Thrifty vs Green and Ethical

I know that generally the simpler lifestyle is one that is naturally thrifty and also kinder to our environment but ever since finishing the wonderful book ‘Animal,Vegetable,Miracle’by Barabara Kingsolver I’ve been more aware than I was before about the potentially harmful chemicals used during food production (chemical pesticides and fertilisers on fruit [...]

Happy New (School) Year

Even as a grown-up prior to having school aged children I couldn’t help but think of September as a new beginning. I guess after so many many years in education where we had a lonnnnng vacation and then a fresh new start with new teachers,new subjects,new kit,new friends etc. it is inevitable [...]

Menu planning for kids

I had a busy week last week as took all three littles to stay with very special friends in London who made us very welcome despite the inevitable noise and chaos we bring with us wherever we go.

My good friend Deborah has a very busy time as has a high powered job as a [...]

Becoming Domestic gets an upgrade

Thank you thank you Bealers for doing spending your time improving this blog with a new theme and the latest version of WordPress. It looks great and I love it.

Having a slow summer with kids

I’m going to come out and say it here and say it proudly that I’m actively not one of those mums who sign the kids up for swimming,ballet,soccer,music lessons,horseriding,Brownies/Scouts etc. Its partly because I am a bit lazy and not that good at committing myself to things but mainly its [...]