I have been meal planning for a while, with varying degrees of success. But it was only when I made a list of my go-to meals that feeding my family became a much easier, quicker process for me. In case it inspires or helps anyone else, here is our current list of main meals, breakfasts […]
How I Simplified Meal Planning
I am living the dream. Well, my dream at least. I’m wife to the love of my life and stay-at-home-mummy to three gorgeous girls. But I know now what I didn’t know way back then: that being a full-time home-maker and mummy is hard work. Jolly. Hard. Work. And that making the meal magic happen in the […]
5 Books Every Mum Should Read
I find refuge in reading, wisdom in words, strength in sifting through other people’s strategies and hard won victories. These are some of books that I have most enjoyed and been inspired by in my adventures into motherhood, and that I wish I could buy for every mama I know. The Fringe Hours: Making […]
5 Ideas for an Intentional, Simple Christmas with Kids
When your kids look back on Christmas in twenty odd years, what do you want them to remember? I would love for them to get warm fuzzies about two things: lots of fun family quality time, and celebrating and connecting with Jesus Christ, the reason for the season. With this in mind, my husband and […]
Learning to Love the Skin That I’m In
My husband and I have taken to working out in our living rooms at 5.30am, four times a week as part of our 90 day investment in our health and fitness. A large mirror hangs right by our chosen workout spot. I’ve noticed that I spend most of my time sneaking disapproving, disappointed glances at […]
My 90 Day SSS Challenge (Cycle 1) – 3 week update
I am three weeks into my 90 Day SSS Challenge, a tailored fitness and nutrition plan designed to help people get fit, burn fat and build lean muscle. It’s been all quiet on the blogging and social media front for me throughout this time as I have immersed myself in all the plan entails. A few friends have […]
Why I am Investing in Getting Fit – My 90 Day SSS Challenge
I struggle with spending money on myself. My husband and I budget every month and assign a name or function to every pound we make, a handy tip we picked up from finance guru Dave Ramsey. As a stay at home mummy I don’t make the money, I rationalise. But I can work hard to […]
In Search of Simple
I wrote a guest post for Maltese mummy blog FitMaltaMums recently about some of the lessons I have learned as I have decluttered life’s non-essentials and purposed to simplify my season, stuff, spending and screen time. I thought I would post a link to it here too. In Search of Simple Since welcoming my third […]
Goodbye slow Summer, hello Autumn of change
Another day, another early start for this mama. I am clinging to this quiet time in the morning at the moment, relishing a window to myself while the world and my tribe slumber still. September is here, and with it, change beckons. Our eldest starts Reception at “big girl school” next week, our second following […]
Lessons learned from a failed Virtual Declutter
You may or may not remember that a while back I set myself a 6 week virtual decluttering challenge I christened Operation Less Information. I was feeling overwhelmed the noise in my online life and how it was spilling over into my everyday, and needed to do something about it. Well the six weeks have come […]