Mamma Kerr

 

The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Overindulgence

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What to Do with Christmas Dinner Leftovers

Guest Post by Jen Malik

It’s fun (well, for most of us…I think!) to have the entire family together for a Christmas dinner. You share good food and good times on that special day of the year. But, what happens to the food once the meal is over? Well, I’ve got 8 ideas for you and hope they’ll come in handy.

- Make soup. Soup is a very comforting and warming dish when the temperature begins to dip. Using chicken or beef broth, you can use your leftovers to make some chicken noodle soup, turkey noodle soup or even beef stew.

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I have a fabulous Trolley Dolly from ZPM London to give away.  This magnificent product in the ‘Shopping Lovelies’ design retails at £29.95 (GBP). 

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One of my favourite TV programmes, when I was a child, was Bagpuss.  I absolutley adored Bagpuss – the most important, the most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world.   I loved the endearing stories, the magical characters and the silly songs from the programme, but most importantly I loved that saggy old cloth cat!

Well, I was absolutely thrilled this week, when I found out that Bagpuss is set for a TV comeback.  Production companyCoolabi, who have held the distribution and merchandising rights to Bagpuss for several years,  have now struck a deal with the programme’s creators to make a new series of the much-loved animation.

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I came across some fantastic Kids Go Free offers in today’s Scottish Daily Mail, which I just had to tell you about.

There’s a full page of coupons in the paper (14 offers in all), which will come in very handy for the School October Break.  Many of the offers are available until the end of November.  Therefore there’s enough activies to keep you and your family occupied during the October break and every weekend until the end of next month.

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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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