Waste Not, Want Not

Waste Not, Want Not

The Family Fizzy are trying to be more mindful and frugal. We’ve got big dreams and we want to fund those rather than buy more stuff. We also want to create less waste as this planet is very nice and we’d like to keep it. Finally, in a time when at least...
What Does Success Look Like?

What Does Success Look Like?

Are you successful? Are you winning at life? The daily grind of house work/monkeys/work feels big and icky and there’s a tantalising feeling that there’s a better way to do stuff or, more importantly, that I’ve been focusing on the wrong things....
Sunday Tune

Sunday Tune

Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine   None of that quiet start to a Sunday lark. Do it proper and do it loud.  
Gin!

Gin!

In what will probably be a series of reviews I can heartily recommend Gin Mare. It’s gin, so I am an expert and you have to listen to me.   It’s a Spanish gin which is distilled from olives, thyme, rosemary and basil. As you serve it with olives, ice...
The art of forward planning

The art of forward planning

There is something to be said for the spontaneous get away. Pack a bag and go. The freedom, the fun, the hell…   I’m a quick decision maker but this woman likes plans. With check lists and a spreadsheet. Colour coded appointments shared with all...