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{One Bite} Make Annual Goals

Project #2 from our {One Bite at a Time} Series; Make Annual Goals. The Husby and I often set ourselves challenges for personal growth. However, we are not always successful in our endeavours, most...

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{One Bite} Downsize your media collection

Project #3 from our {One Bite at a Time} series; Downsize Your Media Collection. We parted with 30 books and oh boy, was it hard! As for movies, we had boxes of the things and they were wasting a...

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{One Bite} Date Nights & Downtime

ProjectI #4 of our {One Bite at a Time} series; Establishing Regular Date Nights & Downtime. Schedule Regular Date Nights After years of rather sporadic date nights it was time to start regularly...

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{Twenty Fourteen} Goals

  I love new year, in fact it’s actually one of my favourite times of the year as I love the anticipation of what lies ahead. Unsurprisingly I’m also a fan of goal setting as I like to have some …...

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My Eco-Baby Efforts

Since my teenage years I’ve always liked the idea of making greener choices, but to be honest until recently my efforts had not really progressed much further than recycling, turning off the heating...

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Living the Life we Lost

It’s been over two years since we lost the international life we had longed for in Malawi. After years of planning and four trips to the southern African country, the call we had felt throughout our...

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Passing on the Travel Bug

I’m beginning to get cabin fever, or island fever to be more correct. I have been on this little rock that we call home since June last year and I’m not going to be getting off it until July, when …...

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{One Bite} Weekly Meetings

Project #5 in our One Bite at a Time series; Weekly Meetings. The weekly meeting is now well and truly established in our schedule.  A home doesn’t just run itself and communication is vital for any...

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Cloth Bottomed Babes

Today is the start of Real Nappy Week here in the UK and as a cloth nappy enthusiast I must share the love! We love using cloth nappies for four simple reasons. They are eco-friendly, economical,...

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{One Bite} Menu Planning

Project #6 in our One Bite at a Time series; Menu Planning. Some people go all out when it comes to menu planning, planning a whole month of meals including lunches and breakfasts. As our breakfasts...

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Gift Giving with Meaning

When it comes to Christmas we like to keep things simple, especially when it comes to gift giving. We love the ‘WANT, NEED, WEAR, READ’ philosophy and use this as a guide for giving to our little ones...

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12 Toddler Gifts for Christmas

Christmas is a comin’ so it’s time to get organised! Here are a few ideas for those of you buying for toddlers this year, put together from experience of playing with my own toddler. All of these gifts...

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12 Toddler Stocking Fillers

This is my first year doing a stocking for my little one and it’s been great fun coming up with a list of potential items to fill her stocking with. We’ve decided to go for the more practical approach...

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12 Baby Gifts for Christmas

When it comes to Christmas gifts for babies I honestly believe you don’t need to spend very much! You likely stocked up on all the necessary baby equipment before the birth and have already been...

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12 Board Books for Christmas

As mentioned in my last post, little ones, particularly babies really don’t need very much for Christmas. If you want to make an investment with your gift giving in the early years then books really...

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5 Chores a Toddler Can Do

  I am amazed at what my toddler can do. Every week she astounds me with some newly acquired skill. Just recently she has mastered that first puzzle and that fiddly shape sorter, she now even helps out...

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{Twenty Fourteen} in Review

  Highlights of 2014… Making progress with our eco efforts Numerous adventures on our beautiful island home Our first house guest at The Open Home, all the way from Australia! First birthdays and You...

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{Twenty Fifteen} Healthy Goals

  We’re keen goal setters and write down our goals each year, regularly checking in to evaluate our progress. Technically though, we’ve come to realise that we only really have one main goal each year...

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