Welcome to the July sum up of the angelicscalliwags challenge. The challenge is on to pay off our mortgage by the end of 2017 For the rest of the posts in this series see here How did we do this month? We have currently paid back 14.7% of our mortgage since January of this year. …
Tag: Frugality
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 8
I'm running a bit late with my posts at the moment. We had our yearly family party on Saturday and it's been all hands on deck! We host the children for a garden party in our garden whilst my mum hosts the adults next door. It is always great fun, and this year the children…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 7
Last week I had the rather dubious pleasure of watching Omelette lay her first egg. I had gone in to feed them some scraps from the kitchen when she suddenly doubled in size. A little bit of fluid trickled out of her nether regions and much effort was going into expelling something. I thought she…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 7
First up, I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a message on my children's blog and also to those who are now following. Whilst I was reading them out to the children, one of the girls exclaimed, rather wide-eyed, 'You mean there are real people reading…
A Summer of Little House Living: Learning the Hows of Cleaning with Spar-Klean Science
For all other posts related to our Little House on the Prairie Summer see here Meet our summer science curriculum! Spar-Klean science is the sister of Incr-Edible science and will make up our entire science curriculum this summer. I wrote Spar-Klean Science with the goal of teaching the children about the science of cleaning. It…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 6
Source Welcome to week 6 of the angelicscalliwags challenge. The challenge is on to pay off our mortgage in 2 1/2 years (mad goal) or in 5 years (sane goal). For the rest of the posts in this series see here How did we do this week? We didn't do so well this week. We…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 5
One of last week's goals was not to go shopping at all, bar our weekly grocery shop. We did much better than usual and went only twice, but to be frank giving up popping to the shops was much harder than, say, giving up coffee. This is on account of the snack factor. Habits are hard…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 3
Source The challenge is on to pay off our mortgage in 2 1/2 years (mad goal) or in 5 years (sane goal). For the rest of the posts in this series see here In the interest of complete honesty, a sense of the ridiculous hit me this week. I am making my own washing up liquid, merrily…
The Angelicscalliwag Challenge: Week 2
Change always comes bearing gifts Price Pritchett The challenge is on to pay off our mortgage in 2 1/2 years (mad goal) or in 5 years (sane goal). Thank you to everyone who commented last week, for all your encouragement and great ideas. How fantastic to have company! (And thank you especially to Linda who offered to…