Time Frugal

Time Frugal or to put it another way – Frugality of Time. What an interesting and thought provoking statement. I can’t take the credit for it. The term came from a Voluntary Simplicity post. We generally consider the word frugal to relate to being careful with money, and my 1982 version of the Oxford Concise… Continue reading Time Frugal

Mastering Bloglovin

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Starting Off I’ve just signed up to Bloglovin, and I am trying to ‘Claim my blog’, so I am following the instructions to put this in the first part of a blog post. I filled in all the details, and then decided to ‘claim my blog’. The first instruction was to… Continue reading Mastering Bloglovin

Save Money – Spend Cash

Save Money – Spend Cash. Why? If you have to physically count out the money, and check your change, you become far more aware of what you are spending, and indeed voluntarily choose not to spend so much. Here’s a quick example. I was out the other day with my husband. We had arranged a quick… Continue reading Save Money – Spend Cash

Edinburgh Hogmanay 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone. May 2018 be a good year for you all. On Hogmanay 2017, we had dinner with friends, overlooking Edinburgh Castle, and the Ross Bandstand where the main entertainment is for the annual Edinburgh Hogmanay party. The building where over the years, we have had many lovely Hogmanay dinners is about to… Continue reading Edinburgh Hogmanay 2017

Goodbye 2017 – Hello 2018

It is Hogmanay. (The Scottish term for New Year’s Eve) This time last year we were in New Zealand, sitting in T shirts at a barbecue. This year, we will have winter coats on, and are heading to Princes Street for the Annual Hogmanay Street Party. There’ll be fireworks And thousands of people, all feeling… Continue reading Goodbye 2017 – Hello 2018

Retirement Trips

The Pitons, St Lucia

Our six years of retirement have been the best days of my life. A large contributing factor to our enjoyment has been our fantastic retirement trips. When we took early retirement in 2011, we had trips to New Zealand and St Lucia planned, but apart from that, we had no set agenda, except a general… Continue reading Retirement Trips