longest every blog post title. OK, so hands up-who thought this would be a one hit wonder? Well, it’s not, it is at least a two hit wonder, and if you are very lucky, I may even make it to three (just kidding, my aim is to do this … Continue reading
In celebration of my Dad’s birthday at the weekend, we had slow-roasted brisket of beef, complete with Yorkshire puds, and it was most delicious. BUT I may have over-catered slightly so we had quite a lot of leftovers-which I think, are actually the best bit 🙂 At the sight of the Yorkshire Puds both my … Continue reading
I am a little bit late with this update for my 100 Happy Days, but here goes: Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 I am starting to realise that nearly all my photographable Happy Moments, revolve around the Smalls, or food. Need to start thinking outside the … Continue reading
I stumbled across this page whilst having a scroll through the most excellent Free Our Kids blog, all about Hattie and her family, and their year of buying nothing (at all, not even secondhand-crazy lady, fabulous project!) for their kids. This project started in the good old US of A, and has now also got … Continue reading
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A money-saving, growing-our-own, making-do-and-mending husband-and-wife blog
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