From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Earn More Challenge: September

by Move to Portugal August 31, 2009 earning extra money

Thank you for visiting Move To Portugal. If you subscribe to the blog by RSS feed you can get all the updates sent to your inbox or reader for free! In September I’m taking part in the Earn More Challenge Christine is holding over at Money Funk. The idea is to make some extra money [...]

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Organising: Packing My Case

by Move to Portugal August 21, 2009 simple living

I’ll start off by saying that I love packing, it’s a mixture of holiday excitement and getting to organise a case. When we go on holiday we pack as lightly as possible, taking one case and one piece of hand luggage. For hand luggage I use my trusty Kipling Messenger. I’ve had it for years and use [...]

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Menu Planning and The Grocery Budget

by Move to Portugal August 20, 2009 frugal living

Last week I blogged about compiling  a 4 week menu plan that was simple and healthy; after posting, I realised that I already had one, one I’d used earlier in the year. I’ve adapted it slightly, but when we return from holiday this will be our menu plan for September. We are now down to three people in [...]

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Master House To Do

by Move to Portugal August 18, 2009 house renovation

This is my current house to do list; it’s work in progress. Paint garden fence Paint garden furniture Remove small shed from garden Paint bathroom ceiling Paint bathroom walls Re grout bathroom tiles Replace shower head Replace shower screen Replace bathroom tap Replace small bedroom window Paint small bedroom Paint middle bedroom window Paint back [...]

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A {practically} Empty Shoe Rack

by Move to Portugal August 16, 2009 family love

I think the first thing that bought it home to me that another child was moving out of the house, for his second year of University, was the lack of shoes on the hall shoe rack. What was as overflowing pile of size 11 trainers, is now a well organised, half empty rack of work [...]

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Getting The Basics Right

by Move to Portugal August 9, 2009 frugal living

To me simple living is exactly what it says, simple; not complicated. Everything you do should be stress free and simple. Your daily food, your finances, your relationships, your holidays, even your email system, should be easy and simple. I’ve lost my way a little lately and I need to re focus on the basics of what [...]

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I’m still here

by Move to Portugal August 8, 2009 blog love

Hi all. I am still here, I just had to take an enforced break from blogging due to work load. I haven’t been visiting other blogs either so my apologies if I’ve missed anything; I’m going to try and catch up with all the news today. Normal posting will resume tomorrow…I hope {photo credit: nikoskrikelies}

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