Leaving London and downshifting to become a full-time parent and rural homemaker
I have put off writing this post for ages as I’ve not been able to put it concisely enough that I’m moving off BD and onto a new joint blog written with my blessed soulmate Bealers. We’ve called it Becoming Self Sufficient but it’s more than that, it is our path away from the hideousness [...]
An independent television production company are currently developing a television series and are searching for families or individuals who have decided to downshift or make a career change and set up on their own. Are you about to embark on a new life and a new venture?
We’re looking for anyone who has decided to escape [...]
I found a large sad and bendy looking piece of broccoli at the back of the fridge drawer this morning and an even sadder neglected piece of stilton cheese from Christmas (when, oh when will we learn that we never do sit around eating mounds of cheese, crackers and pickled onions during the festive season [...]
I’ve been given two great thrifty money saving Christmas ideas from the wonderful newsletter produced by Sue at www.nomoreclutter.co.uk
1. My favourite idea is to use a pretty basket and pile it high with newish things you have around the house and can easily can say goodbye to (eg. paperbacks, unopened makeup, booze, newish DVDs, computer [...]
Last night we returned home from a weekend away. On the journey we had been discussing the fact that we’d like to move to a smaller, more energy efficient house to further reduce our costs. Because we rent we are able to move whenever we want to with very little in the way to stop [...]
My lovely green and thrifty friend Emma has always used a hanky for her nose as Father Christmas has thoughtfully given her a new one each year she now has over thirty in her collection. Yesterday I noticed our other inspriationally green and thrifty friend, Janet, also uses a hanky to dab at any sniffle [...]
I’ve just read another attitude-changing book, again borrowed from the library but like other inspiring reads this too will be bought for the home bookshelves and most probably as a Christmas present for other similarly minded friends or family.
We have rented a house in the countryside between three English towns for two years now we [...]
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 [...]
My poor little head is too full of too many things to do (an exciting dot com project with my beloved, administrative work for our small internet business, a small babe and two little kids on summer holidays to look after, a house to keep in order, tummies to feed, this blog to write AND [...]
I’m cheating writing this post tonight as am soooooo tired I can barely even keep my eyes open (and we have 20+ people coming to stay for an all-weekend mini-festival at our house tomorrow yikes better get some kip soon) but my dear friend Rach just sent me this via email so am doing nothing [...]