Stay Ahead of the Curve

When I started this blog I did not have a child. Now I do. It is pretty expensive all the gear you need to buy them all the time because they are growing so fast! I had to get rain clothes and Wellington boots for now and on sale it's still quite expensive.. shop a-head when you can!! It is difficult to judge shoe sizes but clothes are pretty straight forward.

Take a stroll

In our busy life it can be easy to forget to stop and notice the amazing beauty of the world around us, to refresh yourself take a detour and stroll through a park. I did it yesterday and it was like a massage for my soul.

coinsideence?

I am preparing a post on easy, inexpensive (free) home improvements when I came to a halt and sought an extra edge of inspiration, I done a quick search on 'cheap home ideas' to see if I had a new slant on some traditional fixes and look the first thing I found! Weird or what..?! 

Natures gift

Gardens are abloom.. bringing some of the outdoors inside can really freshen up a room.. these little babies adorning my home right now smell so sweet!

Simply delighted

MrA sent me a link to this today which describes alot what we have been talking about lately. Having a handsize home and thinking of what 'more' you would like, it can be easy to take for granted the great advantages of keeping things simple. Oh and I found a picture from one of picnics last year.. happy days.

eating out

We love eating out as a treat at the weekend.. right now tho we are enjoying eating out more reguarly and inexpensively thanks to the great weather!

Supermarket money saving tip

Eat what's in season! Its going to cost less than what has been shipped halfway across the world isn't it? Check out the link here for uk and canada and USA listings of current seasonal fruit and veg.

trEATS

I made some little peanut-butter easter eggs to take to easter lunch get-to-gether.. that I found on allrecipes. I'm a little excited to try these in other shapes now :)

All you need is:

• 1 cup Peanut butter
• 1 (16 ounce) bag confectioners sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
  
• 8 ounces Chocolate for covering
  
• decorations- icing sugar/cocoa etc

= aprox 30 lovely teaspoon size eggies

I was in bit of a hurry toward the end so the idea of 'neat' went out the window. I was quite impressed though with how they turned out in their rustic chocolatey handmade way.. as were our host's who thought I'd bought them- just I know better next time not to use peanut butter, not everyone is a fan!