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The May / June newsletter will be emailed out on Sunday evening. This addition is all about sustainable living. In it you will find: Ideas for getting started in sustainable living All about creating a household management binder and how it can help you live more sustainably Myth busting some common obstacles to sustainable living [...]

Anzac day

What better thing to do on ANZAC day than to enjoy baking and eating some ANZAC biscuits. Here’s a link to a recipe in the archives from three years ago.

three years and still at it – the 3rd blogiversary of frugal and thriving

Today is the third blogiversary of Frugal and Thriving. Three whole years of writing about frugality. Today’s post includes some reflections on moving towards a more sustainable lifestyle.

coming to an inbox near you–the march / april newsletter

The 2012 edition of the Frugal and Thriving newsletter has been sent this weekend. This month’s newsletter includes tips for having a healthy body and mind, without it costing money (or the earth). In this issue you will find: Four ideas for changing habits that improve health and wellbeing How to eat wholefoods – information [...]

site news: housekeeping, blog sponsorship and wholefood cooking

Site news for Frugal and Thriving – February 2012.

up poo creek

Unfortunately the title of this piece is more literal than cliche (which should be enough to make you wary. After all, it’s pretty cliche). So let me begin by saying that if you’re eating, you may want to stop reading. Now, I’m no plumber, but I know that usually when when the sewer backs up [...]

the 2012 january / february newsletter edition is out now

The 2012 January / February Frugal and Thriving newsletter is out now.

2012 frugal and thriving reader survey

Help make Frugal and Thriving a better website! I’m busy planning for the coming year on Frugal and Thriving and my top priority is to make this a better website. To help me achieve this goal, write the articles that you want to read, and cover the topics that are of interest to you, I’ve [...]

merry christmas from frugal and thriving 2011

The last few days I’ve been silent on the blog but busy at home preparing for Christmas and taking lots of daytime naps. I can’t give too much away, but energetic moments have included sewing and baking and swapping truffle recipes over the fence with a neighbour whose Christmas gift list also includes lots of [...]

tip tuesday–what have you been reading lately?

This isn’t so much a tip as a sharing of some of the really good books I’ve come across lately. I’ve been making the most of being recumbent (and therefore being less sick) all day long to catch up on some reading. I’ve caught up on quite a bit of fiction reading, getting through some [...]