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Housework - nothing has to be perfect
Sometimes readers ask me how I keep going and why housework isn't boring for me. It is boring sometimes but boredom doesn't stop me from doing anything. I keep going because of the rewards I get from...
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Organising my home - it's been life changing!
I've been organising my home over the past few weeks but this time it's not the same as what I've done in the past. I don't think of it as decluttering anymore because to me, clutter is a group of...
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Let's reduce the cost of living
I've never seen financial conditions like those we have now. The cost of living is increasing in Australia, I'm affected by it and I'm guessing you are too. I'm in the good position of being debt-free,...
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Will the glass be half-full or half-empty?
I like to think I’ve got a pretty good grip on the work I do here in my home but now when I sit down to write to you, I can’t think of what I did this past week. Luckily I have photos I took along...
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The cost of electricity - I've decreased mine
I usually don't look forward to the electricity bill arriving, especially since the prices have gone up so much and look like increasing even more. However, I wanted to see what my bill was because...
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Steam mops and the weekend
I had a lovely weekend. Jamie was here all day Saturday and there were visits from Kerry and his friend Josh. Jamie and I did some cooking, talked about Opa and acceptance, and Jamie did some drawing....
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An ordinary day, step-by-step
It was a dark day yesterday. It had rained overnight and there were showers all morning. As I passed through the kitchen, it was too dark so I lit candles and brought some gentle light in. Breakfast...
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Cutting down on food prep time
I think there are two main areas of concern for families and homemakers today - providing healthy food for the family and reducing the cost of living. I wrote about reducing the cost of living...
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Creating a safe haven
For the past 25 years, I've lived here in a very slow lane. I've often written about closing the gate on the outside world so we could remain oblivious to what was happening out there. On our side of...
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Beauty and practicality, I rate them equally
This post is about a few small things that I've wanted to write about for a while but larger topics overtook me. My life is full of small things that are a part of something much bigger. I'm constantly...
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Make the most of what you've got in front of you
I believed we should all make the most of what we've got. If you haven't got what your family or friends have and you envy them, it's wasted time and emotion; you can't change it, you can only change...
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I'm having trouble writing another blog post
Queen Anne's Lace cut from a ten foot high plant in the back yard.Although I'm feeling okay overall, I'm having trouble writing another blog post. The ideas I have in my head don't become the words and...
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A general review of how things are now
When I took a break from my blog I spent a short amount of time online but I didn't do much communicating; it was just a way of filling in time. I hope I'm never in that situation again. Staring at a...
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My chest freezer died
I am so grateful to have such a wonderful group of readers. I don't say this often but your comments really do keep me blogging. When they drop off, I do too. So thank you for being here with me and...
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Food storage - stop wasting food
This is the first post in a short series on cooking for one. If you're in a larger family, search in my right side bar, under my photo, and that will give you recipes and information about family food...
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Listing your favourite, easy meals
I've written a lot about the various things I choose to do with my days now and apart from not being able to work in the garden, I'm a peace with my daily choices. What I've never talked about with you...
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This is my last post.
I have known for a while that this post was coming, but I didn't know when. This is my last post. I'm closing my blog, for good, and I'm not coming back like I have in the past. I've been writing here...
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Welcome back - let's settle in here again and get comfy
I really thought I'd written my last post here but I didn't know how bad it is out there. I went to Instagram to remain connected to you all but now it's self-destructing to get more advertising...
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We produced fruit, vegetables, nuts, eggs and loofahs from 1998 until 2021
Looking towards the outside world.I love where I live. My home is situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac of ten houses. I have neighbours on both sides and across the road an old saw mill which is...
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Save money at home
I'm making napkins today. Those I made about five years ago are on their last legs and I don't want to buy napkins again and again and again. Today and tomorrow I'll also be making laundry liquid,...
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