It's been a few years since I last sent Christmas cards. That is apart from to my immediate family. Then they tend to be homemade, not shop-bought. The Wright's love their handmade greetings! (Click here for my simple salt dough recipe and make your own tree-decoration cards) ...
Our Magical Gingerbread Masterpiece – A Winner?
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at Chez Wright. Even if the tree isn't quite finished. Mid-way through decorating we downed baubles to crack on with this year's Gingerbread house masterpiece. One of the many advantages of reducing Christmas gift shopping, is there's plenty of opportunity for homemade festive fun at the weekend. As an ...
No Waste Tastes Great / Short, Sweet & Inspirational
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great as part of Food Waste Friday... Click here to learn more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Thursday Fridge Firstly - Short. Above is what my fridge looked like yesterday afternoon. No waste there then. We managed for dinner with omelets and frozen veggies. No waste at all, all week. A ...
Simple Slow Cooked Christmas Turkey – Controversial?
Before we head on into this post I'd like to get a little something out-of-the-way... There are varying opinions on whether poultry can be safely slow cooked. If you are in any doubt as to whether slow cooking turkey is for you. Don't do it. I slow cook turkey, and have never had any adverse effect. I'm fanatical about food safety and hygiene (have I ever ...
Time To Get Christmassy – Thorntons Chocolate Giveaway
There aren't any Christmas decorations up yet at Chez Wright. The tree won't be arriving until this weekend. We're a little later this year with the festivities. That's not to say I'm not organised. It's beginning to look a little like Christmas. I have a Christmas CD on (to get me in the mood for today's post), the gifts are wrapped and believe it or not ...
Food Waste Friday / The Usual Suspects
It's Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! 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 ...
No Waste Tastes Great / What Do You See?
It's Friday Guys - time for #nowastetastesgreat (oh yes we have a hashtag this week! haha!) Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Do you ever look inside your Fridge and think 'There's nothing to eat in there'? Or do the Kids ever cry 'Mom, there's no food in the house!'. "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne ...
Simple Christmas Gifts – Contain It
Definition of: Contain1. have or hold (someone or something within)2. control or restrain (oneself or a feeling)SourceLet's deal with the first definition - holding something.The Wrights give Christmas boxes, each year, to close family.It's a really simple idea.Each person is allocated a box - typically a decorated recycled shoe box like this one:(I ...
Food Waste Friday / When Life Gives You A Brown Banana
It's Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! 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 ...
Charity Begins At Home
Charity most certainly does begin at home at Chez Wright this week. Not because we are putting ourselves first, but rather because my 8-year-old has organised her very own fundraiser (at our house!) for this Saturday. It's the same 8-year-old who is currently off school sick, hence there was no kicking off Christmas post Monday as promised - it'll be ...