Resourceful – The Chatterjee-Woolmans

Rosewater on a Budget

Sep 25, 2016

DIY, Gardening, Home, Mature Student Life, Resourceful, Rose, Rosewater, Thrift, Thrifty life, Trifty, Urban Gardens, Useful

Ah, bet you weren’t expecting this from me huh?! The last 3 years have been an exercise in resourcefulness & we found a treasure trove of free advice on various blogs! Now we just want to give something back. Right. So. Rosewater. In case you love rosewater for cooking & baking, or personal care but on…

Kareiraphile, not workaholic

Aug 27, 2016

Thought Provoking

Contentment, Home, Intentional living, Marriage, Mature Student Life, Resourceful, the little things, together

I’ve often seen people who love work being lambasted, as if nothing else is important to them. We need to look again. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m interested in everything. Everything! So, naturally I get distr…. Ooh what’s that? Yes, I get distracted easily. But, we’ve covered that already. It’s one of the many…

From Write-Off To Write On

Aug 7, 2016

Project Career Change

Chalkboard, Contentment, Dealing with Tragedy, DIY, Home, Mature Student Life, Resourceful, the little things, Thrift, Thrifty life, together

You know how it is. You go about the house getting on with chores when you hear a crash. What now, you ask yourself rushing towards the noise…

We Cannot Give What We Do Not Have

May 30, 2016

Project Career Change

Gifts on a budget, Mature Student Life, Mint, Plant cuttings, Resourceful, the little things, Thrift, Thrifty life, Urban Gardens

Dining table, cups of tea gone cold, and lots of financial calculations. We were checking through our budget. “You will hate this, but we can’t buy them anything. Just no room.” I heard John say as I started at the calculator. We have found ourselves managing a very different mature student life than the one planned…