What is Mum’s the Boss all about?
So here we are halfway through 2020, and this seems like a good time to take stock of Mum's the Boss. Once in a while in the life of many blogs, it is often a good idea to sit back and focus a bit on what the blog is all about. And so it's time for me to take a good...
Making Future House Plans
House envy and planning future home improvements is one of my guilty pleasures I’m somebody who loves to have plans and daydreams on the go at all times. When things are a bit dull and boring in my everyday life then I tend to start daydreaming and plotting fun things...
Quick and Easy Ways to Add More Flavour to Meals
Do you find yourself eating the same boring and bland foods week in and week out? Perhaps you don’t know how to add certain spices and flavours to your foods. Enhancing the flavour of your food is important if you want to enjoy what you are eating. We’ve listed a few...
Review and Giveaway – D’Amazonia Fitness Tea
I was very pleased to receive a packet of D'Amazonia Fitness Tea for the purposes of this review, and I have another similar packet to give away to one lucky reader at the bottom of this thread. All opinions are my own. I will confess that I had never heard of...
Should you Work from Home Permanently?
Now that you have tried some time at home with your children, would you be tempted to work from home permanently? It sounds like a dream but there are drawbacks... When you are employed, the idea that you could work from home sounds just too good to be true....
10 Ideas for Playdate Food
This article about playdate food has been updated for 2021... Remember playdates? The idea that your child might go to somebody else's house or you might have another child over to yours - to eat with you? Well, I may be slightly ahead of myself, but I predict that it...
Creative Fabrica: a Digital Powerhouse to Turbocharge your Crafting
Creative Fabrica is an online crafting marketplace - a vault full of digital files of all kinds that crafters can use. Disclosure, I have received a gift subscription to this site and this blog also contains affiliate links. If you purchase anything from Creative...
Join the Blogging Mums Club & Relaunch your blog
The kids are finally back at school - so mums can go back to blogging, and it's time to relaunch the Blogging Mums Club - a free Facebook group that supports all parenting bloggers wherever they are. March 8th 2021 - a day when many parents breathed a huge sigh of...
Starting secondary school – what parents need to know
I wrote this blog about starting secondary school a couple of years ago, but I've made some additions in 2021 for COVID times. Goodness, I was worried enough back then, but I'm sure you are panicking now. But honestly, nothing has really changed - the secondary...
Teaching Your Child Good Money Habits
What are good money habits? Do you feel you manage your finances well? What are you teaching your children in this regard? One of the responsibilities that parents have when raising their children is to teach them how to manage their finances. While you may be in...
Spring has sprung – time for Spring Cleaning
Spring has sprung, and for many of us that means it's time for spring cleaning - time to brush away all the cobwebs and the wintry feeling and let the springtime in! I'm not normally very good at this. My brain has been full of work and family stuff for what seems...
