Zero Waste Week 2014 kicked off yesterday. I'm an ambassador don'tcha know ;) Thanks Rachelle for asking me! My quest to reduce food waste is ongoing. I participate each week in Food Waste Friday. But I have good weeks and not so impressive weeks. Overall I do the best I can to meal plan, use what I have and stick to my No Waste Tastes Great plan. For a ...
Food Waste Friday / That’s What I’m Talking About
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. I started participating in October ...
Simply Being Mum’s Summer Memories 2014
Each year I wonder if time passes even quicker. We are almost at the end of the summer holidays once again. It's only seems a few days since I posted about how we schedule the summer-holidays. And now I'm preparing for back to school. This time next week, we will be day two into the school-run once more. Did we achieve all we set out to do this summer ...
Food Waste Friday / I Dropped A Watermelon
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. I started participating in October ...
Competition Inspiration
The summer holidays are scheduled at Chez Wright. Somewhat flexibly this year. We're working our way through the activities. And having lots of fun. The chart is becoming less cluttered by the day. ...
Food Waste Friday / ‘Mum You Are So Embarrassing!’
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. I started participating in October ...
Engaging Children In Decluttering
Very often it's so much easier to put things off until you have the 'time' to do them. Problem is, does that time ever appear? There's a saying that you 'make time'. Sometimes you just need to get started and the time will find itself. There's another saying - 'You are what you repeatedly do'. And I like to declutter 20 things in 20 minutes ...
No Waste Tastes Great / A Video And A Selfie
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to learn more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge A video this week. (If you listen closely, right at the end, you may hear 'Mom' being shouted from another room!) As you can see a rather packed fridge. But everything has a destination in mind. There's no grocery shop, ...
Summer Break Non-Negotiables
Our Summer's are scheduled here at Chez Wright. There are holiday's to take, and days out to enjoy. Many fun activities... ...Indoor and outdoor But there are also the non-negotiables. Just like Patti Stanger (my most-favourite matchmaker since Yente) there are 5 non-negotiables. The first of these non-negotiables is Summer reading. (Can you guess ...
Letting The Kids’ Schedule The Summer
School has been out for over a week now. Typically I schedule the holidays as they begin, but this Summer we took a family trip as soon as the 6-week break began, While away we discovered the most wonderful village, and sweet shop. You may have seen the photos over at Facebook? (But more on that in a future post.) It's time to schedule the rest of the ...