Monthly Archives: August 2012

Birthday Gifting – Non-Consumer Stylie*

It was my Mom’s birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Mom.

When asked if there was anything she’d particularly like for her Birthday her reply, as always, was ‘There’s nothing I want at my age’.

Music to my ears. This gives me license to do Birthdays how I like to do them.

Non-Consumer Stylie*

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No Waste Tastes Great / It’s An Early One Today

It’s Friday Guys – Time for No Waste Tastes Great

(it’s an early one this morning as we are off to Conkers for the day)

Click here to find out more about my Friday routine

Simply Being Mum’s Friday Fridge

Top Shelf – Spreads, cheese, garlic and yoghurt – all in date so no waste there!

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Simple Slow-Cooked Chilli With Sun-dried Tomatoes Recipe

Something I’ve been meaning to do for a while is to update my Slow Cooked Chilli recipe. A lot of visitors land here searching on my old recipe, but I’ve since improved it!

So here it is, a new updated version with photos!

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No Waste Tastes Great / Happy Holidays

Maybe not the usual greeting for this time of year?

There’ll won’t be a No Waste Tastes Great this Friday. But you can be sure I’ll have been watching our waste whilst away. Long-standing habits are hard to break!

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for reading.

I very much see this blog as a meeting place… I love your comments and appreciate so very much everyone who takes the time to show their face, as well as those who don’t but still pop by regularly.

Have fun out there!

ps – we’re back this weekend but there won’t be a post till Monday 20th.

A Little Bit Of A Tidy Up

I think of this blog as my second home. My virtual home. Where friends come to visit.

Every home needs a little blitz from time to time. A little bit of a tidy up.

As Monday is my ‘down day’ in the School’s Out Schedule, I thought today would be a good opportunity to have that blitz.

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10 Lessons Learnt From Our First Family Camping Trip

1.  Take a decent camera with you

Or else all the images that accompany your returning blog post will be rubbish! (That’s my apology for what you are about to see!)

2. Apart from the above, less is more when it comes to camping

We went quite basic. A tent, airbeds, sleeping bags, a picnic table, chairs, a lantern, a one-ring gas burner, kettle, frying pan… and I’m glad. The tent was quick and easy to put up and take down (…fortunately as the heavens opened just as we finished packing away).

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