My five-year-old girls usually have a leisurely bath on weekend mornings. This morning, after breakfast, the girls started playing with their Barbie dolls, while I hung out the washing.

When I came back in from the garden, I announced that it was Bath time, only to be met with a resounding, “Uuugghh!!” The girls were quite happy to be playing with their dolls and were not amused at having to leave them behind to go up for their bath.

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Like most people I know, I have had to be more careful with my money in the past year or so.  One of the outcomes of the recent Global Recession is that a great many people have made huge lifestyle changes and adopted a frugal lifestyle akin to the lifestyle of our grandparents during wartime.

I too, am looking to make lifestyle changes. I am striving to be more frugal, self-sufficient and environmentally friendly. I intend to blog about the step changes, as they occur, in this website.

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